[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 12/24/2008 5:38:51 AM

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WWUS41 KPHI 241038
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
538 AM EST WED DEC 24 2008

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ013-016>020-027-PAZ070-071-241145-
/O.CAN.KPHI.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081224T1100Z/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-WESTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...FREEHOLD...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA...
PHILADELPHIA
538 AM EST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

PRECIPITATION HAS TEMPORARILY ENDED. ALTHOUGH MOST AREAS HAVE SEE
TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING, SOME OF THE NORMALLY COLDER
AREAS WERE STILL BELOW FREEZING. HOWEVER, BY THE TIME ANY
PRECIPITATION REDEVELOPS, TEMPERATURES EVEN IN THE COLDER AREAS
SHOULD BE ABOVE FREEZING.

MOTORISTS SHOULD STILL USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS MORNING. UNTREATED
ROADWAYS MAY REMAIN SLIPPERY INTO THE MORNING SINCE THE GROUND
FROZE DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND IT WILL TAKE A FEW HOURS
FOR THEM TO THAW AND ALLOW ANY LINGERING ICE TO MELT.

$$

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-069-241500-
/O.EXT.KPHI.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081224T1500Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...DOYLESTOWN
538 AM EST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING. 

A WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA TODAY. FREEZING RAIN WAS
FALLING IN MOST AREAS AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. 
HOWEVER, MILDER AIR WILL SURGE OVER THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING
AND ALLOW THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO RAIN AS TEMPERATURES MOVE
ABOVE FREEZING. 

BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER FROM FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN...TWO TO FOUR
TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE COULD ACCUMULATE IN THE POCONOS AND
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY WITH A TENTH OR TWO OVER EAST CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA AND THE REST OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. WITH THE
GROUND QUITE COLD...UNTREATED SIDEWALKS AND ROADWAYS WILL BE
SLIPPERY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$

NJZ012-015-PAZ067-068-241300-
/O.EXT.KPHI.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081224T1300Z/
MIDDLESEX-MERCER-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN
538 AM EST WED DEC 24 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

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

FREEZING RAIN WAS FALLING IN MANY LOCATIONS EARLY THIS MORNING.
HOWEVER, MILDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH ALLOWING
TEMPERATURES TO MOVE ABOVE FREEZING. THIS WILL CHANGE ANY FREEZING
RAIN OVER TO PLAIN RAIN.

UP TO A TENTH OF ICE COULD ACCUMULATE BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER TO
PLAIN RAIN.

HOWEVER...EVEN AFTER TEMPERATURES MOVE ABOVE FREEZING...THE ICY
CONDITIONS COULD LINGER SINCE THE GROUND IS FROZEN FROM THE COLD
WEATHER OF THE PAST COUPLE DAYS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. WITH THE
GROUND QUITE COLD... IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH FREEZING RAIN TO CAUSE
BLACK ICE AND MAKE FOR SLIPPERY ROADWAYS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

$$


RNS