Post by James on Nov 30, 2007 18:29:45 GMT -5
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
323 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2007
...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE POSSIBLE FOR THIS WEEKEND...
.A WINTER STORM ORGANIZING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES THIS EVENING
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON SATURDAY.
THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD UP TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA SATURDAY NIGHT...BEFORE ENOUGH
WARM AIR ALOFT STREAMS IN SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET ABOVE GROUND TO
CAUSE A GRADUAL CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY.
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD LINGER INTO EARLY SUNDAY NIGHT
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS NEAR AND TO THE NORTHEAST OF WILLIAMSPORT...
BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR OVER ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATION.
COLDER AIR RETURNS TO THE REGION ON A GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND OF 35
TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION
BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS AND LOCALIZED SQUALLS.
TRAVEL WILL BE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY IF YOU HAVE WEEKEND TRAVEL
PLANS.
PAZ006-012-018-019-027-037-041-042-045-046-049>053-058-011100-
/O.EXT.KCTP.WS.A.0008.071202T0000Z-071203T0500Z/
POTTER-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-MIFFLIN-
TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-
SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-
SCHUYLKILL-MONTGOMERY
323 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES TODAY WILL
MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THIS WEEKEND AND
REDEVELOP ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST ON SUNDAY. CURRENT
INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW WILL REACH
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SATURDAY NIGHT... ACCUMULATING A GENERAL 2 TO
3 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS BEFORE SUNRISE SUNDAY.
DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...MILDER AIR WILL STREAM INTO THE REGION
FROM THE SOUTHWEST SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET ABOVE GROUND...WHILE
SURFACE TEMPERATURES HOVER NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING.
THIS WILL CAUSE THE SNOW TO MIX WITH THEN TURN TO SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN. THE MIX OF PRECIPITATION MAY TURN TO A FEW HOUR
PERIOD OF PLAIN RAIN IN SOME LOCATIONS SUNDAY EVENING.
ADDITONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OD AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY
MORNING BEFORE BEING TOPPED BY A THIN LAYER OF ICE DURING THE
REMINDER OF THE DAY SUNDAY.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP ONCE AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY ON A GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND OF 35 TO 45 MPH...AND
THE PRECIPITATION CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS.
WHILE PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND TYPES IN SPECIFIC AREAS REMAIN
UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...THE MOST PROBABLE THREATS FROM THIS
WINTER STORM INCLUDE A COUPLE TO PERHAPS SEVERAL INCH
ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ICING
DUE TO FREEZING RAIN LATER SUNDAY MORNING AND SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TO THE NORTH AND
NORTHEAST OF WILLIAMSPORT. IN ADDITION...A RAPID TEMPERATURE DROP
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MAY LEAD TO PREVIOUSLY WET ROADS BECOMING
ICY AT THAT TIME.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. THE EXACT PATH
OF THIS STORM SYSTEM IS UNCERTAIN. HOWEVER...IF HEAVY SNOW OR ICE
BECOMES IMMINENT...A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
323 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2007
...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE POSSIBLE FOR THIS WEEKEND...
.A WINTER STORM ORGANIZING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES THIS EVENING
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON SATURDAY.
THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD UP TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA SATURDAY NIGHT...BEFORE ENOUGH
WARM AIR ALOFT STREAMS IN SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET ABOVE GROUND TO
CAUSE A GRADUAL CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY.
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD LINGER INTO EARLY SUNDAY NIGHT
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS NEAR AND TO THE NORTHEAST OF WILLIAMSPORT...
BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR OVER ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATION.
COLDER AIR RETURNS TO THE REGION ON A GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND OF 35
TO 45 MPH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION
BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS AND LOCALIZED SQUALLS.
TRAVEL WILL BE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT...SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY IF YOU HAVE WEEKEND TRAVEL
PLANS.
PAZ006-012-018-019-027-037-041-042-045-046-049>053-058-011100-
/O.EXT.KCTP.WS.A.0008.071202T0000Z-071203T0500Z/
POTTER-NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-MIFFLIN-
TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-
SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-
SCHUYLKILL-MONTGOMERY
323 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2007
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES TODAY WILL
MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THIS WEEKEND AND
REDEVELOP ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST ON SUNDAY. CURRENT
INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW WILL REACH
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SATURDAY NIGHT... ACCUMULATING A GENERAL 2 TO
3 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS BEFORE SUNRISE SUNDAY.
DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...MILDER AIR WILL STREAM INTO THE REGION
FROM THE SOUTHWEST SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET ABOVE GROUND...WHILE
SURFACE TEMPERATURES HOVER NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING.
THIS WILL CAUSE THE SNOW TO MIX WITH THEN TURN TO SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN. THE MIX OF PRECIPITATION MAY TURN TO A FEW HOUR
PERIOD OF PLAIN RAIN IN SOME LOCATIONS SUNDAY EVENING.
ADDITONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OD AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY
MORNING BEFORE BEING TOPPED BY A THIN LAYER OF ICE DURING THE
REMINDER OF THE DAY SUNDAY.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP ONCE AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY ON A GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND OF 35 TO 45 MPH...AND
THE PRECIPITATION CHANGE BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS.
WHILE PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND TYPES IN SPECIFIC AREAS REMAIN
UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...THE MOST PROBABLE THREATS FROM THIS
WINTER STORM INCLUDE A COUPLE TO PERHAPS SEVERAL INCH
ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT ICING
DUE TO FREEZING RAIN LATER SUNDAY MORNING AND SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TO THE NORTH AND
NORTHEAST OF WILLIAMSPORT. IN ADDITION...A RAPID TEMPERATURE DROP
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MAY LEAD TO PREVIOUSLY WET ROADS BECOMING
ICY AT THAT TIME.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. THE EXACT PATH
OF THIS STORM SYSTEM IS UNCERTAIN. HOWEVER...IF HEAVY SNOW OR ICE
BECOMES IMMINENT...A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE NEWS SOURCE