DISCUSSION ONLY: Snow/rain/slopfest potential Tuesday 11/27/2012

[Heisy]

Radar to me looks farther south & east than was to be expected. seems the heaviest stuff forming over Philly and immediate burbs, the sim radar from 6z nam isn't even close

[am19psu]

the sim radar from 6z nam isn't even close

[greg ralls]

They've upped it to 2-5 inches now. Guess this will go down as an overperformer.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

1222 PM EST TUE NOV 27 2012

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>069-280000-

/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-121128T0000Z/

SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-

LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...

FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...

ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...

DOYLESTOWN

1222 PM EST TUE NOV 27 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* HAZARD TYPE...MAINLY SNOW... MIXING WITH RAIN AT SOME

LOCATIONS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW

WILL MIX WITH RAIN AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON TOWARD THE

INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR WHEN INTENSITY LESSENS. THE PRECIPITATION

SHOULD REMAIN ALL SNOW OVER THE ELEVATED TERRAIN.

* IMPACTS...EXPECT SNOW TO BE CONTINUING INTO AT LEAST THE START

OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE AND MOST LIKELY PERSISTING THROUGH IT

IN NEW JERSEY. TEMPERATURES WILL START TO DROP AND WHERE THEY

ARE NOT ALREADY BELOW FREEZING COULD DO SO BEFORE THE END OF THE

EVENING COMMUTE. ICING IS POSSIBLE BY THE EVENING COMMUTE ON

UNTREATED ROADWAYS AS TEMPERATURES FALL WITH THE LOSS OF

DAYLIGHT. ICING WILL CONTINUE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS OVER

THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. USE EXTRA CARE WHILE DRIVING.

[Parsley]

In the end.......another solid snow forecast by NWS PHI. Didn't go nuts yesterday with big #'s and it paid off.