1/31/2011 - Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
757 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011
...WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
THIS AFTERNOON TO THE UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY EARLY WEDNESDAY.
THE LOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO JUMP TO THE WATERS OFF NEW JERSEY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE RACING TO THE NORTHEAST. THE WEATHER
SYSTEM WILL BRING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO
PARTS OF OUR REGION FROM TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY.
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-WESTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...FREEHOLD...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA...
PHILADELPHIA
757 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* AREAS AFFECTED; THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF MARYLAND...THE NORTH
THIRD OF DELAWARE...THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
AND MUCH OF INTERIOR SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY UP TO COASTAL
NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.
* PRECIPITATION TYPES: FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING...THEN TAPER
OFF LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. STEADIER
PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING MAY
TAKE THE FORM OF RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN...AS THERE IS STILL SOME
UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARD TO THE AMOUNT OF LOW LEVEL COLD AIR IN
PLACE WHEN THE PRECIPITATION REDEVELOPS. THE PRECIPITATION
SHOULD END AS PLAIN RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS: ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH
ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. AROUND ONE
QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* TIMING: LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS FALLING DURING
THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR AN ICE
ACCUMULATION IS FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING ON
WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS: THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE AFFECTED BY ICE. THE
MORNING COMMUTE WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY ICE. IN
BOTH CASES...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE LESS THAN IDEAL.
UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY. IT APPEARS
AS THOUGH THE EVENING COMMUTE TIMES TODAY AND WEDNESDAY SHOULD
BE LESS AFFECTED BY THE WEATHER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW
AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL IN THE REGION.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.