[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 12/9/2008 3:31:30 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 092030
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
330 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008

PAZ054-055-101100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.A.0005.081211T1200Z-081212T1200Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
330 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2008

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. 

AN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE GULF OF
MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY AND MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ON THURSDAY. AT THIS
TIME, PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE TRACK OF THE 
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM.  THE TRACK OF THE STORM WILL ULTIMATELY 
DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF PRECIPITATION AND HOW MUCH THE REGION 
RECEIVES.  RIGHT NOW, THE POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR THE AREA TO GET 6 
OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW OR 1/2 INCH OR ICE OR SOME COMBINATION OF THE 
TWO.  IF THE FORECAST TRACK IS FURTHER WEST THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED, 
TEMPERATURES WOULD BE WARMER AND THERE WOULD BE LESS OF A THREAT FOR 
WINTRY PRECIPITATION.  IF THE TRACK IS FURTHER EAST, WHILE 
TEMPERATURES WOULD REMAIN COLD, THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION WOULD BE 
LESSENED.

TRAVEL COULD QUICKLY BECOME HAZARDOUS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT, 
SO PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE THIS TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A 
WINTER STORM.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS POTENTIAL 
WINTER STORM SITUATION AND MAKE FURTHER REFINEMENTS TO THE FORECAST 
AS NEEDED.   

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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NIERENBERG