[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 12/26/2008 3:22:32 AM

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
322 AM EST FRI DEC 26 2008


NJZ001-PAZ054-055-262000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.ZR.Y.0002.081226T2200Z-081227T1300Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
322 AM EST FRI DEC 26 2008

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 AM EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 AM EST SATURDAY. 

A WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST TONIGHT. MOISTURE
AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BRING CLOUDS TO THE REGION TODAY AND ONLY
ALLOW DAYTIME HIGHS TO REACH THE 30S. HOWEVER, AS PCPN SPREADS
INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING, TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW 32
ALLOWING FREEZING RAIN TO DEVELOP. THIS FREEZING RAIN WILL
GRADUALLY TURN OVER TO RAIN LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING AS MILDER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTH.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADWAYS STARTING LATE
THIS AFTERNOON. ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF FREEZING RAIN IS NEEDED TO
CAUSE BLACK ICE AND SLIPPERY ROADS.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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