[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 12/25/2006 4:48:04 AM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
446 AM EST MON DEC 25 2006

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-252130-
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
446 AM EST MON DEC 25 2006


...RAIN ON THE WAY...SOME WIND LATER TODAY INTO TUESDAY...

THE MUCH ADVERTISED LOW PRESSURE IS LOCATED OVER MISSISSIPPI, BUT
IT'S AFFECT EXTEND WELL TO THE NORTHEAST. CLOUDS HAVE BEEN
STREAMING INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND WILL THICKEN DURING THE
MORNING HOURS. IN A FEW HOURS, LIGHT RAIN WILL BEGIN FALLING
ACROSS EASTERN MARYLAND, DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY,
MOVING FARTHER NORTH AND BECOMING STEADY BY LATE MORNING. 

WHAT BEGAN AS A CLEAR CALM NIGHT, HAS ALLOWED THE TEMPERATURES TO
DROP INTO THE 20S IN SOME AREAS, BUT BEFORE THE RAIN BEGINS, THE
TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE AT OR ABOVE THE FREEZING LEVEL. HOWEVER,
THERE MAY BE SOME VALLEY'S WHERE A COLD POCKET MAY PERSIST INTO
THE LATE MORNING HOURS ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY. IF
THAT'S THE CASE, THERE MAY BE A VERY BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN. 

WE WILL CONTINUE TO CHECK THE PROGRESS OF THE PRECIPITATION, AT
THE SAME TIME MONITORING THE GROUND TEMPERATURES AND WILL ISSUE
ANY NECESSARY STATEMENTS FOR THOSE COMMUTING THIS MORNING. 

ONCE SETTLED OVER THE AREA, THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH THE HEAVIEST FALLING ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS.
AS MUCH AS AN INCH OR A LITTLE MORE WILL FALL, WITH AMOUNTS OF ONE
HALF INCH ELSEWHERE. 

THE WINDS WILL PICK UP THIS EVENING AND MAY GUST TO 30 OR 35 MPH
AT TIMES ALONG THE COAST. 

PERSONS PLANNING ON TRAVELING INTO PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA, AND INTO CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE SHOULD
CHECK THE LATEST FORECAST FROM OUR STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA AND
BINGHAMTON NEW YORK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES. THERE IS
THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME WINTRY WEATHER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.

HAVE A MERRY AND SAFE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.

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