[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 12/16/2008 2:18:22 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 161918
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
218 PM EST TUE DEC 16 2008

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-170400-
/O.EXT.KPHI.WW.Y.0015.081216T1918Z-081217T1800Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON
218 PM EST TUE DEC 16 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
WEDNESDAY. 

SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION AND PERSIST
THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING. AS WARMER AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE IN
ALOFT, THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND THEN
FREEZING RAIN. THIS CHANGE OVER SHOULD OCCUR LATER THIS EVENING IN
BERKS COUNTY, THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND MOST OF NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.
THIS CHANGE OVER WILL OCCUR TOWARD MORNING IN THE POCONOS AND
SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY.

PRIOR TO THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN, BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES OF
SNOW SHOULD ACCUMULATE WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER
TERRAIN. AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE SHOULD ACCRUE ON
EXPOSED SURFACES. 

THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN AS WEDNESDAY MORNING
CONTINUES OVER THE VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH A WINTRY MIX PERSISTING
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME
MORE HAZARDOUS AS THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT PROGRESSES. PLEASE GIVE
YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION AND PLAN ON AN EARLIER
START TO THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

$$

NJZ009-010-PAZ067>069-170400-
/O.EXT.KPHI.WW.Y.0015.081216T1918Z-081217T1300Z/
HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN
218 PM EST TUE DEC 16 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST
WEDNESDAY. 

A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING.
ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE AROUND ONE INCH.  AS WARMER AIR
CONTINUES TO MOVE IN ALOFT, THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO
FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING AND THEN PLAIN RAIN FROM THE LOWER
PARTS OF THE COUNTIES TO THE UPPER PARTS OF THE COUNTIES OVERNIGHT.
AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE SHOULD ACCRUE ON EXPOSED
SURFACES PRIOR TO THE CHANGE.

TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME
MORE HAZARDOUS AS THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT PROGRESSES. CONDITIONS
SHOULD IMPROVE TOWARD MORNING. PLEASE GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION AND PLAN AN EARLIER START TO THE WEDNESDAY
MORNING COMMUTE. THIS WOULD BE ESPECIALLY TRUE IF YOU LIVE IN THE
UPPER PARTS OF THE COUNTY AND OR HAVE COMMUTES THAT WILL TAKE YOU
FARTHER TO THE NORTH. 

 

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