Wind Chill Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
345 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2016
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CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
345 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2016
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. IT IS IN
EFFECT FROM 1000 PM THIS EVENING UNTIL 600 PM SATURDAY.
* LOCATIONS...THE POCONO REGION ON PENNSYLVANIA.
* HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES THIS MORNING...AND
SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES...10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO EARLY THIS MORNING.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH ON SATURDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 3 TO 5 INCHES FROM TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW IS FORECAST TO BUILD INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. THE
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE
LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON SATURDAY...THEN TO RAIN BY
SATURDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...THE SNOW AND ICE WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE TEENS AND 20S TODAY AND TONIGHT...RISING
INTO THE 30S ON SATURDAY.
* VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES FROM TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THE EXTREME COLD
MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS
ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE TO DRESS
IN LAYERS AND WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE EXTRA CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.
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