AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
415 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005
.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...
MODELS CONTINUE TO HANDLE SYSTEM WELL WITH NORTH SHORT WAVE DROPPING SOUTH RAPIDLY AND EVENTUALLY MERGING WITH THE SHORT WAVE OUT OF THE PACIFIC NW. EXTREMELY LOW TEMPS AND DPTS WILL BE SLOW TO RISE AS CLOUDS WILL SPREAD OVER FA BEFORE OR SHORTLY AFTER SUN RISE. SNOW WILL SPREAD IN RAPIDLY AND SPREAD ACROSS ENTIRE AREA. HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL BE LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. AS ENERGY TRANSFERS OFF THE COAST AND THE SYSTEM DEEPENS WINDS WILL PICK UP AND DRIFTING AND BLOWING WILL ENTER THE MIX. SPEAKING OF MIX...STILL EXPECT SOME RAIN MIXING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST FROM ATLANTIC COUNTY SOUTH. SNOW WILL END SUNDAY MORNING WITH DRIFTING AND BLOWING CONTINUING. TOTAL AMOUNTS OVER ARE GENERALLY 10 TO 18 INCHES.
EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-
425 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY INTO SUNDAY...
...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH FOR SUNDAY MORNING...
...STORM WARNING...
.TODAY...A CHANCE OF SNOW THIS MORNING...THEN SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES. WINDY WITH HIGHS AROUND 30. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING EAST 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL VALUES 1 BELOW TO 18 ABOVE ZERO.
.TONIGHT...SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. VERY WINDY WITH LOWS AROUND 20. EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH...INCREASING TO NORTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWEST WIND CHILL READINGS 3 BELOW TO 12 ABOVE ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SUNDAY...CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING. AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW. STRONG WINDS WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. NORTH WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW
50 PERCENT. WIND CHILL VALUES 5 BELOW TO 12 ABOVE ZERO.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY. WINDY WITH LOWS AROUND 10 ABOVE. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...DECREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES 3 BELOW TO 7 ABOVE ZERO.
Those all-caps National Weather Forecasts are always panic inducing... I wish they would update their fonts.