[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 12/24/2006 5:44:16 AM

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WWUS81 KPHI 241043
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
543 AM EST SUN DEC 24 2006

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-242100-
NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNE'S-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-
SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-
ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
543 AM EST SUN DEC 24 2006

...NICE WEATHER TODAY INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING...RAIN AND WIND
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...

A BIG LOW PRESSURE WILL GATHER STRENGTH ALONG THE GULF COAST
TONIGHT AND MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST REMAINING WEST OF THE
APPALACHIANS. BECAUSE IT IS NEAR THE GULF, IT WILL DRAW AN
ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE AND TRANSPORT IT INTO THE MID ATLANTIC
STATES, WHILE FURTHER TAPPING MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

THE RESULT WILL BE AN INCH OR POSSIBLY TWO OF RAIN, WITH THE HEAVIEST
AMOUNTS TARGETED FOR THE COASTAL PLAIN COUNTIES, OR CLOSER TO THE
OCEAN AND DELAWARE BAY. THE RAIN WILL BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK
ON CHRISTMAS, OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE
AND DELAWARE, THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION
DURING THE DAY. 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL COME TOWARD EVENING MONDAY AND CONTINUE
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, AND TOO, THE WINDS WILL BECOME QUITE
GUSTY. THE STRONGEST WINDS LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY WILL BE ALONG
THE COAST AND MAY GUST TO 40 OR 45 MPH. STRONG WINDS WILL THEN
FILL IN BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE ELSEWHERE, AS IT EXITS THE REGION
HEADED FOR NEW ENGLAND. 

THERE MAY BE SOME SLEET OR SNOW IF THE PRECIPITATION COMES IN
EARLIER MONDAY MORNING, BUT IT SHOULD BE BRIEF, AND THEN A
CHANGE-OVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW ON TUESDAY. HOWEVER, WE ARE NOT
EXPECTING AN TRAVEL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH WINTRY WEATHER.

HOWEVER, AREAS TO OUR NEAR WEST AND NORTH MAY EXPERIENCE A
SIGNIFICANT STORM THAT WILL BRING WINTRY WEATHER IN THE FORM OF
SNOW OR ICE WITH SOME POSSIBLY UP TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. CHECK YOUR
DESTINATION WEATHER IF YOU ARE TRAVELING TODAY OR MONDAY
ESPECIALLY IF HEADING INTO CENTRAL AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND
PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW YORK STATE.  


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