Alert archive / New Jersey / Snow Advisories in 2005
Snow Advisory 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this snow advisory at Nov 23, 2005, 3:20 PM EST for 5 counties in Pennsylvania; 8 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Nov 23, 2005, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2005, 3:20 PM EST (20:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 23, 2005, 9:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2005, 9:08 AM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KPHI 232020 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 320 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005 ...FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON ON TAP FOR MOST OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY TONIGHT INTO THANKSGIVING MORNING... NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-240430- /O.NEW.KPHI.SN.Y.0001.051124T0200Z-051124T1700Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM... EASTON 320 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST THURSDAY. A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSING THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION BY THANKSGIVING MORNING. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING, THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR THIS PRECIPITATION TO FALL MOSTLY AS SNOW, ALTHOUGH SOME RAIN COULD MIX IN WITH SNOW TOWARD MORNING IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END DURING THE MORNING HOURS IN BERKS COUNTY, THE LEHIGH VALLEY, AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS. IN THE SOUTHERN POCONOS...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END AROUND NOON. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS, WITH THE GREATER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLOWER TO WARM. ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS OR SNOW FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE OUT OF THE AREA BY NOON. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO NEW ENGLAND LATE THURSDAY, A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION, USHERING IN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. BY FRIDAY MORNING, TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS TO MID 20S CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. WINDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE. WEST WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT COULD INCREASE TO 40 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW COULD CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. IN ADDITION, ANY WET ROAD SURFACES OR PUDDLES WILL QUICKLY FREEZE THURSDAY NIGHT, CREATING DANGEROUS ICY PATCHES, AND THE STRONG WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WONT HELP EITHER. TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ALL THESE ELEMENTS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NJZ009-010-012>015-PAZ067>069-240430- /O.NEW.KPHI.SN.Y.0001.051124T0200Z-051124T1400Z/ HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH- MERCER-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...WEST CHESTER... NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN 320 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST THURSDAY. A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSING THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION BY THANKSGIVING MORNING. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT WILL OVER SPREAD THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING, THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR THIS PRECIPITATION TO FALL MOSTLY AS SNOW, WITH A CHANGEOVER TO RAIN BEFORE ENDING TOWARD MORNING. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER TO RAIN OR RAIN SHOWERS. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO NEW ENGLAND LATE THURSDAY, A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE MID- ATLANTIC REGION, USHERING IN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. BY FRIDAY MORNING, TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 20S CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. WINDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE. WEST WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT COULD INCREASE TO 40 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH ONLY 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST TO FALL, A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON, AND BECAUSE OF THE HIGH VOLUME OF TRAVELERS EXPECTED THIS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW COULD CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. IN ADDITION, ANY WET ROAD SURFACES OR PUDDLES WILL QUICKLY FREEZE THURSDAY NIGHT, CREATING DANGEROUS ICY PATCHES, AND THE STRONG WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WONT HELP EITHER. TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ALL THESE ELEMENTS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KPHI 240147 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 847 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005 ...FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON ON TAP FOR MOST OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY TONIGHT INTO THANKSGIVING MORNING... NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-241100- /O.CON.KPHI.SN.Y.0001.051124T0200Z-051124T1700Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM... EASTON 847 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST THURSDAY... A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSING THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION BY THANKSGIVING MORNING. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT WILL OVER SPREAD THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR THIS PRECIPITATION TO FALL MOSTLY AS SNOW... ALTHOUGH SOME RAIN COULD MIX IN WITH SNOW TOWARD MORNING IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END DURING THE MORNING HOURS IN BERKS COUNTY...THE LEHIGH VALLEY...AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS. IN THE SOUTHERN POCONOS...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END AROUND NOON. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS...WITH THE GREATER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLOWER TO WARM. ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS OR SNOW FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE OUT OF THE AREA BY NOON. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO NEW ENGLAND LATE THURSDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION...USHERING IN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. BY FRIDAY MORNING...TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. WINDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE. WEST WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT COULD INCREASE TO 40 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW COULD CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. IN ADDITION...ANY WET ROAD SURFACES OR PUDDLES WILL QUICKLY FREEZE THURSDAY NIGHT...CREATING DANGEROUS ICE PATCHES... AND THE STRONG WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WONT HELP EITHER. TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ALL THESE ELEMENTS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NJZ009-010-012>015-PAZ067>069-241100- /O.CON.KPHI.SN.Y.0001.051124T0200Z-051124T1400Z/ HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH- MERCER-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...WEST CHESTER... NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN 847 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THURSDAY... A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSING THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION BY THANKSGIVING MORNING. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT WILL OVER SPREAD THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR THIS PRECIPITATION TO FALL MOSTLY AS SNOW...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO RAIN BEFORE ENDING TOWARD MORNING AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO RISE. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER TO RAIN OR RAIN SHOWERS TAKES PLACE. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO NEW ENGLAND LATE THURSDAY... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE MID- ATLANTIC REGION... USHERING IN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. BY FRIDAY MORNING... TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER TEENS TO LOW 20S CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. WINDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE. WEST WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT COULD INCREASE TO 40 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THURSDAY EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH ONLY 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST TO FALL...A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON...AND BECAUSE OF THE HIGH VOLUME OF TRAFFIC EXPECTED THIS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW COULD CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. IN ADDITION...ANY WET ROAD SURFACES OR PUDDLES WILL QUICKLY FREEZE THURSDAY NIGHT...CREATING DANGEROUS ICE PATCHES...AND THE STRONG WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WONT HELP EITHER. TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ALL THESE ELEMENTS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS41 KPHI 241010 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 510 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005 NJZ009-010-012>015-PAZ067>069-241115- /O.CAN.KPHI.SN.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051124T1400Z/ HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH- MERCER-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...WEST CHESTER... NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN 510 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF CHESTER, MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS, AND FOR THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF HUNTERDON, SOMERSET, MIDDLESEX, MERCER AND MONMOUTH. LOW PRESSURE WAS MOVING EAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. THE LOW IS FORECAST TO PULL A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH OUR REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW. LITTLE IF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED IN PHILADELPHIAS WESTERN AND NORTHERN SUBURBAN COUNTIES OR IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. AS A RESULT, THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR THOSE LOCATIONS. AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION IT WILL BECOME QUITE WINDY THIS AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. $$ NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-241700- /O.CON.KPHI.SN.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051124T1700Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM... EASTON 510 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... LOW PRESSURE WAS MOVING EAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. THE LOW IS FORECAST TO PULL A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH OUR REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF SNOW IN THE POCONO REGION AND IN SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE TO TWO TO THREE INCHES THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING TO SNOW SHOWERS. IN THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF BERKS, LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON, AND IN THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF WARREN AND MORRIS, PERIODS OF SNOW ARE ALSO EXPECTED THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH RAIN, ESPECIALLY IN THE VALLEYS. AS A RESULT, SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THOSE COUNTIES COULD RECEIVE AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW, WITH AN INCH OR LESS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE ADVISORY AREA TODAY, USE EXTRA CARE. SOME ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY. AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION IT WILL BECOME QUITE WINDY THIS AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. $$ IOVINO
000 WWUS41 KPHI 241408 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 908 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005 NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-241515- /O.CAN.KPHI.SN.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051124T1700Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM... EASTON 908 AM EST THU NOV 24 2005 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. A COLD FRONT COMING IN FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE SNOW SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED AREAS WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER, SINCE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW IS NO LONGER FORECAST, THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. $$ RNS/RPW
Nearby
Snow Advisories in New Jersey, 2005Snow Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2005Every snow advisory in 2005
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.