[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 1/5/2009 3:47:04 AM

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
346 AM EST MON JAN 5 2009

...A WINTER STORM COULD BRING THE REGION SNOW THEN FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>069-051700-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.A.0001.090106T2300Z-090107T1600Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN
346 AM EST MON JAN 5 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

COLDER AIR WILL RETURN TO THE REGION TONIGHT SETTING UP FOR WINTRY
WEATHER TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL 
DEVELOP OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TUESDAY AND HEAD NORTH TO THE
GREAT LAKES REGION. THE LOW SHOULD PULL A WARM FRONT AND A
DEVELOPING SECONDARY LOW NORTH ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

INITIALLY THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS SNOW, OR SNOW AND SLEET
MIXED TUESDAY EVENING. ANYWHERE FROM AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW COULD
ACCUMULATE JUST TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF PHILADELPHIA, TO UP TO 4
INCHES OVER THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

HOWEVER, THE GREATER THREAT IS FREEZING RAIN. AS WARMER AIR MOVES
IN ALOFT TUESDAY NIGHT, THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET WHILE SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW 32. ICE COULD
ACCUMULATE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH AFTER THE CHANGEOVER.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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