[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 12/24/2006 3:36:51 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
335 PM EST SUN DEC 24 2006

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-251100-
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
335 PM EST SUN DEC 24 2006

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

A BIG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM 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 ON AVERAGE AN INCH OF RAINFALL AND ISOLATED
HEAVIER AMOUNTS, WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS TARGETED FOR THE
COASTAL PLAIN COUNTIES, OR CLOSER TO THE OCEAN AND DELAWARE BAY.
THE RAIN WILL BEGIN DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE DAY ON CHRISTMAS
OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE AND DELAWARE,
THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL COME TOWARD MONDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, WITH THE WINDS BECOMING GUSTY AS WELL.
THE STRONGEST WINDS LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY WILL BE ALONG THE
COAST AND MAY GUST TO 30 OR 40 MPH. STRONG WINDS WILL THEN FILL IN
BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE ELSEWHERE, AS IT EXITS THE REGION HEADED
FOR NEW ENGLAND.

THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW OR SLEET MIXING IN WITH THE
RAINFALL WHEN THE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END ON TUESDAY. NO
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR
THE LATEST UPDATES TO THE FORECAST.

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ROBERTSON/EBERWINE