[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning or Watch or Advisory : PHI@ 12/29/2012 1:48:47 PM

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WWUS41 KPHI 291847
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
147 PM EST SAT DEC 29 2012

NJZ001-007>010-012-015-PAZ054-055-060>062-101>106-300000-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121230T0000Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-CARBON-
MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-
WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE...
COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT...
PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
147 PM EST SAT DEC 29 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...


* LOCATIONS...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NORTHWEST HALF OF NEW
  JERSEY

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING.

* IMPACTS...AREAS OF VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW COVERED
  ROADS THAT ARE NOT PLOWED OR TREATED AS WELL AS REDUCED
  VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO NEAR ONE QUARTER MILE.

* TEMPERATURES...25 TO 32 DEGREES.

* NOWCAST...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF THIS
  AREA WITH AMOUNTS AT 145 PM GENERALLY RANGING FROM 1 TO 2.5
  INCHES. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL BE DIMINISHING FROM SOUTHWEST TO
  NORTHEAST BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM AND COMPLETELY TAPERING OFF
  EARLY THIS EVENING. THE RAIN SNOW LINE WAS NEAR THE INTERSTATE
  95 CORRIDOR PUSHING NORTHWARD INTO TRENTON BUT DRIFTING EAST OF
  WILMINGTON DELAWARE.

* OUTLOOK...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
  DRIFTING OF THE SNOW SUNDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN NORTHEAST
  PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEYS HIGHER TERRAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES... WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS TEND TO DEVELOP FIRST.

&&

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DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ013-019-PAZ070-071-300000-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-121230T0000Z/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-WESTERN MONMOUTH-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...FREEHOLD...
MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
147 PM EST SAT DEC 29 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATIONS...NEAR THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR FROM WILMINGTON
  THROUGH THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA TO NEAR TRENTON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH.

* TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW WILL TREND TO BACK TO ALL SNOW BEFORE
  DIMINISHING BETWEEN 4 PM AND 6 PM AND THEN END COMPLETELY EARLY
  THIS EVENING. WHERE ROADS ARE WET DUE TO THE CHANGE TO RAIN...BE
  PREPARED FOR A POSSIBLE CHANGE TO SLIPPERY STRETCHES OF HIGHWAY
  AS ONE LAST BURST OF STEADY TO MODERATE SNOW CROSSES THIS REGION
  DURING MID OR LATE AFTERNOON.

* NOWCAST...AT 145 PM THE RAIN SNOW LINE WAS FROM NEAR WILMINGTON
  DELAWARE TO NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA TO NEAR TRENTON NEW JERSEY.
  IT WAS STILL EDGING NORTHWARD TOWARD DOYLESTOWN AND SOMERVILLE
  BUT PIVOTING EAST OF WILMINGTON. THE RAIN SNOW LINE SHOULD SHIFT
  SOUTHEAST EVERYWHERE DURING MID OR LATE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...LOCALLY SLOWED TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW OR SLUSH ON 
  UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.

* TEMPERATURES...30 TO 35 DEGREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES... WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS TEND TO DEVELOP FIRST.

&&

$$