Though Ed Hanna and other local stations seem hesitant to go beyond a prediction of 6″-12″ of snow, both The National Weather Service and The Weather Channel predict even more snow.
Video Forecast From The Weather Channel
Winter Storm Warning From National Weather Service
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 334 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT OUR REGION FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE STRENGTHENING OVER THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROGRESS TO THE NORTHEAST. THE CENTER OF THE LOW IS FORECAST TO REACH CAPE HATTERAS, NORTH CAROLINA EARLY ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE PASSING OVER THE WATERS OFF DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY ON THURSDAY NIGHT. THE LOW SHOULD REACH THE WATERS TO THE EAST OF NEW ENGLAND ON FRIDAY MORNING. NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-131000- /O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0006.140213T0500Z-140214T1100Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS- LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 334 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...BERKS COUNTY, THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND THE POCONO REGION IN PENNSYLVANIA, AS WELL AS NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE ELEVATED TERRAIN. ALSO, UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT, NORTHEAST TO NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH AND NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH ON THURSDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO OUR REGION FROM THE SOUTH BETWEEN 1000 PM AND 200 AM. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO MIX WITH SLEET LATE ON THURSDAY MORNING AND THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN FOR A TIME DURING LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY EVENING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION IS ANTICIPATED TO TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW ON THURSDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AS ROADS BECOME COVERED WITH SNOW AND ICE. THE SNOW WILL BE WET AND HEAVY AND IT WILL LIKELY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND UTILITY LINES RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.
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