[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/5/2007 4:00:57 AM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
400 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-052200-
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
400 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2007

...NEAR RECORD WARMTH AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY...

LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO TRACK FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY 
TO THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY. AS THE STORM MOVES TO OUR WEST, EVEN 
MILDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO OUR ENTIRE AREA LATER TODAY AND ESPECIALLY 
SATURDAY. WITH THE MILDEST AIR ARRIVING SATURDAY, NEAR RECORD WARMTH 
IS EXPECTED ACROSS NEARLY THE ENTIRE REGION. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO 
ADD TO THE LONG STRETCH OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WE HAVE 
EXPERIENCED DURING THE LATE FALL AND EARLY WINTER.

WHILE IT WILL BE UNSEASONABLY MILD TODAY DESPITE THE RAIN, HIGH 
TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL SHORT OF RECORD TEMPERATURES FOR MOST 
PLACES. SPEAKING OF THE RAIN, SOMEWHAT HEAVIER RAIN OF ONE-HALF TO 
ONE INCH IS EXPECTED OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN AND 
CENTRAL NEW JERSEY TODAY AND TONIGHT, WITH LESSER AMOUNTS BETWEEN 
ONE-THIRD AND TWO-THIRDS OF AN INCH OVER SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, 
DELAWARE AND THE NORTHEAST MARYLAND SHORE. WHERE THE RAIN IS THE 
HEAVIEST AND MOST PERSISTENT, LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS 
AND HIGHWAYS, AS WELL AS IN POOR-DRAINAGE AREAS, COULD OCCUR. IN 
ADDITION, THERE COULD BE SOME SIGNIFICANT WITHIN BANK RISES ON A FEW 
AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS.

AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES TO OUR NORTHWEST LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY, 
SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH POSSIBLE 
GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. WHILE THESE WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT ALL THAT 
STRONG, IT MAY BE ENOUGH TO IMPACT AT LEAST SOME OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES 
THAT MAY BE PLANNED DURING SATURDAY. DESPITE THE RECORD WARMTH THAT 
IS EXPECTED SATURDAY, GUSTY WINDS COULD TEMPER THE OVERALL FEEL OF 
THIS UNSEASONABLY MILD WEATHER.

HERE ARE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR SATURDAY FOR A FEW LOCATIONS: 
AT PHILADELPHIA, 71 DEGREES SET IN 1950; AT ATLANTIC CITY, 69 
DEGREES IN 1950; AT WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 70 DEGREES IN 1950; AND AT 
ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 60 DEGREES IN 1998.

IN ADDITION, ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP 
ALONG THE GULF COAST LATER THIS WEEKEND AND MOVE OVER OUR AREA 
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. THIS WILL PROVIDE MORE RAIN, SOME 
POSSIBLY HEAVY. COMING ON TOP OF THE RAIN OF TODAY AND TONIGHT, 
SUNDAY NIGHT'S RAIN COULD LEAD TO SOME FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO LATER 
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

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