[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 1/5/2009 3:31:07 PM

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WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
330 PM EST MON JAN 5 2009

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>069-060500-
/O.CON.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
330 PM EST MON JAN 5 2009

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

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

A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS DEVELOPING FROM THE GREAT PLAINS TO 
THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES THIS AFTERNOON. THE LOW WILL PROGRESS TO THE 
EAST AND IT SHOULD PULL A WARM FRONT TO THE NORTH AND TOWARD OUR 
REGION ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. AS THE PRIMARY LOW MOVES INTO 
THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION EARLY ON WEDNESDAY, A SECONDARY LOW 
IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST. BOTH LOWS 
ARE ANTICIPATED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD, REACHING ATLANTIC CANADA ON 
THURSDAY.

PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE UP INTO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND 
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL LIKELY START AS 
LIGHT SNOW BEFORE IT BECOMES STEADIER ON TUESDAY EVENING. ON TUESDAY 
NIGHT, THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET, THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN.
THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN SHOULD TAKE PLACE GRADUALLY FROM SOUTH 
TO NORTH.

BY DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY, MUCH OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN 
NEW JERSEY WILL BE EXPERIENCING FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURES ARE THEN 
FORECAST TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING ON WEDNESDAY MORNING IN MUCH OF THE 
REGION. HOWEVER, POCKETS OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY LINGER 
INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE POCONOS AND IN FAR NORTHERN NEW 
JERSEY.

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED 
TO RANGE UP TO AN INCH OR TWO BEFORE THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN. 
HOWEVER, THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN 
NEW JERSEY COULD RECEIVE UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW.

WITH FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY 
WEDNESDAY MORNING, UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE MAY ACCUMULATE IN THE 
PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF BERKS, CHESTER, MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS, AND 
IN THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET. WITH THE 
FREEZING RAIN PERSISTING A LITTLE LONGER ON WEDNESDAY IN PARTS OF 
THE LEHIGH VALLEY, THE POCONOS AND FAR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY, SOME 
LOCATIONS IN THAT REGION COULD RECEIVE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME QUITE HAZARDOUS FROM LATE 
TUESDAY INTO PART OF WEDNESDAY IN MUCH OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND 
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. SNOW AND ICE WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE ON AREA 
ROADS AND WALKWAYS.

ALSO, ICE MAY ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES FROM TUESDAY 
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER 
OUTAGES, ESPECIALLY IN THE POCONOS AND IN FAR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.

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