Winter Storm Watches Finally Issued for ALL of Northern New Jersey

Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
423 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013

...A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT...

CTZ005-006-NJZ002-103-NYZ067>070-131730-
/O.NEW.KOKX.WS.A.0004.131214T1100Z-131215T1100Z/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-WESTERN PASSAIC-
WESTERN BERGEN-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
423 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.

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

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE
  SATURDAY NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ALONG
  WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 20S.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH
  THE DAY. THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY NIGHT...
  AND THEN MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ON SNOW COVERED ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
333 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013

...A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE SOUTHERN STATES TO OFF THE NEW
JERSEY COAST SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY, THEN STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES
AWAY FROM OUR AREA DURING SUNDAY. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH COLD AIR IN
PLACE FOR A WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL TO OCCUR, AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL
FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS. SOME WARMER AIR MAY ARRIVE ABOVE
THE SURFACE SATURDAY NIGHT, RESULTING IN SOME ICE ESPECIALLY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.

NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-060>062-132100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.A.0005.131214T1100Z-131215T1100Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
333 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW, POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN 0.05 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...SNOW IS ANTICIPATED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA DURING
  SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY NIGHT,
  THEN TAPER OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

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

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S SATURDAY, THEN SLOWLY RISING TO NEAR
  30 DEGREES SATURDAY NIGHT FOR MOST AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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