[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 3/8/2013 4:35:36 AM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
433 AM EST FRI MAR 8 2013

NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015-020-081100-
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-OCEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...
JACKSON
433 AM EST FRI MAR 8 2013

...BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW CONTINUES EARLY THIS MORNING...

AT 430 AM, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER
REPORTS INDICATED BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA. THESE BANDS ARE SLIDING SOUTHWESTWARD, BUT ARE TENDING
TO REDEVELOP. THE HEAVIEST PART OF THE BAND STRETCHES FROM EASTERN
SUSSEX COUNTY THROUGH MORRIS, SOMERSET MIDDLESEX, THEN INTO MERCER
AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES.

SNOWFALL RATES HAVE BEEN NEAR AN INCH PER HOUR WITH THE HEAVIER
PARTS OF THESE BANDS. TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR JUST BELOW FREEZING,
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN COMBINED WITH THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES,
UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BE SLIPPERY.

IF TRAVELING EARLY THIS MORNING, BE PREPARED FOR GREATLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES WITHIN THESE HEAVIER BANDS OF SNOW, ALONG WITH
SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS.

$$

NJZ017>019-022-027-PAZ055-062-070-071-103>106-081100-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-ATLANTIC-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-MONROE-NORTHAMPTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...
MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...HAMMONTON...WHARTON STATE FOREST...
STROUDSBURG...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...
COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT...
PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
433 AM EST FRI MAR 8 2013

...SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW TO AFFECT THE EARLY MORNING COMMUTE...

AT 430 AM, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE AN AREA OF SNOW SLIDING SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE AREA.
THIS SNOW IS MOSTLY ON THE LIGHTER SIDE, HOWEVER THERE ARE BANDS
EMBEDDED WITHIN IT THAT ARE PRODUCING HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES. AS A
RESULT, A COATING TO AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE. AS OF
430 AM, THE HEAVIER SNOW WAS LOCATED FROM LOWER BUCKS COUNTY THEN
ACROSS MUCH OF BURLINGTON COUNTY.

THE TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED TO FREEZING OR BELOW, THEREFORE
ESPECIALLY WHERE HEAVIER SNOW OCCURS UNTREATED SURFACES WILL
BECOME SLIPPERY.

IF TRAVELING EARLY THIS MORNING, BE PREPARED FOR GREATLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES WITHIN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOW, ALONG WITH SLIPPERY
CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS.

$$

GORSE