Saturday, December 14, 2013

National Weather Service Backed Down from 6-10 Inches in Northeast New Jersey to 4-8 Inches. I Will Stick with 4-6 Inches in Northeast New Jersey and 6-8 Inches in Northwest New Jersey.

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
452 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013

...A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT...

CTZ005>007-NJZ002-103-NYZ067>070-141800-
/O.CON.KOKX.WS.W.0005.131214T1100Z-131215T1100Z/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN PASSAIC-WESTERN BERGEN-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
452 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY...

* LOCATIONS...INTERIOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...THE
  LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND INTERIOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW...CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN LATE
  TONIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH
  A TENTH TO QUARTER INCH OF ICE.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING AND GRADUALLY PICKUP
  IN INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY
  AT TIMES THIS EVENING...AND THEN MIX WITH SLEET AND CHANG TO
  FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...SNOW COVERED ROADS THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN ICY
  LATE TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

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Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
350 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013

...A WINTER STORM AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE
AREA THROUGH TODAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE TO THE
NEW JERSEY COAST LATE TONIGHT, THEN STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES TO NOVA
SCOTIA LATE SUNDAY. A WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST, ALONG WITH AREAS OF ICING. WARMER AIR
NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM CENTER SHOULD ARRIVE LATE TODAY AND
ESPECIALLY TONIGHT, RESULTING IN SLEET AND OR FREEZING RAIN IN THE
INTERIOR, ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, AND THE
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL SECTIONS OF NEW JERSEY.

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-061-062-105-142200-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0010.131214T1200Z-131215T1000Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-UPPER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...
BETHLEHEM...EASTON...CHALFONT...PERKASIE
350 AM EST SAT DEC 14 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING
TO 5 AM EST SUNDAY...

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.

* TIMING...SNOW IS ANTICIPATED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY MID
  MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW SHOULD MIX
  WITH OR CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATER
  TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE POCONOS AS
  WELL AS SUSSEX COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD ONTO
  SNOW THE LONGEST.

* HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES...SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN ABOUT 3 PM AND
  MIDNIGHT WHEN SNOWFALL RATES MAY REACH ONE INCH PER HOUR WITH
  THE VISIBILITY REDUCED AT TIMES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE.

* TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE 20S.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS.
  BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TEND TO ICE UP FIRST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW, SLEET AND
ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

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