[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 12/22/2006 2:25:59 AM

[n2qae at arrl.net]

WWUS41 KPHI 220725
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
225 AM EST FRI DEC 22 2006

...INTERMITTENT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING...

NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-062-221530-
/O.NEW.KPHI.ZR.Y.0003.061222T0900Z-061222T1600Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-CARBON-MONROE-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
225 AM EST FRI DEC 22 2006

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING. 

SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ALTHOUGH
PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT. HOWEVER, EVEN LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND
FREEZING DRIZZLE CAN BE HAZARDOUS.

A POCKET OF COLD TEMPERATURES WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN POCONOS 
AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY EARLY THIS MORNING WITH READINGS IN THE
MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. ALTHOUGH CLOUDS WILL THICKEN BY MORNING, THE
TEMPERATURES MAY NOT RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING LEVEL BEFORE THE
ONSET OF PRECIPITATION. RAIN WILL FALL FROM A WARM LAYER OF AIR
ALOFT, THEN FREEZE ON IMPACT WITH THE COLDER GROUND SURFACES. THE
FREEZING RAIN THAT DOES DEVELOP WILL INITIALLY BE INTERMITTENT AND
SPOTTY. 

LIGHT RAIN MOVED INTO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA OVERNIGHT AND WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE QUICKLY TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
REGION THIS MORNING. THIS WILL ALLOW IT TO MOVE OVER THE AREAS
THAT HAD COLD TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT. EVEN THOUGH THE PRECIPITATION
WILL BE LIGHT, IT WON'T TAKE MUCH TO CAUSE SLIPPERY ROADS IN THE
ADVISORY AREA. THERE MAY EVEN BE SOME SLEET MIXED IN AS THE FREEZING
RAIN CHANGES TO ALL RAIN BY LATE MORNING. 

WINTRY WEATHER HAS BEEN HARD TO COME BY THIS SEASON. DUE TO THIS,
MANY MOTORIST MAY NOT BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. ALL
MOTORISTS THROUGHOUT THE AREA WHERE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY SPOTS AND PATCHY BLACK ICE. DRIVE
CAREFULLY THIS MORNING IF YOU ENCOUNTER PRECIPITATION, EVEN IF IT
IS LIGHT. IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH FREEZING RAIN TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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EBERWINE/STAUBER