[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/15/2007 4:53:13 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
452 PM EST MON JAN 15 2007

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-161100-
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
452 PM EST MON JAN 15 2007

...THE RETURN OF COLD WEATHER TO THE REGION IS ON TAP...

A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT WILL BRING WITH IT 
THE RETURN OF COLDER WEATHER. TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED 
TO BARELY RECOVER AT ALL AS THE COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO 
THE REGION. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE IT FEEL COLDER. 
THIS COLD ONSLAUGHT WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT AS WILL THE STRONG 
NORTHWEST WINDS. BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY, WIND CHILL FACTORS 
ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND ZERO OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE 
POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY, AROUND 10 IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND 
THE REST OF NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND IN THE TEENS ELSEWHERE. 

HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE COLDER THAN 
NORMAL, A RARE EVENT SO FAR THIS WINTER. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 
DIMINISHING, BUT WIND CHILL FACTORS STILL MIGHT NOT RISE ABOVE THE 
FREEZING MARK.  

WINDS WILL HAVE DIMINISHED IN EARNEST BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WHICH 
HAS A CHANCE OF BEING THE COLDEST NIGHT OF THE WINTER SEASON SO FAR. 
A SLIGHT WARMING TREND IS THEN EXPECTED ON THURSDAY BEFORE ANOTHER 
COLD FRONT BRINGS COLDER WEATHER BACK IN AGAIN FOR THE UPCOMING 
WEEKEND. 

IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF WINTERS, THIS IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO RECORD 
BREAKING OR UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER. BUT, IN A RELATIVE SENSE IT 
WILL FEEL MUCH COLDER SINCE WE HAVE BEEN IN AIR MASSES MORE 
REPRESENTATIVE OF MARCH AND EARLY APRIL THAN THE DEAD OF WINTER. 
PLEASE DRESS APPROPRIATELY IF YOU MUST SPEND TIME WORKING OR BEING 
OUTDOORS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

THE WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC HAS CHANGED. THIS HAS 
MADE IT EASIER FOR COLD AIR MASSES TO FORM OVER CANADA AND TO AT 
LEAST ENTER THE UNITED STATES. THE LATEST CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER 
SIX TO FOURTEEN DAY OUTLOOK FOR OUR AREA IS CALLING FOR TEMPERATURES 
TO AVERAGE COLDER THAN NORMAL. SO UNLIKE BRIEF SPELLS OF COLD 
WEATHER WE HAVE HAD SO FAR THIS WINTER, THIS ONE IS EXPECTED TO BE 
WITH US FOR A WHILE.

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DELISI/GIGI