[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 4/17/2009 2:12:21 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
211 PM EDT FRI APR 17 2009

DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>023-
027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-172300-
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-
CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...
MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...
MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
211 PM EDT FRI APR 17 2009

...ENHANCED BRUSH AND WILD FIRE CONCERNS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
SATURDAY...

TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S
THROUGHOUT MOST OF OUR REGION, AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON HAD ALREADY DROPPED BELOW 30 PERCENT. A WEST WIND,
WHICH GENERALLY WAS AROUND 10 MPH AS OF 200 PM, WILL BECOME
SOMEWHAT GUSTY BY 400 PM OR 500 PM. OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF NEAR 20
MPH ARE EXPECTED, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

AS A RESULT, THERE IS A HEIGHTENED CONCERN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
AND SPREAD OF BRUSH AND WILD FIRES IN OUR REGION. THAT CONCERN HAS
LESSENED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINES OF NEW JERSEY AND
DELAWARE, WHERE A SEA BREEZE HAS BROUGHT IN COOLER AND MORE HUMID
AIR. 

WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL, SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR
SATURDAY.

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IOVINO/STAUBER/DELISI


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