[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/12/2006 3:04:02 PM

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WWUS81 KPHI 122003
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
303 PM EST THU JAN 12 2006

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-131100-
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
303 PM EST THU JAN 12 2006

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...THEN
TURNING COLDER WITH RAIN POSSIBLY CHANGING TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING
SATURDAY NIGHT...

A STORM SYSTEM...DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES...IS 
EXPECTED TO TRACK INTO THE OHIO VALLEY LATE FRIDAY...REACH THE
MID ATLANTIC COAST SATURDAY...THEN INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST
TO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES BY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED
TO DRAW MOISTURE FROM BOTH THE GULF OF MEXICO AND ATLANTIC OCEAN 
INTO OUR REGION...RESULTING IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

WITH RELATIVELY MILD AIR IN PLACE, RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO
THE AREA LATE FRIDAY OR EARLY FRIDAY NIGHT. THE RAIN MAY BECOME
HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AND THERE MAY EVEN BE A 
FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA, CENTRAL AND 
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE, AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND. RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS SHOULD AVERAGE 3/4 TO 1 1/2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE CONVECTION DEVELOPS. THESE
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT WITHIN BANK
RISES ON MANY OF THE AREAS RIVERS, STREAMS, AND CREEKS...ESPECIALLY
IN THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY WHERE SNOWMELT WILL ADD TO 
THE RUNOFF.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE AREA ON THE BACK SIDE OF 
THE STORM SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY ALLOW THE RAIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW 
BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME ACCUMULATION IS 
POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE POCONOS AND 
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 
FREEZING IN MOST LOCATIONS SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS, ALONG WITH THE 
PREVIOUS WET ROADWAYS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL 
PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW, WILL CAUSE TRAVELING CONDITIONS 
TO DETERIORATE OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONALLY, WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST
15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THIS
WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR THE
POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY, AND IN THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S
ELSEWHERE. 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS...FOR THE 
LATEST UPDATES ON THIS COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM. YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS THE 
MT. HOLLY, NJ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/PHI.

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RPW//MPD/PO/LR


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