THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON EST TUESDAY. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH
PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS...ALL OF DELAWARE...MARYLAND`S EASTERN SHORE AND THE
SOUTHEAST THIRD OF NEW JERSEY INCLUDING WILMINGTON...DOVER AND
GEORGETOWN DELAWARE AS WELL AS CAPE MAY AND ATLANTIC CITY NEW
JERSEY.
* HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS COLD THIS MORNING... THEN 4 TO 8 INCHES
OF SNOW TONIGHT WHICH WILL END MID OR LATE MORNING TUESDAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES.
* TIMING...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL WILL LET UP LATE THIS MORNING.
SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BETWEEN 6 PM AND 10 PM AND BE
MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT THEN TAPER TO FLURRIES SOON
AFTER DAYBREAK TUESDAY.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS TO LOWER 2OS DURING THE SNOW.
* WIND...WILL BE LIGHT TENDING BECOME NORTHERLY 10 TO 20 MPH
TUESDAY MORNING.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES BETWEEN 10
PM THIS EVENING AND 7 AM TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS MAY LEAD TO FROSTBITE
AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. THE SNOW TONIGHT
WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD SLIPPERY TRAVEL ON ALL UNTREATED SURFACES.
THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL PROBABLY BE SLOWER THAN NORMAL
AS CLEAN UP EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY WITH THE SNOW IN THE PROCESS OF
WINDING DOWN BY MID MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND BRISK WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. FROSTBITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA MAY OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS... MAKE SURE TO DRESS IN LAYERS AND COVER
EXPOSED SKIN.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED TONIGHT. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY
IMPOSSIBLE FOR A TIME LATE TONIGHT.
