[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 10/16/2009 3:50:53 AM

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WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
350 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009

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SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
350 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS
MORNING. 

A COASTAL LOW SPREAD SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...AND RAIN AND
SNOW IN THE VALLEYS...ACROSS THE REGION. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ACROSS THE REGION HAVE AVERAGED 1 TO 4 INCHES THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ON THE POCONO PLATEAU IN
PENNSYLVANIA.

WHILE THE SNOW BECAME MOSTLY LIGHTER OVERNIGHT...IT IS EXPECTED
TO PERSIST THROUGH THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO IS
POSSIBLE IN MOST AREAS WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATION ON NON-PAVED
SURFACES. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REMAIN AROUND OR JUST
BELOW FREEZING EARLY THIS MORNING...SOME ICY SPOTS WILL EXIST ON
UNTREATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

THERE ARE STILL LEAVES ON THE TREES, AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
WITH ANY CONTINUING ACCUMULATING SNOW, SOME TREE LIMBS MAY COME
DOWN FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW. THIS MAY CAUSE WIDELY SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES.

AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FARTHER OFFSHORE THE INTENSITY OF
ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END DURING TODAY WITH TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...HIGHEST ON THE POCONO PLATEAU.

ANOTHER COASTAL LOW SHOULD BRING MORE MIXED PRECIPITATION INTO
THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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