Weather Briefing Another Winter Storm Expected January 25 – 26, 2013
Prepared 3 PM EST – Tuesday January 22, 2013 Joe Miketta NOAA’s National Weather Service Philadelphia/Mt. Holly NJ Forecast Office http://www.erh.noaa.gov/phi/ National Weather Service Philadelphia/Mt. Holly
Purpose of Briefing • Briefing #1 for event • Promote situational awareness for emergency management community & partners • Provide guidance for planning efforts • Briefing applies to Mount Holly service area – shaded in green on map • This is the final briefing for this event. Please visit our website for up-to-date info. National Weather Service Philadelphia/Mt. Holly
Executive Summary • A Winter Storm may affect our area Friday afternoon through late Friday night. •Based on current model trends, the Friday afternoon commute could be problematic. • Temperatures will be cold enough for precipitation to be all snow in most places, with perhaps some sleet mixing in with the snow in the far south. • Too early to forecast snowfall amounts, but the speed and direction of this storm suggests a plow-able snow, but nothing extreme. •This should be more of a dry snow rather than a wet snow. •Quite a bit of uncertainty as to how much snow might fall from this event. Stay tuned for future updates. •Cold temperatures will continue across the area on Saturday and Sunday, with a warming trend beginning Monday. •Tides will not be an issue with this event. •Other notes: •Very cold temperatures can be expected into Friday. Brisk west to northwest winds will drive wind chill values below zero in many areas tonight.
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Forecast Weather Map – Valid 7 AM Friday, January 25, 2013
Storm to our west at 7 AM Friday
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Forecast Weather Map – Valid 7 AM Saturday, January 26, 2013
Storm to our east at 7 AM Saturday
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5 – Day Precipitation Forecast – Through 7 AM Sunday, January 27, 2013
Between 0.25 and 0.75 inches of liquid water content possible with this event.
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