Monday, February 16, 2015

Winter Storm Warnings 195 and South

Winter Storm Warning (New Jersey)
Feb 16, at 04:13 EST
Feb 17, at 12:00 EST
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND BRISK WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA MAY OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS... MAKE SURE TO DRESS IN LAYERS AND COVER EXPOSED SKIN. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR A TIME LATE TONIGHT.
...DANGEROUSLY COLD WEATHER THIS MORNING WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY, AND THEN A RETURN TO EXCESSIVE COLD THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...

.A WEEK OF HIGH IMPACT WINTER WEATHER IS AT HAND. THIS MORNINGS TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE PROCESS OF NEARING RECORDS. WIND CHILL WAS NEAR 35 BELOW ZERO IN THE POCONOS AND 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO OVER MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF OUR AREA. A QUICK HITTING SNOW EVENT OCCURS TONIGHT AND ENDS BY MID MORNING TUESDAY. THE OUTLOOK BEYOND...IS FOR A PERIOD OF ACCUMULATIVE SNOW SHOWERS OR SQUALLS LATE WEDNESDAY FOLLOWED BY A RETURN OF NEAR RECORD COLD THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES TEMPERATURES BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL PROBABLY AVERAGE 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL!

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING...

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST TUESDAY. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...ALL OF DELAWARE...MARYLAND`S EASTERN SHORE AND THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF NEW JERSEY INCLUDING WILMINGTON...DOVER AND GEORGETOWN DELAWARE AS WELL AS CAPE MAY AND ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS COLD THIS MORNING... THEN 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT WHICH WILL END MID OR LATE MORNING TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL WILL LET UP LATE THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BETWEEN 6 PM AND 10 PM AND BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT THEN TAPER TO FLURRIES SOON AFTER DAYBREAK TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TO LOWER 2OS DURING THE SNOW. * WIND...WILL BE LIGHT TENDING BECOME NORTHERLY 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY MORNING. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES BETWEEN 10 PM THIS EVENING AND 7 AM TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS MAY LEAD TO FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. THE SNOW TONIGHT WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD SLIPPERY TRAVEL ON ALL UNTREATED SURFACES. THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL PROBABLY BE SLOWER THAN NORMAL AS CLEAN UP EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY WITH THE SNOW IN THE PROCESS OF WINDING DOWN BY MID MORNING.
Atlantic; Atlantic Coastal Cape May; Camden; Cape May; Coastal Atlantic; Coastal Ocean; Cumberland; Gloucester; Northwestern Burlington; Ocean; Salem; Southeastern Burlington
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Sunday, February 15, 2015

Winter Storm Watch Issued For Our Area

Winter Storm Watch (New Jersey)
Feb 15, at 15:52 EST
Feb 17, at 12:00 EST

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND BRISK WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA MAY OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS, MAKE SURE TO DRESS IN LAYERS AND COVER EXPOSED SKIN. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

...DANGEROUS COLD FOLLOWED BY THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST MONDAY...

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS COLD, THEN POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...THE LOWEST WIND CHILL VALUES WILL OCCUR FROM LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOULD OVERSPREAD THE AREA MONDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AROUND MIDDAY TUESDAY. THERE COULD BE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW. * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING TO 1 BELOW TO 4 ABOVE ZERO THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * WIND...NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON, THEN DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS MAY LEAD TO FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. AN ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.

Atlantic; Atlantic Coastal Cape May; Camden; Cape May; Coastal Atlantic; Coastal Ocean; Cumberland; Eastern Monmouth; Gloucester; Northwestern Burlington; Ocean; Salem; Southeastern Burlington; Western Monmouth

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Saturday, February 14, 2015

High Wind Warning

High Wind Warning (New Jersey)
Feb 14, at 15:56 EST
Feb 15, at 14:00 EST
TO PREPARE, DO NOT PARK VEHICLES WHERE TREES CAN FALL ON THEM. MAKE SURE ALL CELL PHONE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES ARE FULLY CHARGED. IF YOU HAVE A GENERATOR, MAKE SURE IT IS WORKING PROPERLY AND IS PROPERLY VENTILATED WHEN IN USE. DUE TO THE MAGNITUDE OF WIND EXPECTED, BRIDGE RESTRICTIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE WILL CAUSE TREE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. ANTICIPATE POWER OUTAGES, POSSIBLY LASTING FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS. IF YOU LIVE NEAR LARGE TREES, REMAIN IN A LOWER LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR SEEK SHELTER ELSEWHERE IF POSSIBLE.
...DAMAGING WINDS FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EST SUNDAY...

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...THE HIGHEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR FROM ABOUT 3 AM SUNDAY THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THIS MAGNITUDE OF WIND CAN DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES, RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
Atlantic; Atlantic Coastal Cape May; Camden; Cape May; Coastal Atlantic; Coastal Ocean; Cumberland; Eastern Monmouth; Gloucester; Hunterdon; Mercer; Middlesex; Northwestern Burlington; Ocean; Salem; Somerset; Southeastern Burlington; Western Monmouth
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