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FORECAST DISCUSSION: "The Storm They Couldn't Punt" 2/7-2/9


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Warnings up for the Allentown now,...

/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.W.0002.130208T1100Z-130209T1100Z/LEHIGH-INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALLENTOWN320 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTERSTORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAYTO 6 AM EST SATURDAY.* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12 INCHES...ALONG WITH  POSSIBLY A TRACE OF ICE.

 

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Allentown&state=PA&site=PHI&lat=40.5963&lon=-75.4777

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nam destroys central to southern bucks, lol, 2.5" precip, not sure now much is snow

I will sleep with this model for the next 6 hours....thank you very much. NAM bombs this out early, very early which is what helps us.

 

Yes, the NAM even sends it's love west to the coal region...

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Warnings up for SNJ 4-8"...

 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
320 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013

...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES
FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING NEAR THE COASTAL CAROLINA`S LATE TODAY...
WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES TO A POSITION 100 TO 150 MILES
EAST OF ATLANTIC CITY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEN TO NEAR NANTUCKET
EARLY SATURDAY.

THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PORTION OF THIS STORM IS FOR THE FRIDAY
EVENING RUSH HOUR INTO THE WEE HOURS OF SATURDAY MORNING WHEN
TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP.

BE PREPARED FOR MAJOR TRAVEL DELAYS LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

NJZ019-020-026-PAZ060-101-103>106-080430-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.W.0002.130208T2000Z-130209T1100Z/
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN-BERKS-WESTERN CHESTER-
WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...READING...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...
COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT...
PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
320 PM EST THU FEB 7 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM
FRIDAY TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA WEST AND NORTH OF PHILADELPHIA
  INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH
  POSSIBLY A TRACE OF ICE.

* TIMING...ANY SNOW FRIDAY MORNING WILL CHANGE RAIN DURING THE
  DAYLIGHT HOURS THEN BACK TO HEAVY SNOW LATE IN THE DAY FRIDAY OR
  FRIDAY EVENING. ONE TO 2 INCH PER HOUR ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE
  FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS FRIDAY NIGHT. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST 30
  MPH CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH THE SNOW.

* IMPACTS...VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED FOR THE FRIDAY
  EVENING COMMUTE AND WELL INTO THE NIGHT WITH VISIBILITY DOWN TO
  ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

* TEMPERATURES...MOSTLY JUST ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE DAY FALLING
  TO 25 TO 30 AT NIGHT.

* CONFIDENCE...THIS REGION IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE ON THE EDGE OF
  THE HEAVY SNOW AND AMOUNTS MAY VARY FROM WHAT IS CURRENTLY
  EXPECTED.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

 

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