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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
256 PM EST MON DEC 16 2013

...WINTERS EMPHATIC DECEMBER START WITH BELOW NORMAL COLD AND
FREQUENT SNOWS WILL CONTINUE WITH A QUICK HITTING SNOW EVENT
TUESDAY MORNING...

.HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL DEVELOP DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE
AS LOW PRESSURE NOW OVER THE OHIO VALLEY REFORMS SOUTH OF LONG
ISLAND ON TUESDAY.

NJZ001-007>009-PAZ054-055-060>062-101-103-105-170930-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0025.131217T1000Z-131217T2000Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-WESTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...
BETHLEHEM...EASTON...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...COLLEGEVILLE...
POTTSTOWN...CHALFONT...PERKASIE
256 PM EST MON DEC 16 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 3 PM EST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 3 PM
EST TUESDAY.

* LOCATIONS...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA FROM WEST OF PHILADELPHIA
NORTHWARD THROUGH THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND POCONOS INTO NORTHWEST
NEW JERSEY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWO TO 4 INCHES OF FLUFFY SNOW WILL FALL
DURING A 3 TO 6 HOUR PERIOD BEGINNING AROUND 5 AM. THE SNOW
WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN NOON AND 3 PM.

* WINDS...WILL BE LIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...WILL ONLY RISE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 DEGREES AS
THE SNOW ENDS DURING MIDDAY OR THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

* IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S DURING
THE MORNING COMMUTE WITH SNOW CREATING VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS
ON ALL UNTREATED SURFACES. PLAN ON MORNING TRAVEL DELAYS AND
LEAVE EARLIER TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION ON TIME. TRAVEL CONDITIONS
SHOULD IMPROVE CONSIDERABLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE SNOW TAPERS
OFF.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$

NJZ010-012>015-018>020-027-PAZ070-071-102-104-106-170930-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0025.131217T1100Z-131217T2100Z/
SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-
CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-EASTERN CHESTER-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-
LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...
SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA...
PHILADELPHIA...WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE...NORRISTOWN...
LANSDALE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN
256 PM EST MON DEC 16 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM EST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 4 PM
EST TUESDAY.

* LOCATIONS...NEAR THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR FROM PHILADELPHIA
AND ITS NEARBY SUBURBS TO NEW BRUNSWICK NEW JERSEY INCLUSIVE OF
ALL OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY TO THE COAST.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING
THE MORNING. LEFTOVER ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE DURING
THE AFTERNOON IN EAST CENTRAL AND COASTAL NORTHEAST NEW
JERSEY... PARTICULARLY MIDDLESEX AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES WHERE ISOLATED
3 OR 4 INCH STORM TOTALS MAY OCCUR.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 5 AM AND 7 AM AND END FROM
WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 1 PM AND 4 PM.

* WINDS...WILL BE LIGHT.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL BE FALLING DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE WITH
TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. ALL UNTREATED
SURFACES WILL BE SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. PLAN ON MORNING TRAVEL
DELAYS AND LEAVE EARLIER TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION ON TIME.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE CONSIDERABLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF AND TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$


DRAG

 

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i never understand why people are always so preoccupied with whether or not WSW or WWA will be issued, when we always essentially know what they're (upton) expecting via maps and discussions on the NOAA site.

Have been thinking the same this morning.  We have access to so much data and model output nowadays ... the WSWs or WWAs are great for the general public that might otherwise be oblivious, but for people on this forum they seem pretty irrelevant.

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
309 PM EST MON DEC 16 2013

...MODERATE SNOWFALL OVER MOST OF THE TRI-STATE FROM LATE TONIGHT
INTO TUESDAY...

CTZ005>012-NYZ078-079-177-170415-
/O.NEW.KOKX.WW.Y.0017.131217T1200Z-131217T2300Z/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN NASSAU-
309 PM EST MON DEC 16 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM EST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM EST TUESDAY.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND NORTHERN LONG ISLAND.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES.

* VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO 1/2 MILES OR LESS
FOR BRIEF PERIODS TUESDAY MORNING.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR...AND
BECOME MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES BY MID MORNING. SNOW
WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE START OF THE AFTERNOON
RUSH HOUR.

* IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS.
THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE IN BETWEEN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON
COMMUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$

MALOIT

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I'm thinking a coating to 2 inches sounds good for my hometown, much of which may be washed away when it changes to rain. I don't think this will be that impressive very close to the shore, and at least half of it will be rain along the immediate coast. Looks like the low will just about straddle the barrier islands toward the ENE, which will make for onshore flow. For northern NYC and northern LI along with the rest of the area, I'd say 2-4" sounds good.

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I'm thinking a coating to 2 inches sounds good for my hometown, much of which may be washed away when it changes to rain. I don't think this will be that impressive very close to the shore, and at least half of it will be rain along the immediate coast. Looks like the low will just about straddle the barrier islands toward the ENE, which will make for onshore flow. For northern NYC and northern LI along with the rest of the area, I'd say 2-4" sounds good.

 

Think a dusting to 1" is best we can do here. Surface looks cold to start but we later get torched in the BL, change to rain, melting any snow we pick up. Temps climb into the mid 30's. Not expecting much to accumulate.

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The NAM is .35 plus  The 850`s start at minus 6 - never get below minus 3 , surface temps in the 20`s So  looking a solid 4 inch snow based on this from upper Monmouth County through the Lower

Hudson valley and points east .

 

There mayb some mixing at the end from Ocean county to the south facing shore , but 90 perc will hav fallen by then .

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no advisory for the south shore, makes sense with possible BL temp issues and higher qpf to the north.

I'm not totally resigned to much of the storm being rain on the south shore, but it definitely at least looks iffy. The trends so far haven't been bad but it appears too little, too late. Central Park may have double the amount of snow Long Beach has for December after this.

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The NAM is .35 plus  The 850`s start at minus 6 - never get below minus 3 , surface temps in the 20`s So  looking a solid 4 inch snow based on this from upper Monmouth County through the Lower

Hudson valley and points east .

 

There mayb some mixing at the end from Ocean county to the south facing shore , but 90 perc will hav fallen by then .

SREF mean have much of Long Island as rain by 15z, at which point the worst of the storm is happening and several hours may be left to go.

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These are your surface temps, by hour 24 , that's the precip which has already fallen , if u rain under this with minus 3 air ,'

then your just in a bad spot

 

Could they possibly have come up with a less distinct color scheme several degrees either side of freezing?  Can anyone actually see where the freezing line is on the wxbell maps.  It is somewhere in the "white" area.  I think people like these maps because they can imagine the 32 line where they want it to be.  These are pretty, but that's about it.

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I'm not totally resigned to much of the storm being rain on the south shore, but it definitely at least looks iffy. The trends so far haven't been bad but it appears too little, too late. Central Park may have double the amount of snow Long Beach has for December after this.

double the amount of snow is stretching it i think....i know jfk isn't "long island",but cpk is only about an inch more so far

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I'm not totally resigned to much of the storm being rain on the south shore, but it definitely at least looks iffy. The trends so far haven't been bad but it appears too little, too late. Central Park may have double the amount of snow Long Beach has for December after this.

 

With borderline QPF to reach 4 inches in many areas to begin with Upton has to go with no advisories on the south shores because they'd be less than 50% confidence of 4 inches, even 1-2 hours of some rain would prevent many places from reaching 4 inches

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This was the 12z snowfall, similar to Upton forecast:

http://wxcaster.com/gis-snow-overlays.php3?STATIONID=OKX

2 to 4 probably

 

Could they possibly have come up with a less distinct color scheme several degrees either side of freezing?  Can anyone actually see where the freezing line is on the wxbell maps.  It is somewhere in the "white" area.  I think people like these maps because they can imagine the 32 line where they want it to be.  These are pretty, but that's about it.

I cant speak to how Ryan wrote the algo , but if that's the worst hes ever gona hear about his maps , he will take it .

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