[W2CRA] Here we go again.

[campbell, barry]

This just came in from NOAA. Looks like a bad Wednesday again...

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
415 AM EST MON NOV 17 2003



...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY 
NIGHT...

ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY 
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE 
THROUGH THE REGION. SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WILL 
BEGIN TO INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WE COULD HAVE GALE FORCE 
GUSTS BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO VEER TO THE 
SOUTH EARLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THEN BECOME NORTHWEST AS THE COLD FRONT 
MOVES THROUGH. AT THIS TIME IT DOES NOT APPEAR THE WINDS WILL BE AS 
STRONG BEHIND THE FRONTAL SYSTEM COMPARED TO THE WINDS PRECEDING IT. 
SIMILAR TO MOST OF THE OTHER COLD FRONTAL PASSAGES THIS FALL, 
THUNDERSTORMS COULD ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP. IF THIS DOES IN FACT HAPPEN, 
WIND GUSTS COULD REACH EVEN HIGHER SPEEDS CAUSING DOWNED TREES AND 
POWER LINES. 

HIGH PRESSURE WILL PRECEDE THE COLD FRONT AND MOVE OFFSHORE ON 
TUESDAY. THE CLOCKWISE WINDS CIRCULATING AROUND THE HIGH ARE 
EXPECTED TO FUEL THE COLD FRONT BY ADDING MOISTURE ORIGINATING FROM 
THE GULF OF MEXICO AS WELL AS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. AT THIS TIME, UP 
TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL APPEAR POSSIBLE. BECAUSE THE REGION HAS 
NOT RECEIVED MUCH RAINFALL THE PAST WEEK TO TEN DAYS, WIDESPREAD 
FLOODING DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A THREAT. BUT AS ALWAYS, A QUICK 
HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED 
FLOODING.

IF THE CURRENT FORECAST AND TIMING HOLD...THE GREATEST COMMUTING 
PROBLEMS SHOULD OCCUR DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

Barry R. Campbell
K2BC