WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 440 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST
SUNDAY.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH LATE
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES AS
THE STORM MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO THE NEW JERSEY AND
DELAWARE COASTS.
WARMER AIR MAY PUSH IN FROM THE OCEAN AND CAUSE A MIX OR CHANGE
TO PLAIN RAIN ALONG THE COAST... KEEPING SNOW AMOUNTS LESS THAN
AREAS JUST INLAND. HOWEVER... AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY EVEN THESE
LOCATIONS MAY CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW AND POTENTIALLY RECEIVE
HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS.
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING
AREA, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THESE TOTALS ARE HIGHLY
DEPENDENT ON THE TRACK OF THE STORM. IF THE LOW MOVES MORE TO THE
WEST, AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHER. A MORE EASTWARD TRACK WOULD YIELD
LOWER ACCUMULATIONS.
THE SNOW SHOULD FALL HEAVY AT TIMES... WHICH WHEN COMBINED WITH
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS... MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. THIS MAY CAUSE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SATURDAY
AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED CLOSER TO AT
ALONG THE COAST.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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