[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/21/2013 5:34:52 PM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
534 PM EST MON JAN 21 2013

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-220015-
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON
534 PM EST MON JAN 21 2013

...BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE SLIPPERY TRAVEL THIS EVENING IN
PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

SNOWFALL WILL BE VARIABLE AND RANGE FROM A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH
TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 1 OR 2 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF ROUTE 80...
INCLUDING THE POCONOS AND STROUDSBURG IN PENNSYLVANIA AS WELL AS 
SUSSEX...WARREN AND MORRIS COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

THE HEAVIEST SNOW IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM READING TO MOUNT 
POCONO...WILL PROBABLY FALL BETWEEN 6 PM AND 8 PM. THE HEAVIEST
IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY BETWEEN 7 PM AND 830 PM. HEAVIEST SNOW IN
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 7 PM AND 9 PM.

LOW PRESSURE ON AN EASTWARD MOVING MOVING COLD FRONT WAS DEVELOPING
THE NARROW BANDS OF MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS IN EAST
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY IN THE HEAVIER
BANDS WAS BRIEFLY REDUCED TO BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF
MILE.

SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO FLURRIES OR END COMPLETELY BY MIDNIGHT BUT 
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY 20 TO 30 MPH. WIND CHILLS BY MORNING
WILL RANGE FROM JUST BELOW ZERO IN THE HIGH TERRAIN TO THE SINGLE
NUMBERS ELSEWHERE.

BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS AND VERY SLIPPERY
STRETCHES OF PAVEMENT THIS EVENING.

$$

NJZ009-010-012>015-019-020-026-027-PAZ071-103>106-220015-
HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-
MERCER-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-
EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...LONG BEACH ISLAND...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...PHILADELPHIA...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...
NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...
DOYLESTOWN
534 PM EST MON JAN 21 2013

...SNOW SHOWERS WILL PROBABLY PRODUCE A PERIOD OF SLIPPERY TRAVEL
FOR MUCH SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA JUST TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF CENTER
CITY PHILADELPHIA INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY THIS EVENING...

SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD DEVELOP IN THE PHILADELPHIA AREA NEAR 7 PM AND
REACH COASTAL SECTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY BY 9 PM.

SNOW MAY INITIALLY MELT ON PAVEMENT FROM NEAR PHILADELPHIA THROUGH
PORTIONS OF BURLINGTON AND OCEAN COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEW
JERSEY WHERE TEMPERATURES WERE STILL JUST ABOVE FREEZING. IF THE
SNOW MAY COMES DOWN BRIEFLY HEAVY...TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL
BELOW FREEZING AND UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BECOME SLIPPERY.

HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATION OF ONE HALF TO AS MUCH AS 1 INCH IN
SPOTS...SHOULD OCCUR FROM DOYLESTOWN IN BUCKS COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
THROUGH TRENTON AND PRINCETON TO NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY BY TOMS
RIVER INTO MONMOUTH COUNTY NEAR BELMAR. 

PREPARE FOR AREAS OF SLIPPERY TRAVEL LATER THIS EVENING AND BRIEFLY
REDUCED VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE IN SCATTERED HEAVIER SNOW
SHOWERS.

SNOW WILL END BY MIDNIGHT AND WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
INTO THE SINGLE NUMBERS BY MORNING AS NORTHWEST WINDS GUST 20 TO
30 MPH. 

$$

DRAG