[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 10/17/2009 2:00:37 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 171800
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
200 PM EDT SAT OCT 17 2009

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-180900-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-091018T1600Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
200 PM EDT SAT OCT 17 2009

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

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT
SUNDAY. 

LOW PRESSURE EAST OF DELMARVA WILL INTENSIFY SLOWLY AS IT MOVES
SLOWLY TO THE NORTH THROUGH SUNDAY. THE LOW WILL BRING SOME SNOW
TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE POCONOS AND IN NORTHWEST NEW
JERSEY. 

MOST OF THE SNOW SHOULD OCCUR AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET.
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING, 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW SHOULD HAVE FALLEN,
HOWEVER, MOST OF THE ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE ON GRASSY AREAS.

OVER ELEVATIONS BELOW 1500 FEET, MOSTLY RAIN IS ANTICIPATED,
ALTHOUGH SOME WET SNOW COULD MIX WITH THE RAIN INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

THE PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO TAPER GRADUALLY TO SHOWERS
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND 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... E 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 A FEW TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

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