National Weather ServicePhiladelphia/Mt. Holly

Winter Storms February 1-2, 2015

Prepared 200 PM EST – Friday, January 30, 2015

Lance Franck

NOAA’s National Weather Service

Philadelphia/Mount Holly NJ Forecast Office

www.weather.gov/phi/

National Weather ServicePhiladelphia/Mt. Holly

Purpose of Briefing

• Briefing # 2• To promote situational

awareness for the emergency management community and for other partners.

• To provide guidance for planning efforts.

• The briefing applies to the WFO Mount Holly service area which is shaded in green on the map.

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Executive Summary• Temperatures will be 10 to 20 degrees below normal on Saturday, with morning lows

ranging from near zero in the Poconos to the mid-teens in southern Delaware, and afternoon highs ranging from the mid-teens to the mid-twenties.

• A Wind Advisory is in effect region-wide Friday night thru Saturday morning for sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph possible.

• A Wind Chill Advisory is in effect Friday night thru Saturday morning for wind chill readings as low as 15 to 20 degrees below zero.

• Low pressure is expected to move thru the Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic region Sunday into Monday. Precipitation is expected to begin Sunday afternoon and end Monday afternoon.

• Snow is expected to mix with sleet southeast of I-95 and predominantly snow is expected northwest of I-95. Snow could also mix with sleet just northwest of I-95.

• At this time, there is the potential for 4 or more inches of snow from eastern PA into central and northern NJ, generally northwest of I-95, including the Poconos. Amounts will taper off further to the south, down to around an inch in southern Delaware.

• Next briefing package will be issued by 400 PM Saturday, January 31th • Monitor the latest forecast at: weather.gov/phi

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Questions?• For the latest information, visit our website at:

– www.weather.gov/phi

• Our latest briefing package is available from our website at: – http://www.erh.noaa.gov/phi/briefing/packages/current_briefing.pdf

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• You can follow us on Twitter @NWS_MountHolly• Next briefing package will be issued by 430 PM Saturday, January 24th • Please contact us if you have any questions.• Gary.Szatkowski@noaa.gov

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