NJ Winter Storm Watches Issued

For Burlington and Ocean Counties south in NJ. With a threshold of 4" for a warning, the NWS Mt Holly - Philly has issued a watch. Areas further north, the threshold is 6" In any case, the NWS has issued the watches. This means conditions are favorable. If it becomes imminent, a warning will be issued. Warnings are in effect for DC/Baltimore/Central PA areas currently.

Personally, I still feel getting two inches will be tough. I am still looking for a coating to 2" of sloppy snow that wont really accumulate until nighttime, or heaver bands. In nay case, I wanted to pass along the watches

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Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
327 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

NJZ017>020-022-025>027-PAZ071-104-106-060430-
/O.EXB.KPHI.WS.A.0004.130306T2100Z-130307T1100Z/
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
PHILADELPHIA-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...
MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...HAMMONTON...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...PHILADELPHIA...
NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
327 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

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

* LOCATIONS...MOST OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...PHILADELPHIA AND ITS
  NEARBY PENNSYLVANIA SUBURBS.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING...MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL PROBABLY BEGIN BETWEEN BEFORE
  DAWN ON WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL
  MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO RAIN AT TIMES DURING THE DAY...BEFORE
  CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW TOWARD EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE
  FORECAST TO BE ABOVE FREEZING AND THIS WILL ASSIST MELTING ON
  TREATED SURFACES. NEVERTHELESS...SOME SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS ARE
  LIKELY THROUGHOUT THIS AREA DURING AND GETTING MORE WIDESPREAD
  ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...EXPECT TRAVEL TO GET MORE DIFFICULT AS THE WEDNESDAY
  EVENING COMMUTE PROCEEDS. THERE IS THE CHANCE THAT ENOUGH WET
  SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON LIMBS AND WIRES AND COUPLED WITH THE
  WIND TO CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. BE PREPARED FOR
  POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES.

* WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. HIGHEST
  GUSTS NEAR THE NEW JERSEY COAST.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO HALF A MILE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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