The National Weather Service in Mt. Holly, NJ has placed our area under a Winter Storm Warning from 6PM this evening, Sunday, March 1, 2009 through 4PM tomorrow, Monday, March 2, 2009.
...HEAVY SNOW FROM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...
.LOW PRESSURE, LOCATED OVER GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING, WILL
INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO
PASS WELL TO THE EAST OF DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY ON MONDAY.
HOWEVER, IT SHOULD BRING A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF SNOW TO OUR
REGION FROM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY.
NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-060>062-012200-
/O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0005.090301T2300Z-090302T2100Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
530 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 4 PM EST MONDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 600 PM THIS EVENING
UNTIL 400 PM ON MONDAY.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD UP INTO OUR REGION FROM THE SOUTH THIS
EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO MONDAY,
AND IT WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES.
BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK OF THE STORM, IT APPEARS AS
THOUGH 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL IN THE PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTIES OF BERKS, LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON, AND IN THE NEW JERSEY
COUNTIES OF WARREN AND SUSSEX FROM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. SNOWFALL
TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES
OF CARBON AND MONROE.
THE STEADY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS ON MONDAY
AFTERNOON.
TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT IN THE REGION FROM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY.
Snow amounts with this particular storm are expected to be even greater as you travel to the south and east, with the Philadelphia area expecting 6 to 12 inches of snow.
Please be careful if you're out and about later today, and into tomorrow.
** REMINDER ** Please move your cars from the snow emergency routes so that the road crew can plow curb to curb. Once the snow has ended and the roads have been cleared you can put your cars back. Thank you!
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