[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 4/3/2008 2:08:34 PM

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WWUS81 KPHI 031907
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
307 PM EDT THU APR 3 2008

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-040600-
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
307 PM EDT THU APR 3 2008

...SOME SLEET AND POSSIBLY SNOW AT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION
TONIGHT...    

AN EXTREMELY DRY AIR MASS OVER THE REGION WILL MAKE IT EASY FOR
TEMPERATURES BOTH AT THE SURFACE AND ABOVE THE SURFACE TO FALL
ONCE PRECIPITATION STARTS THIS EVENING. WHILE PRECIPITATION SHOULD
START AS RAIN, AS THIS COOLING PROCESS CONTINUES, IT IS LIKELY
THAT SLEET AND POSSIBLY SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE REGION. 
ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH AN INCH AND OCCUR MAINLY ON GRASSY
AREAS, BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE SLEET COULD CAUSE SOME SLIPPERY
TRAVEL FOR A TIME THIS EVENING, ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
AS WARMER AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH WHAT SLEET AND SNOW THERE IS
SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO PLAIN RAIN OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WHICH
WILL FALL CLOSE TO THE FREEZING MARK, SHOULD ALSO START REBOUNDING
TOWARD MORNING.

ANYONE TRAVELING THIS EVENING, PLEASE BE WARY FOR THE POSSIBILITY
OF SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS IF YOUR TRAVELS
WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE REGION.

SLEET MIGHT ALSO OCCUR IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND THE REST OF
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY, BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL
IMPACT ON TRAVEL.

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PO/TG