[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 10/17/2009 3:15:25 AM

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
315 AM EDT SAT OCT 17 2009

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/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0009.091017T2200Z-091018T1600Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
315 AM EDT SAT OCT 17 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
IT IS IN EFFECT FROM 600 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL NOON ON SUNDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OFF THE
MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT AND IT SHOULD MOVE TO THE
NORTHEAST AND OUT TO SEA ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE LOW WILL LIKELY
BRING SOME ADDITIONAL SNOW TO PARTS OF THE POCONO REGION AND TO
PARTS OF FAR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY OVER THE WEEKEND.

FOR TODAY, PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS, WITH LIGHT RAIN IN THE VALLEYS. LITTLE OR NO SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

AFTER DARK, LIGHT SNOW MAY BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. THE INTENSITY OF THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO INCREASE
OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING, SOME
LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WITH
PERHAPS AN ISOLATED SPOT OR TWO PICKING UP 5 OR 6 INCHES. IN THE
VALLEYS, THERE WILL BE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW FOR TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY MORNING, WITH LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION ANTICIPATED.

THE PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO TAPER GRADUALLY TO SHOWERS
DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING, WITH A DECREASING
POTENTIAL FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU WILL BE DRIVING IN THE POCONO REGION OR IN FAR NORTHERN
NEW JERSEY THIS WEEKEND, BE PREPARED FOR LESS THAN IDEAL
CONDITIONS AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

WHERE THE SNOW ACCUMULATES, IT WILL LIKELY BE WET AND HEAVY. THE
SNOW COULD BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

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