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WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY...

* HAZARD TYPES... SNOW ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 4 TO 6 INCHES TONIGHT.

* TIMING... SNOW WILL BEGIN DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE EXCEPT START AS RAIN OR A RAIN SNOW MIX THIS EVENING OVER FAR SOUTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING. THE BULK OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS... TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AS SNOW ACCUMULATES AND TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE 20S. THIS WILL BECOME AN INCREASINGLY FLUFFY SNOW DURING THE NIGHT AND AS WINDS INCREASE... BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL ADD TO THE WINTER TRAVEL HAZARDS. SNOWFALL RATES NEAR AN INCH PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES TONIGHT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND CREATES NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY FOR COASTAL NEW JERSEY.

* WINDS... NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES... FALLING INTO THE TEENS BY FRIDAY MORNING WITH WIND CHILL NEAR 5 BELOW ZERO.

* VISIBILITIES... LESS THAN ONE HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

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... A WINTER STORM WILL BLANKET THE AREA WITH SNOW TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL FRIDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE JUST OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WITH STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY TONIGHT AND TRACK NORTHEASTWARD AWAY FROM OUR AREA FRIDAY MORNING. AS THIS OCCURS... SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT THEN TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY MORNING OR MIDDAY FRIDAY. A DANGEROUSLY COLD AIRMASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES OUT TO SEA.