Full Notification

...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT INTO EARLY
SUNDAY...

.STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST
TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT BRINGING HEAVY SNOWFALL...
STRONG WINDS AND LIKELY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF OUR AREA.

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OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...LONG BEACH ISLAND...
WHARTON STATE FOREST
329 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM EST SUNDAY...

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW... GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW
RESULTING IN TIMES OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 18 INCHES...LESS NEAR THE SHORE.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BETWEEN 7 AND 1O PM THIS
EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. THE SNOW
SHOULD MIX WITH AND THEN BRIEFLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND SOME RAIN
FOR A TIME SATURDAY...THEN QUICKLY CHANGE BACK OVER TO SNOW
EARLY SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S TO MID 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...AN INITIAL BURST OF SNOW LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY
SATURDAY IN COMBINATION WITH STRONG WINDS CAN RESULT IN WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES. HOWEVER... AS THE SNOW MIXES WITH SLEET AND
RAIN FOR A TIME SATURDAY IT WILL BECOME VERY HEAVY AND WET. AS
IT TURNS COLDER SATURDAY EVENING... SNOW SHOULD BECOME DRIER AND
WHEN COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AT TIMES. SHOVELING MAY BE PROBLEMATIC FOR THOSE WITH
PHYSICAL AILMENTS. SNOW WILL CLING TO WIRES AND TREES WHICH
COULD CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE IN SOME
AREAS DUE TO INCREASING SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR
AT TIMES IN HEAVIER BANDS DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM LATE
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL.
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU
GET STRANDED... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FORECAST MAPS IN ADDITION TO EXPERIMENTAL
PROBABILISTIC SNOWFALL INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST EVENT ARE
AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI/WINTER