WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE DEC 4 2003

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
500 AM EST THU DEC 4 2003

.THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON WILL BEAR DOWN ON
THE MID ATLANTIC STATES BEGINNING LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH
SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE GEORGIA COAST EARLY THIS MORNING
WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD TO THE CAROLINA CAPES
TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUES EAST OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC SATURDAY. THE
UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTER...BACK OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THIS MORNING...
WILL PUSH EAST ON THE HEELS OF THE COASTAL LOW...WITH THE WHOLE
SYSTEM FINALLY PUSHING OFF TO THE EAST BY SUNDAY.

WITH A COLD AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION...THE PRECIPITATION
WILL START OUT AS MAINLY SNOW TONIGHT. AS WINDS TURN TO THE
NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...THE AIR COMING IN OFF THE STILL
MILD OCEAN WATERS WILL CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION OVER THE RAIN ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND MUCH OF THE DELMARVA...WITH MIXED RAIN
AND SNOW ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING THE PHILADELPHIA AREA.
ACROSS NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND ALL BUT THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF
PENNSYLVANIA...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN PRIMARILY AS SNOW...
WITH SEVERAL INCHES ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY EVENING.


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ATLANTIC NJ-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-CUMBERLAND NJ-
DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-KENT MD-MERCER NJ-
MIDDLESEX NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-


...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN DELAWARE...AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
MARYLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...
SALEM...GLOUCESTER...CAMDEN...BURLINGTON...CUMBERLAND...AND INLAND
SECTIONS OF ATLANTIC...OCEAN AND MONMOUTH.

IN PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...MONTGOMERY...CHESTER...DELAWARE...AND
PHILADELPHIA.

IN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE.

AND IN MARYLAND...CECIL AND KENT.

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST
TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN CHANGING TO RAIN ALONG THE NEW JERSEY
SHORE LATE TONIGHT...AND THE RAIN WILL SPREAD OR MIX FURTHER INLAND
DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE IN
THE ADVISORY AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING. ANOTHER INCH IS POSSIBLE DURING
THE DAY FRIDAY...MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF PHILADELPHIA WHERE
THE RAIN WILL MIX IN LAST.

THE RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY...
BEFORE TAPERING TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE IN THE DAY AS THE STORM HEADS
OUT TO SEA.







URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
414 AM EST THU DEC 4 2003

.LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST
DURING THE DAY TODAY.

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ALLEGANY MD-BERKELEY WV-CARROLL MD-CLARKE VA-FAUQUIER VA-
FREDERICK VA-FREDERICK MD-GRANT WV-HAMPSHIRE WV-HARDY WV-
JEFFERSON WV-LOUDOUN VA-MADISON VA-MINERAL WV-MORGAN WV-PAGE VA-
RAPPAHANNOCK VA-SHENANDOAH VA-WARREN VA-WASHINGTON MD-

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

A RATHER COMPLEX AND EXTENDED PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER IS ON TAP FOR
THE LATER PART OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND.

EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO START LATE TODAY AS A MIX OF SNOW AND
SLEET...WITH POCKETS OF RAIN. SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER INTO
FRIDAY MORNING....PARTICULARLY IN SHELTERED VALLEYS. THE DAY WILL
START FRIDAY WITH SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS.

THERE WILL BE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE
REMAINDER OF FRIDAY....AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

AS THE ENERGY FROM THIS SYSTEM MOVES OFF THE COAST...ALL
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOWFALL. ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIKELY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. HOWEVER...IT
IS TOO SOON TO DELINIATE EXACT ACCUMULATIONS.






URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
600 AM EST THU DEC 4 2003

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FOR
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

.A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL DEVELOP OFF THE CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT
WITH SNOW MOVING INTO THE WYOMING VALLEY...POCONOS AND SULLIVAN
COUNTY NEW YORK FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL SLOWLY SPREAD NORTH...
MOVING INTO CENTRAL NEW YORK FRIDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW COULD BE MIXED
WITH SLEET FOR A BRIEF TIME ON FRIDAY IN THE WYOMING VALLEY AND
POCONOS.

THE SNOW FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY
AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. THE INTENSITY AND DURATION OF
THE SNOW WILL DEPEND UPON THE TRACK OF THE STORM...WHICH IS UNCERTAIN
AT THIS TIME. IF THE STORM REMAINS CLOSE TO THE COAST...THEN THE
THREAT OF HEAVY SNOW INCREASES. BY THE TIME THE SNOW COMES TO AN
END SATURDAY EVENING...THERE COULD BE 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION.

NYZ045-046-055>057-041700-
BROOME-CHENANGO-DELAWARE-OTSEGO-TIOGA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BINGHAMTON...NORWICH...ONEONTA...OWEGO

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...

SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY NIGHT AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. 7 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW ACCUMULATION
IS POSSIBLE BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS SATURDAY EVENING.