- Friday January 20th, 2012 :: 12:10 p.m. EST
NWS has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Hunterdon County from 1AM - 1PM on Saturday 01/21/2012.
Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
346 AM EST FRI JAN 20 2012
...SNOW AND A WINTRY MIX EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...
.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TODAY
IS EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTHEAST TO THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST BY
SATURDAY MORNING...THEN INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES OUT OVER THE OCEAN
LATER SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW
WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE
DAY SATURDAY.
FOR THE LEHIGH VALLEY...SOUTHERN POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW
JERSEY...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL PREDOMINANTLY IN
THE FORM OF SNOW. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE
BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS SATURDAY EVENING.
FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NORTHERN DELAWARE...SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA AND A GOOD CHUNK OF NEW JERSEY...SNOW WILL CHANGE TO
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE IT CHANGES TO ALL RAIN SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW...AS WELL AS A COATING OF ICE...IS
EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
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HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-BERKS-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-
BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...READING...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN
346 AM EST FRI JAN 20 2012
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM EST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY.
* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN
CENTRAL NEW JERSEY.
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH
UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT...FALLING
WITH VARYING INTENSITY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL
GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...THEN ALL RAIN AS
TEMPERATURES GET JUST ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK.
* IMPACTS...AREAS OF SLIPPERY DRIVING AND WALKING...ESPECIALLY
ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. MOTORISTS NEED TO USE
CAUTION WHEN DRIVING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...WHERE ICY
SPOTS CAN EASILY DEVELOP.
* WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.
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.
Address/Location
Hunterdon County Dept. of Public Safety Office of Emergency Mgmt
201 Cherryville Rd
Flemington, NJ 08822
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 908-788-1196