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[monmouthcoweather]

Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
355 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2007

DEZ001-NJZ012-013-016>020-027-PAZ070-071-250300-
/O.EXA.KPHI.WS.A.0002.070225T1800Z-070226T1600Z/
NEW CASTLE-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA
355 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER KANSAS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL
MOVE TO NEAR CHICAGO BY SUNDAY EVENING WHILE SLOWLY WEAKENING. A
SECOND STORM WILL FORM OFF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST LATER ON
SUNDAY AND THEN MOVE TOWARDS NEW ENGLAND BY MONDAY. THESE TWO
SYSTEMS WILL BRING PLENTY OF MOISTURE AS WELL AS KEEP COLDER TEMPERATURES
IN PLACE OVER THE WATCH AREA.

LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE DELAWARE VALLEY AND UP
INTO CENTRAL NEW JERSEY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WARMER AIR ARRIVING
ALOFT WILL CAUSE THE PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN
BY SUNSET. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARDS TO THE
AMOUNT OF SNOW AND ICE AND WHEN THE CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING
PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME MODEST
ICE ACCUMULATIONS, AROUND 1/4 INCH, WHICH COULD RESULT IN
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE PERIOD OF MOST INTENSE PRECIPITATION
WILL BE FROM AROUND 5 PM SUNDAY UNTIL 1 AM MONDAY.

PREPARE NOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL... MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A BLANKET... EXTRA GLOVES...
WATER... SOME LIGHT FOOD AND A MEANS OF COMMUNICATIONS IN THE
EVENT YOUR GET STUCK.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR COMMERCIAL RADIO
AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

[Stormchaser]

Doesn't really say much in terms of certainty -- they're leaving the door wide open -- "significant snow, sleet...or freezing rain accumulations."

[monmouthcoweather]

definetley going very conservative compared to upton.

the conditions are going to be very different as you head north into monmouth and middlesex counties, yet were included in the same statement as south jersey, delaware, and philly. we primarily get whatever nyc gets most of the time