[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 12/16/2008 8:36:39 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 170136
WSWPHI

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

NJZ012-013-015-170900-
/O.EXB.KPHI.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081217T0900Z/
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON
836 PM EST TUE DEC 16 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY.

SNOW AND SLEET HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE REGION WITH ACCUMULATIONS
AVERAGING 1 TO 2 INCHES. A TRANSITION TO SLEET AND RAIN IS UNDERWAY.
BUT SOME TEMPERATURES ARE NOW EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING AS
THE RAIN MOVES INTO THE REGION. GROUND SURFACES HAVE REMAINED
WARM, SO THE FREEZING MAY BE CONFINED TO EXPOSED SURFACES AS WELL
AS SOME BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF
ICE IS EXPECTED TO ACCRUE ON EXPOSED SURFACES.  

THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN TOWARD WEDNESDAY
MORNING. TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS MAY BECOME
MORE HAZARDOUS AS THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT PROGRESSES. PLEASE
GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. 

$$

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-170945-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081217T1800Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON
836 PM EST TUE DEC 16 2008

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

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
WEDNESDAY. 

SNOW AND SLEET HAS OVERSPREAD THE REGION AND PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT.
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 2 AND 4 INCHES OF
SNOW SHOULD ACCUMULATE. 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 OVERNIGHT. PLEASE GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION AND PLAN ON AN EARLIER START TO THE
WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

$$

NJZ009-010-PAZ067>069-170945-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081217T1300Z/
HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN
836 PM EST TUE DEC 16 2008

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

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST
WEDNESDAY. 

A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT.
ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
IN THE UPPER PARTS OF THE COUNTY AS WELL AS OVER SOME HIGHER
TERRAIN LOCATIONS. 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 BECOME MORE
HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT. 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.

$$

TFG