[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 1/9/2009 4:19:33 AM

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WWUS41 KPHI 090919
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
419 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2009

...ANOTHER STORM TO AFFECT A GOOD PART OF THE REGION SATURDAY 
INTO SUNDAY...

.COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION TODAY AND MOVE
OFFSHORE SATURDAY MORNING. LOW PRESSURE, OVER TEXAS, WILL TRACK
NORTHEAST TO THE OHIO VALLEY BY SATURDAY MORNING SPREADING WINTRY
PRECIPITATION TO THE MID ATLANTIC. THIS STORM MAY BRING A
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE AREA ESPECIALLY FROM THE I-95 CORRIDOR
AND NORTH SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THE STORM WILL EXIT THE
REGION SUNDAY MORNING LEAVING BEHIND COLD BLUSTERY AND ICY
CONDITIONS FOR SUNDAY.


NJZ001-007>010-012-015-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>069-091930-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.A.0002.090110T1500Z-090111T1500Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-CARBON-
MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN
419 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF
CARBON...MONROE...BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY
AND BUCKS. THE WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF SUSSEX
...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MERCER AND MIDDLESEX.

THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THEN SPREAD
EAST WHILE BEGINNING TO ACCUMULATE IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. BY THE
END OF THE STORM ON SUNDAY MORNING, THERE WILL BE SOME MIXED SLEET
FALLING IN THE WATCH AREA WHILE MAINLY RAIN AND SOME WET SNOW WILL
FALL OVER THE SOUTHERN AREAS.

SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD RANGE BETWEEN FOUR AND SEVEN INCHES
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS FROM THE LEHIGH
VALLEY TO THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. 

THESE AMOUNTS COULD BE LESS DEPENDING UPON WHEN THE MIX WITH SLEET
OCCURS. IN ANY EVENT CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO TURN HAZARDOUS LATE
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING. 

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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