[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 2/2/2010 9:30:15 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
929 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2010

NJZ001-007>010-012>015-PAZ054-055-060>062-068-069-031100-
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...
TRENTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...
BETHLEHEM...EASTON...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN
929 PM EST TUE FEB 2 2010

...AN ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FOR OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

SNOW IS FALLING ACROSS THE AREA WITH SOME MODERATE SNOW IN SOUTH
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. 

RADAR WAS SHOWING THE RAIN SNOW LINE FROM NORTHERN VIRGINIA ACROSS
THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY INTO CENTRAL DELAWARE. BALTIMORE
MARYLAND REPORTED A SNOW INCREASE OF 1 INCH IN THE PAST HOUR.
THIS IS LIKELY TO MOVE ALONG INTO THE REGION IN A FEW HOURS.

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RAIN WITH SOME ISOLATED
3 INCH AMOUNTS IN A HEAVIER SNOW BAND. 

THE COASTAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SKIRT BY THE MID-ATLANTIC
COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF
TOWARD DAYBREAK AND SHOULD BE ENDING BY MID MORNING. THE
TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING TO THE LOWER 20S IN THE POCONOS AND
MID TO UPPER 20S ELSEWHERE.

SNOW MAY STILL BE FALLING FOR WEDNESDAY'S MORNING COMMUTE CAUSING
A REDUCED VISIBILITY AND ICY SPOTS ON THE ROADWAYS. PLEASE USE
CAUTION WHEN DRIVING TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING.

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