Winter is Here!

Issued by The National Weather Service
Philadelphia, PA
3:55 pm EDT, Sat., Oct. 29, 2011

... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY...

* LOCATIONS... TRENTON, NEW BRUNSWICK AND VICINITY.

* HAZARD TYPES... HEAVY WET SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS... 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING... IN PROGRESS WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS BEFORE 8 PM.

* IMPACTS... WIDESPREAD TREACHEROUS DRIVING AND POSSIBLY LARGE SCALE POWER OUTAGES.

* WINDS... NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES... IN THE MID 30S.

* VISIBILITIES... AT TIMES BELOW ONE HALF MILE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

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... A MAJOR EARLY EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION INTO TONIGHT WITH HEAVY WET SNOW CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND SUBSTANTIAL TRANSPORTATION DELAYS...

.INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE OFF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA WILL TRACK NORTHEAST REACHING COASTAL SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND NEAR MIDNIGHT. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE A SWATH OF HEAVY, WET AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING SNOW TO A LARGE PORTION OF THE AREA ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR FROM NEAR PHILADELPHIA TO NEAR NEW BRUNSWICK WESTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS INCLUDES MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW JERSEY.

SNOW WILL END BETWEEN 10 PM AND 2 AM.

THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS OF HEAVY WET SNOW SHOULD BE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ON NON-PAVED SURFACES.