[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 12/16/2008 6:38:18 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
638 PM EST TUE DEC 16 2008

NJZ012-013-015-017>020-PAZ070-071-170300-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
JACKSON...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
638 PM EST TUE DEC 16 2008

...A LULL IN PRECIPITATION FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...

A RELATIVE BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE
REGION OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. AIR TEMPERATURES ARE
RIGHT AROUND THE FREEZING MARK AND ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN THERE. 
WITH PRECIPITATION INTENSITY DECREASING, THE SNOW WILL BE CHANGING
TO LIGHT SLEET, RAIN AND POSSIBLY EVEN SOME DRIZZLE. A LARGER AREA 
OF RAIN WEST OF WASHINGTON DC WILL MOVE IN LATER THIS EVENING. BY
THEN PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE MAINLY RAIN AND TEMPERATURES SLOWLY
EDGING UPWARD. ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN ABOUT AN INCH OR LESS
WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE RARITAN BASIN. ROADWAYS CONTINUED TO
BENEFIT FROM THE RECORD BREAKING HIGH TEMPERATURES YESTERDAY AND
ROADS HAVE REMAINED MAINLY WET. SOME SLICK SPOTS MIGHT DEVELOP ON
SOME BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, ESPECIALLY IF SLEET OCCURS. PLEASE
BE WARY FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND SOME SLICK SPOTS. ALLOW FOR
SOME EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.



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