Winter Storm Watch North and west of Phila PA

[angelwing]

It's 66 right now!!!

PAZ060>062-067>069-160900-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.A.0006.081216T1200Z-081217T1400Z/
BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN
326 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

AFTER A DAY OF RECORD BREAKING HIGH TEMPERATURES AS HARD AS IT
MIGHT BE TO FATHOM, A WINTRY WEATHER PRECIPITATION EVENT IS
LIKELY STARTING TUESDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT WITH ARCTIC AIR
BEHIND IT AND WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE ARE FORECAST TO MOVE ALONG THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A COUPLE OF PRECIPITATION SURGES ARE FORECAST TO
AFFECT THE REGION.

PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE RAIN STARTING TUESDAY MORNING. BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON IT WILL BE COLD ENOUGH ALOFT FOR PRECIPITATION
TO CHANGE TO SLEET AND OR SNOW. AS MORE COLDER AIR MOVES IN, ITS
POSSIBLE THAT PRECIPITATION MIGHT CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TUESDAY
EVENING. THE PROCESS IS THEN EXPECTED TO REVERSE ITSELF LATER
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS WARMER AIR MOVES IN ALOFT.
THIS WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING. THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN RAIN AS WEDNESDAY
CONTINUES.

PRIOR TO THE CHANGE, THERE COULD BE A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW AND
SLEET AS WELL AS A GLAZE OF ICE TO AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.
THIS EVENT WOULD START IMPACTING THE EVENING COMMUTE ON TUESDAY AND
ALSO HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

PLEASE USE THE TIME PRIOR TO THE EVENT TO MAKE THE NECESSARY
PREPARATIONS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT
TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

[Stephanie]

UNREAL!

[angelwing]

Yeah, I already emailed my boss to tell her that if this pans out I'm not coming in tomorrow night..figures, I just moved north of Philly too, lol!

[Category 5]

Heavy snow falling here right now.

[angelwing]

Hubby just called me to tell me that there's a sheen on the sidewalkand that it's laying, think I'm going to sneak out of work now

[Stephanie]

I hope you got home safely!

[angelwing]

Thanks Stephanie! It took me 2 hours to get home, ice pellets till the turnpike then it was just snow & rain till I got on Rt 73 in PA, yikes, it was snowing! I did go to the night job, it's not too bad in Philly now and they said the temps are going to go up, so hopefully when I get home later it's not too bad.

I did take the jeep it has 4 wheel drive so as long as it's not ice I should be ok.

Thanks