Pennsylvania, 2008

Wildfire in Pennsylvania, March 30, 2008

March 30, 2008 · NWS PHI · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A wildfire burned two acres of wooded property in Hanover Township before it was contained on the evening of the 30th. The fire was believed to have been started by a youth playing with a homemade potato gun.

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The toll

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Injuries
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Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
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What happened

The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.

A wildfire burned two acres of wooded property in Hanover Township before it was contained on the evening of the 30th. The fire was believed to have been started by a youth playing with a homemade potato gun. It occurred behind the Pointe North Apartments on Harriet Lane. No evacuations or property damage occurred.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 30, 2:34 PM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 2:34 PM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
330 PM AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST PASSING THROUGH THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY TUESDAY NIGHT.
ITS WARM FRONT SHOULD MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT
WHILE ITS COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON TUESDAY NIGHT. A
HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL THEN BUILD INTO THE AREA FOR WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS THEN EXPECTED TO TAKE A
SIMILAR ROUTE, DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON THURSDAY AND
PASSING NORTHWEST OF THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. ITS COLD FRONT SHOULD
MOVE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN SLOWLY FOR NEXT
WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY/...
THE GFS INITIALIZATION WAS SUPERIOR TO THE WRF-NMM THIS MORNING EVEN
WITH THE CAD IN VIRGINIA. THE MODEL WILL BE GIVEN MORE CONSIDERATION
THRUT THE NEAR AND SHORT TERM PART OF THE FORECAST WITH SOME
ADJUSTMENTS MADE BASED ON ITS BIASES.

SORRY FOR THE ODD NEAR TERM TIME PERIOD, BUT WANTED TO HAVE THE
WHOLE WINTER WEATHER ADVY EVENT MENTIONED IN ONE SECTION. WELL ITS
DECISION MAKING TIME AND WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN HIGHER CONFIDENT
EVENTS THIS COLD SEASON, THE TIMING OF THE ARRIVAL OF THIS ONE IS
NOT GOOD. IT WILL ARRIVE AROUND THE TIME OF THE MORNING COMMUTE AND
IF MOST SCHOOLS ARE LIKE THE ONES AROUND HERE THE FIRST DAY BACK
FROM SPRING BREAK. WE WILL BE ISSUING A WINTER WEATHER ADVY FOR OUR
THREE NORTHERNMOST COUNTIES BECAUSE WE WILL BE MENTIONING FREEZING
RAIN. THERE SHOULD BE SOME WINTRY TYPE PRECIP IN THE ADJOINING
ZONES. WE BELIEVE TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING WHEN
PRECIPITATION ARRIVES OR CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH ATTM TO ISSUE
AN ADVY BECAUSE OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHETHER PRECIPITATION WILL
ARRIVE IN TIME.

THE FORECAST MODELS OVERALL ARE OFFERING ALL DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS AS
TO WHAT THE CONVECTION IN THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND LOWER
TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL DO TO OUR WEATHER. WE THUS REVERTED TO A MORE
OLD FASHION WAY OF ARRIVING AT THIS FORECAST AND LOOKED AT SYNOPTIC
SCALE FEATURES INSTEAD OF TRYING TO CHASE DOWN EVERY SHORT WAVE REAL
OR IMAGINARY. THERE HAS BEEN NOT MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE SINCE
YESTERDAY THAT THE POLAR JET WILL BE NORTH OF OUR CWA. THE FORECAST
STRONGEST ISENTROPIC LIFT, LOW LEVEL THETA E ADVECTION ALONG WITH
THE LOW LEVEL JET WILL ALSO BE NORTH OF OUR CWA TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
SO IN ESSENCE THE BEST FORCING OR NEAREST BEST FORCING FOR OUR CWA
WILL BE IN THE NORTHERN PART. THE REST OF THE CWA IS SORT OF IN THIS
KINDER AND GENTLER WAA PATTERN WHERE SOME LIGHTER PCPN CAN NOT BE
RULED OUT COMPLETELY. WE HAVE MAINTAINED CONTINUITY WITH THE
CURRENT FCST WITH KEEPING THE HIGHEST POPS NORTH.

NOW THE LOOK OF THE FORECAST H5 RIDGE IS DIFFERENT AS ITS FLATTER
ACROSS OUR CWA VS THE SHARPER WELL DRESSED LOOK IT HAD YESTERDAY.
THIS WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR PRECIPITATION TO MOVE ACROSS. THEN
THERE IS THE RUB ABOUT HOW DRY THIS AIR MASS IS ACROSS OUR REGION.
THIS LATTER FEATURE CUTS BOTH WAYS UP NORTH AROUND 12Z MONDAY AS IT
COULD JUST EVAPORATE ALL THE PRECIPITATION BEFORE IT REACHES THE
GROUND OR IT COULD EVAPORATE THE SOUNDING INTO WINTER PTYPES. WE ARE
GOING WITH THE LATTER WITH THIS PACKAGE FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY
MONDAY. THE GFS FORECAST SOUNDINGS SAY ALL SLEET, FREEZING RAIN OR
RAIN. WE HAVE COUCHED THIS A BIT THE WRFS WAY BECAUSE THE FORECAST
AND ACTUAL SOUNDINGS ARE SO DRY. WE ALSO BELIEVE THE WRF NMM HAS A
BETTER HANDLE ON THE DRY AIR BELOW 850 MB (AS IN ALL LIKELIHOOD IT
DOES NOT HAVE AS GOOD A HANDLE WITH THE WARM AIR ABOVE 850MB).
WE HAVE CONTINUED TO MENTION SLEET IN A MUCH WIDER AREA AND LONGER
TIME PERIOD THAN THE GFS SOUNDINGS WOULD INFER.

WE CONTINUED THE ADVISORY THROUGH 11 AM MONDAY WHICH MATCHES THE
CURRENT MAV/MET ARRIVAL OF MPO TO THE MELTING POINT. THIS MIGHT
BE A BIT TOO LONG AS THE INDIRECT SUN COULD END THE ICY THREAT
EARLIER, BUT WE WILL LET LATER SHIFTS REASSESS. OVERALL WITH THE
CLOUDS APPROACHING WE PREFERRED THE HIGHER MOS TEMPS FOR MINIMUMS
TONIGHT. IN MOST PLACES THIS WAS CLOSER TO GFS MOS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /NOON MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
BEYOND MONDAY MORNING THERE IS NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE CURRENT
FORECAST OR THINKING. OUR CWA WILL BE IN A GENERAL WEAK WAA PATTERN
UNTIL WE GET INTO THE WARM SECTOR LATER MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY. THE
BEST FCST WAA PUSH IS NORTH OF OUR CWA AS SHOULD BE THE BEST
ORGANIZED PRECIPITATION. WE HAVE KEPT THE GENERAL SOUTH (LOWEST) TO
NORTH (HIGHEST) GRADIENT IN THE POPS AND WE ALSO TRAILED THEM OFF
LATER MONDAY NIGHT. GUIDANCE MAX TEMPS FOR MONDAY HAVE NOT DIFFERED
MUCH AND WERE ACCEPTED. WE BELIEVE THAT THE WRF-NMM AND ETA MOS HAVE
A BETTER HANDLE ON THE NON-DIURNAL TEMPERATURE LOOK FOR MONDAY
NIGHT. AT THE LEAST IT LOOKS AS THOUGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD HOLD
THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH MOST OF THE OVERNIGHT MINS OCCURRING IN THE
EVENING.

WE PARTED WAYS SOMEWHAT FROM THE GFS COME TUESDAY AS IT PASSES WHAT
MIGHT BE A CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK SHORT WAVE THROUGH OUR CWA. NEED MORE
RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY WITH THIS FEATURE AS THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS
FALSE. THIS IN TURN UPS THE POPS AND HAS CONSIDERABLY LOWER MAX
TEMPS. THE GFS AND WRF-NMM 850MB TEMP FORECASTS ARE CLOSE AND WITH
FULL SUN WOULD BE PUSHING UPPER 70S ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS. WE
HAVE SIDED WITH ETA MOS BECAUSE OF THE CONSIDERABLE UPSIDE POTENTIAL
THAT TUESDAY HAS TO HOLD. BECAUSE THERE IS A PLETHORA OF MOISTURE TO
OUR SOUTH, WE DID NOT WANT TO DISCOUNT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME SHRAS
JUST POPPING IN THE WARM SECTOR, PLUS KEEPING THE FCST CLOUDIER THAN
WE NORMALLY WOULD.

THE EFFECTS OF RAISING MAX TEMPS BY ABOUT 10F ARE SEEN IN THE
WRF-NMM CONVECTIVE FIELDS VS THE GFS. WHILE THE GFS IS EDGING TOWARD
THUNDER, THE WRF-NMM SUPPORTS IT. THE MODELS HAVE SIMILAR FCST DEW
POINTS AND 850MB DEW POINTS, THE DIFFERENCE COMING FROM SFC TEMPS.
SO WE HAVE MAINTAINED THE MENTION OF THUNDER IN THE GRIDS. THE FCST
WIND FIELDS REMAIN BETWEEN 50 AND 60 KNOTS AOB 850MB AND WELL HAVE
TO KEEP AN EYE OR TWO OUT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG, POSSIBLY
DAMAGING WINDS. THE SOONER THE TSRAS WOULD ARRIVE, THE BETTER THE
CHANCES IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE AS THE LLJ IS FCST TO SHIFT OFSHR
DURING THE EVENING. THE LAST COUPLE OF GFS CFPS HAVE BEEN TOO FAST
AND WE SLOWED IT DOWN HALFWAY TOWARD THE WRF-NMM MORE IN LINE WITH
THE 00Z ECMWF. SLOWER CFP, WE ALSO COMPROMISED TOWARD THE HIGHER
ETA MOS FOR MINS TUE NIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
SINCE YESTERDAY, THERE HAS BEEN FAIRLY GOOD CONTINUITY AND AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE GFS AND THE ECMWF IN HANDLING THE LONG TERM PORTION OF
THE FORECAST.  FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE NEW WEEK THERE SHOULD
CONTINUE TO BE A FAIRLY PROGRESSIVE UPPER PATTERN, WITH AN UPPER
RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE WEST AND A TROUGH DIGGING OVER THE EAST FOR
NEXT WEEKEND.

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST AND IT
SHOULD PASS OVERHEAD EARLY ON THURSDAY.  WEVE INCLUDED CHANCE OR
SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR LATE THURSDAY AS THE RETURN FLOW ON THE BACK
SIDE OF THE HIGH BECOMES ESTABLISHED.

LOW PRESSURE FROM THE SOUTHWEST IS FORECAST TO MOVE UP THE OHIO
RIVER VALLEY ON THURSDAY NIGHT, ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES AND
NEW YORK STATE ON FRIDAY, AND ACROSS NEW ENGLAND ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO PULL A WARM FRONT THROUGH OUR REGION ON
FRIDAY WITH A COLD FRONT FOLLOWING ON FRIDAY NIGHT.  WERE EXPECTING
A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH THE WARM
FRONT.  THERE IS THE STILL THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME FREEZING RAIN
FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING IN THE POCONOS
AND IN EXTREME NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AS SOME COLD AIR MAY LINGER THERE
AROUND THE ONSET OF THE PRECIP EVENT.

AS THE COLD FRONT NEARS, AND AFTER IT PASSES ON FRIDAY NIGHT, THE
CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH A BIT.  HOWEVER, THERE DOES
NOT APPEAR TO BE A STRONG PUSH OF DRY AIR BEHIND THE FRONT.  AS A
RESULT, THERE COULD BE SOME LINGERING MOISTURE INTO SATURDAY, SO
WEVE KEPT EITHER CHANCE OR SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS DURING
THAT PERIOD.

HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST FOR SUNDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING DOWN FROM COASTAL NEW ENGLAND WILL MOVE OFF TO
THE EAST TONIGHT. THE VERY DRY AIR THAT THE HIGH BROUGHT TO OUR
REGION WILL EXIT SLOWLY TONIGHT AND MONDAY AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
INCREASES WITH THE ONSHORE FLOW. WINDS HAVE ALREADY SWUNG AROUND TO
AN EASTERLY DIRECTION. THEY WILL CONTINUE EASTERLY OVERNIGHT WITH
SPEEDS OF 5 TO 10 KT. EXPECT A SHIFT TO SE BY MIDDAY MONDAY AND THEN
TO A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION 10 TO 15 KT BY MID OR LATE AFTERNOON. WEVE
SEEN VARYING AMOUNTS OF CI TODAY. IT WAS ACTUALLY MORE OPAQUE THIS
MORNING THAN THIS AFTERNOON. THE CI WILL BE THICKENING TOWARD
EVENING AND AC WILL PUSH IN FROM THE SW BY OR SHORTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. CIGS WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER OVERNIGHT WITH SC ARRIVING BY
DAYBREAK. SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE, MAINLY NORTHERN
AND WESTERN SECTIONS. THE PRECIPITATION MAY FALL AS FREEZING RAIN,
SLEET, OR SNOW IN OUR MOUNTAIN AREAS. RAIN WILL FALL TO THE SOUTH,
BUT MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES AT THE ONSET IN THE AREAS JUST
SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAINS. EVEN WITH THE PRECIPITATION, CONDITIONS
SHOULD REMAIN VFR UNTIL AROUND DAYBREAK. EXPECT MVFR AND LOCALLY IFR
CONDITIONS TO SPREAD ACROSS OUR AREA FROM NW TO SE MONDAY AS
PRECIPITATION BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD. THE FREEZING AND FROZEN
PRECIPITATION SHOULD END BY MID OR LATE MORNING.

BEYOND THE TAF PERIOD, LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES. THE ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT WILL
CROSS THE REGION MONDAY. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTH INTO CANADA, ITS
ATTENDANT COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION LATE TUESDAY OR EARLY
TUESDAY NIGHT, POSSIBLY TOUCHING OFF A ROUND OF SHOWERS, AND AGAIN
POSSIBLY BRINGING SOME VSBY AND CIG RESTRICTIONS. HIGH PRESSURE
RETURNS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
WINDS AROUND THE LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM TO OUR NORTH HAVE
SWUNG AROUND FROM NE TO E TODAY. THE GUSTS TO NEAR 25 KT THIS
MORNING HELPED PUSH WAVE HEIGHTS TO OVER 6 FT AT BUOY 44009.
FOR THIS REASON, SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WERE RAISED SOUTH OF
LITTLE EGG INLET ON THE OCEAN AND ON LOWER DELAWARE BAY. WIND
SPEEDS ARE SLOWLY DIMINISHING AND WAVE HEIGHTS ARE COMING DOWN.
THE ADVISORY WILL BE LOWERED WITH THIS AFTERNOONS ISSUANCE.
AS THE HIGH MOVES OFF TO THE EAST, THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BEGIN
TO TIGHTEN MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE
INCREASING ONCE AGAIN BEGINNING LATE MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT IN
THE SOUTHERLY FLOW AND MAY CONTINUE UNTIL A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE
AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. WILL RAISE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ON THE OCEAN
AND LOWER DELAWARE BAY AT 22Z MONDAY AND CONTINUE IT UNTIL 22Z
TUESDAY FOR NOW. IT WILL PROBABLY NEED TO BE EXTENDED AS THE EVENT
DRAWS CLOSER. CRITERIA ON THE UPPER BAY MAY NOT BE MET UNTIL TUESDAY
WHEN GUSTS OVER 25 KT ARE EXPECTED EVERYWHERE. THEREFORE AN ADVISORY
FOR THE UPPER BAY WILL NOT BE ISSUED AT THIS TIME. BLUSTERY NW WINDS
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL DROP OFF LATER WEDNESDAY
ALLOWING CONDITIONS TO DROP BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AS HIGH PRESSURE
MOVES BACK IN. THE HIGH WILL INFLUENCE OUR WEATHER THROUGH THURSDAY.

&&

.PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM EDT MONDAY FOR
     PAZ054-055.
NJ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM EDT MONDAY FOR
     NJZ001.
DE...NONE.
MD...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 6 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR
     ANZ431-450>455.

&&

SYNOPSIS...GIGI
NEAR TERM...GIGI
SHORT TERM...GIGI
LONG TERM...IOVINO
AVIATION...RPW
MARINE...RPW
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 2:38 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
338 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2008

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-311945-
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
338 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM EDT MONDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

THE MOST HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS SHOULD BE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS SHOULD HOLD ON TO THE ICY CONDITIONS THE
LONGEST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NJZ007>010-PAZ060>062-311945-
WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
338 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EAST
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND RAIN, WITH POSSIBLY SOME SNOW IS
POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY. LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE ABOVE FREEZING. PLEASE WATCH FOR POSSIBLE
UPDATES IF THIS ASSESSMENT DOES NOT HOLD AND THERE IS AN INCREASED
RISK FOR FREEZING RAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ012>027-PAZ067>071-311945-
NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
338 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...NORTHERN
DELAWARE...SOUTHERN DELAWARE...EASTERN MARYLAND...NORTHEAST
MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ431-450>455-311945-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM-
338 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2008

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO 6 PM EDT
TUESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND
DELAWARE BAY WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ430-311945-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
338 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DELAWARE BAY WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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Wildfire, Northampton

When
March 30, 5:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where
Northampton forecast zone
Reported by
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Coordinates
40.754, -75.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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