[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 10/17/2009 8:59:11 AM

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WWUS41 KPHI 171258
WSWPHI

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

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-172100-
/O.EXT.KPHI.WW.Y.0009.091017T1258Z-091018T1600Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
858 AM EDT SAT OCT 17 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT SUNDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT
SUNDAY. 

ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL 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 BRING SOME ADDITIONAL
SNOW TO PARTS OF THE POCONO REGION AND TO PARTS OF FAR NORTHERN
NEW JERSEY.

MOST OF THE SNOW SHOULD OCCUR AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET TODAY
WITH AN INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE MAINLY ON GRASSY AREAS. AT ELEVATIONS
BELOW 1500 FEET, MOSTLY RAIN SHOULD FALL.

TONIGHT...THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE AT THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS, SOME SLIPPERY CONDITIONS COULD ALSO DEVELOP ON THE
ROADS. TOTAL NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED,
BUT SOME ISOLATED LOCALITIES COULD SEE UP TO 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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