[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/12/2012 8:54:37 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
854 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012

NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-060>062-131100-
SUSSEX-WARREN-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
854 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012

...A STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT WITH THE
LIKELIHOOD OF SLIPPERY TRAVEL ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS ESPECIALLY IN
THE HIGHER TERRAIN...
 
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT.
SHOWERS WILL PRECEDE AND ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES ARE AND
WILL DROP RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY
CHANGE TO SNOW BEFORE IT ENDS.

WHILE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AN INCH OR TWO IN THE
POCONOS AND LESS THAN AN INCH ELSEWHERE, THE LARGER PROBLEM WILL
BE THE RAPID DROP IN TEMPERATURES, LIKELY BELOW FREEZING BEFORE
PRECIPITATION BECOMES LIGHTER OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

THIS COMBINATION WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON
UNTREATED ROADWAYS. THIS IS ALSO VERY POORLY TIMED AND EXPECTED TO
OCCUR DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. 

IN ADDITION TO THE DROP IN TEMPERATURES, WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
INCREASE RAPIDLY AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. THIS MIGHT CAUSE SNOW
SQUALL CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY IN THE POCONOS.

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO BE PREPARED FOR ADVERSE WEATHER
CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON FRIDAY, ESPECIALLY IF
YOUR COMMUTE TAKES YOU THROUGH HIGHER TERRAIN INTERSTATES AND ROADWAYS.
GIVE YOURSELF SOME EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.  WHILE
THE GREATEST THREAT IS OVER THE POCONOS, ICING ON UNTREATED
ROADWAYS BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS MIGHT ALSO OCCUR IN THE HIGHER
TERRAIN LOCATIONS OF NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY, THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND
BERKS COUNTY.

$$

TFG