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FXUS61 KPHI 221009  
AFDPHI  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ  
509 AM EST SUN FEB 22 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED  
 
POTENTIALLY HISTORIC WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH  
MONDAY. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH FOR VERY HEAVY, CRIPPLING SNOWFALL TO  
IMPACT THE AREA. AREAS OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY.  
 
BLIZZARD WARNINGS WERE EXPANDED A FEW MORE COUNTIES INLAND, AND  
NOW INCLUDE PHILADELPHIA, ADJACENT AREAS OF SE PA, ALL OF NJ,  
ALL OF DE, QUEEN ANNES COUNTY MD, AND THE SOUTHERN POCONOS.  
WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE  
AREA.  
 
THE STORM WARNING AND GALE WARNING START TIMES WERE MOVED UP  
EARLIER TODAY TO ENCOMPASS DETERIORATING CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY  
INTO THE AFTERNOON.  
 
COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NJ AND SOUTHERN  
DE COASTAL AREAS. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY WAS ISSUED FOR  
PORTIONS OF THE DELAWARE BAY COAST IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.  
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
1. A MAJOR, POTENTIALLY HISTORIC WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO  
BRING VERY HEAVY, CRIPPLING SNOWFALL AND AREAS OF BLIZZARD  
CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY.  
 
2. WIDESPREAD COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED WITH  
TONIGHT'S HIGH TIDE CYCLE. MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING IS LIKELY  
FOR MANY OCEAN-FRONT AND BACK BAY COMMUNITIES ALONG THE ATLANTIC  
COAST WITH MAJOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. FURTHER TIDAL FLOODING WILL  
LIKELY LINGER INTO MONDAY AS WELL.  
 
3. REMAINING UNSETTLED THROUGH MID-TO-LATE WEEK.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
KEY MESSAGE 1...A MAJOR, POTENTIALLY HISTORIC WINTER STORM IS  
EXPECTED TO BRING VERY HEAVY, CRIPPLING SNOWFALL AND AREAS OF  
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY.  
 
A POTENT H5 TROUGH CENTERED WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EASTWARD  
TOWARDS THE REGION THIS MORNING. AT THE SURFACE, CYCLOGENESIS IS  
ONGOING ACROSS THE CAROLINAS EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE EXIT  
REGION OF THE TROUGH. AS THE LOW BEGINS TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD  
TOWARDS OUR REGION, IT IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN RAPIDLY,  
PARTICULARLY AS IT TRACKS OFF THE MID- ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH  
THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT.  
 
WHILE MINOR DISCREPANCIES REMAIN AMONGST MODEL GUIDANCE, THERE  
REMAINS GOOD CONSENSUS THAT THE SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK CLOSE  
ENOUGH TO THE COAST TO BRING SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO MOST, IF NOT  
ALL, OF THE AREA. THE GFS AND NAM REMAIN THE MOST AGGRESSIVE,  
AND FEATURE A DEEP CYCLONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 970 MB  
TRACKING CLOSE TO THE COAST, LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL  
ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. THE ECM HAD TRENDED A  
BIT STRONGER AND FARTHER WEST, AND ALSO FEATURES WARNING LEVEL  
SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. MOST OTHER DETERMINISTIC GUIDANCE  
REMAINS IN GENERAL CONSENSUS WITH THIS EVOLUTION. ENSEMBLE  
SUITES CONTINUE TO FEATURE A CONSENSUS IN A LOW TRACK THAT WILL  
BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE COAST TO BRING SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FROM  
SNOW, WINDS, AND COASTAL FLOODING.  
 
IN ADDITION TO THE SURFACE CYCLONE OFF THE COAST, AN INVERTED  
TROUGH IS DEPICTED IN MOST GUIDANCE, EXTENDING NORTHWESTWARD  
ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THESE FEATURES TEND TO  
INCREASE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND RATES WHERE THEY SET UP, AND THIS  
INCREASES CONFIDENCE IN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OCCURRING ACROSS  
THE ENTIRE AREA, EVEN THOUGH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO  
BE NEAR THE NJ AND DE COASTS. THERE IS SLIGHTLY LOWER  
CONFIDENCE ON EXACT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ON OUR WESTERN FRINGE, BUT  
REGARDLESS, WARNING LEVEL SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED EVERYWHERE.  
 
LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS BEGINNING TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM  
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST EARLY THIS MORNING. AS THE LOW BEGINS TO  
APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST INTO THE AFTERNOON, PRECIPITATION  
RATES SHOULD BEGIN TO INCREASE. TEMPERATURES DURING THE DAYTIME  
HOURS WILL BE MILD, SO PRECIPITATION WILL PROBABLY END UP BEING  
BE RAIN OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX FOR AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE  
I-78 CORRIDOR THROUGH MIDDAY BEFORE PRECIP BECOMES HEAVIER AND A  
CHANGE TO SNOW OCCURS.  
 
THE RAIN/SNOW MIX LINE SHOULD MOVE SOUTH TOWARD THE COAST AND  
DELMARVA FAIRLY QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AS COLDER  
AIR WILL BEGIN TO INFILTRATE THE AREA IN CONCERT WITH THE  
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION RATES. THEREFORE, PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY  
TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW, AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES  
COULD EXCEED 2 INCHES PER HOUR WHERE THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS  
ARE FORECAST, WHICH COULD END UP BEING MOST OF OUR AREA. THE  
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR  
BETWEEN THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT, THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF  
INTO MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL LIKELY COME TO AN END FROM WEST  
TO EAST SOMETIME MONDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
TOTAL FORECAST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS HAVE INCREASED A FEW INCHES  
ACROSS THE BOARD. FOR MOST OF EASTERN PA AND DELMARVA,  
WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST  
SNOWFALL SHOULD REMAIN FOCUSED ON NEW JERSEY, WITH THE GREATEST  
POTENTIAL FOR 24"+ AROUND MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES WHERE  
COASTAL CONVERGENCE IS MAXIMIZED AND HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES  
SHOULD OCCUR. FARTHER INLAND, THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME  
TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS ON SNOWFALL, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS  
POSSIBLE ON WINDWARD (NORTH) SIDES OF MOUNTAINS AND RIDGES.  
 
IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL, AS THE LOW DEEPENS TONIGHT  
INTO MONDAY, WINDS WILL BEGIN TO RAMP UP. NORTHEAST WINDS  
SUSTAINED 20-35 MPH WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT NORTH THEN NORTHWEST,  
WITH GUSTS 35-45 MPH FOR INLAND AREAS, AND UP TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE  
ALONG THE COAST. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY, WET, AND STICKY UNTIL  
LATER IN THE EVENT. HOWEVER, BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW IS  
CERTAINLY A CONCERN, ESPECIALLY CLOSER TOWARD THE COAST WHERE  
WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST.  
 
GIVEN THE MODEL TRENDS CONTINUING TOWARDS A STRONGER SOLUTION  
FEATURING A LOW TRACK CLOSER TO THE COAST, AND POTENTIALLY  
DEEPENING TO AROUND 970 MB, A VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL  
SET UP OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. AS NOTED ABOVE, WINDY CONDITIONS  
ARE EXPECTED AREAWIDE. CONFIDENCE IN FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 35 MPH  
HAS INCREASED FARTHER INLAND. THIS HAS PROMPTED AN UPGRADE TO  
BLIZZARD WARNING FOR PHILADELPHIA, ADJACENT AREAS OF SE PA, ALL  
OF NJ, ALL OF DE, QUEEN ANNES COUNTY MD, AND THE SOUTHERN  
POCONOS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ADDITIONAL EXPANSIONS COULD BECOME  
NECESSARY IF EXPECTED WINDS INCREASE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE  
THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER BLIZZARD CRITERIA IS MET FOR ANY  
GIVEN LOCATION, THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW  
WILL LEAD TO LIFE-THREATENING OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL CONDITIONS,  
AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.  
 
SOME ADDITIONAL REFINEMENTS MAY OCCUR TO THE SNOWFALL FORECAST  
TODAY, BUT REGARDLESS OF EXACT AMOUNTS, CONFIDENCE REMAINS VERY  
HIGH IN MAJOR TO EXTREME IMPACTS TO OUR REGION.  
 
KEY MESSAGE 2...WIDESPREAD COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED WITH  
TONIGHT'S HIGH TIDE CYCLE. MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING IS LIKELY  
FOR MANY OCEAN-FRONT AND BACK BAY COMMUNITIES ALONG THE ATLANTIC  
COAST WITH MAJOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. FURTHER TIDAL FLOODING WILL  
LIKELY LINGER INTO MONDAY AS WELL.  
 
STRONG ONSHORE FLOW RAMPS UP DUE TO BOMBING OUT LOW PRESSURE  
OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST TODAY INTO MONDAY. THIS WILL HAVE  
DIRECT IMPACTS ON TIDAL LEVELS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY  
RISE, ESPECIALLY FOR TONIGHT'S HIGH TIDE CYCLE. THE ONSHORE FLOW  
WHICH WILL BE QUITE STRONG WILL PILE WATER TOWARD THE COAST  
COINCIDING WITH THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. FORTUNATELY, WE WILL BE  
IN BETWEEN THE FULL/NEW MOON PHASE CYCLE WHICH WILL LEAD TO  
LOWER ASTRONOMICAL TIDE CONTRIBUTIONS.  
 
CONFIDENCE REMAINS HIGH THAT MOST OF THE OCEAN-FRONT  
COMMUNITIES AND BACK BAYS OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE WILL RISE  
WELL INTO MODERATE FLOOD STAGE DUE TO THE STRONG BACKGROUND WIND  
FIELD AND PROXIMITY OF THE DEEPENING LOW OFF THE COAST. EVEN IF  
WINDS DO END UP BEING MORE NORTHERLY THAN NORTHEASTERLY, THESE  
WINDS WOULD PREVENT WATER FROM DRAINING OUT OF THE BAYS AND AWAY  
FROM THE COAST AT LOW TIDE THIS EVENING, RESULTING IN TIDAL  
PILING WHEN THE HIGH TIDE COMES IN TONIGHT. POTENTIAL REMAINS  
FOR SOME AREAS TO REACH MAJOR FLOOD STAGE IF THE RIGHT  
INGREDIENTS ALL COME TOGETHER. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS OF  
POSSIBLY MAJOR FLOOD STAGE WILL BE FROM OCEAN COUNTY NJ  
SOUTHWARD TO SUSSEX COUNTY DE, ESPECIALLY IN THE BACK BAYS WHERE  
WATER PILING WILL BE ENHANCED.  
 
COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN PLACE FOR TONIGHT'S HIGH TIDE  
CYCLE FOR MIDDLESEX, MONMOUTH, OCEAN, SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON,  
ATLANTIC, AND CAPE MAY COUNTIES IN NJ, AS WELL AS KENT AND  
SUSSEX COUNTIES IN DE WHERE MODERATE TO POTENTIALLY MAJOR TIDAL  
FLOODING WILL OCCUR. CONFIDENCE HAS INCREASED IN WIDESPREAD  
MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OCCURRING IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN NJ AS  
WELL SO A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA  
AS WELL. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE UPPER DELAWARE BAY COASTS,  
CONFIDENCE IN REACHING MINOR THRESHOLDS REMAINS LOWER AT THIS  
TIME, SO HAVE HELD OFF ON ANY ADVISORIES FOR NOW.  
 
WHILE WINDS WILL SHIFT OFFSHORE AS WE HEAD INTO DAYTIME MONDAY,  
THE DEEPENING OFFSHORE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP OCEAN SWELLS  
ONSHORE THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. AS A RESULT, IT IS BECOMING  
INCREASINGLY LIKELY THAT ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD MINOR  
COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR WITH THE MONDAY AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE  
WITHIN THE AREA CURRENTLY IN A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING. SOME OF  
THESE AREAS WILL POTENTIALLY APPROACH MODERATE LEVELS,  
PARTICULARLY ALONG THE BACKBAYS IN OCEAN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. BY  
MONDAY NIGHT, SWELLS WILL BE TURNING OFFSHORE, THOUGH ANOTHER  
ROUND OF TIDAL FLOODING WITH THE MONDAY NIGHT HIGH TIDE REMAINS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
FOR THE TIDAL DELAWARE RIVER AND TIDAL MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE,  
NO TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED.  
 
KEY MESSAGE 3...REMAINING UNSETTLED THROUGH MID-TO-LATE WEEK.  
 
BEYOND OUR WINTER STORM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY, WE STAY UNSETTLED  
THROUGH MID-TO-LATE WEEK.  
 
A BRIEF AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST  
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY LEADING TO DRIER CONDITIONS. THE  
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN TIGHTENED MONDAY NIGHT BUT BEGIN  
TO LESSEN TUESDAY. WINDS MAY GUST UPWARDS OF 20-30 MPH WITH  
LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 35-45 MPH IN THE POCONOS. THESE WINDS WILL  
LESSEN THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY WITH GUSTS BY THE EVENING AROUND  
10-20 MPH.  
 
OUR NEXT SYSTEM ARRIVES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
THERE IS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE GREAT LAKES REGION THAT  
DRAGS A WARM FRONT NORTHWARD AND WARM AIR ADVECTION BEGINS. THIS  
IS HELPED BY OUR HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING OFFSHORE AND  
SINKING SOUTHEAST DURING THIS TIMEFRAME WHICH RESULTS IN A  
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WIND THAT WILL USHER IN WARMER AIR. AHEAD OF THE  
WARM FRONT, THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW AND RAIN.  
AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF I-95 HAVE POPS OF 20-40% WITH MORE OF A  
RAIN/SNOW MIX. NORTH AND WEST OF I-95 HAS THE BETTER POTENTIAL  
FOR PRECIPITATION WITH 40-60% POPS THAT STARTS AS SNOW LATER  
TUESDAY NIGHT AND TURNS TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX INTO WEDNESDAY  
MORNING.  
 
MOVING INTO LATER IN THE WEEK, A SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE OHIO  
RIVER VALLEY SHIFTS EASTWARD TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST, LEADING TO  
MORE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION THAT LOOKS TO BE GENERALLY IN THE  
FORM OF RAIN. UNCERTAINTY REMAINS WITH THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM  
THOUGH, AND DEPENDING ON TIMING, THERE COULD BE SOME WINTRY  
PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL FOR AREAS NEAR AND NORTH OF I-78 ON  
THURSDAY NIGHT. WE WILL PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE AMOUNT OF  
PRECIPITATION THAT WILL FALL FROM THIS WARMER LATE WEEK SYSTEM.  
HEAVIER RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO SOME DECENT MELTING OF THE  
EXPECTED DEEP SNOW PACK FROM OUR SUNDAY-MONDAY SNOW STORM. AT  
THIS TIME, FLOODING CONCERNS REMAIN LOW, BUT OUR VIGILANCE  
REMAINS HIGH.  
 
A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM THEN APPROACHES FOR FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY  
LEADING TO DRIER CONDITIONS.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /09Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/  
 
THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION IS FOR KPHL, KPNE, KTTN, KABE, KRDG,  
KILG, KMIV, KACY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.  
 
EARLY THIS MORNING...VFR BUT MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS ARE BEGINNING  
TO DEVELOP IN RA AND SN. LGT/VRB WINDS, BECOMING E 5 TO 10 KT.  
MODERATE CONFIDENCE OVERALL.  
 
TODAY...IFR IN RASN, CHANGING TO SN AND LOWERING TO LIFR FROM  
WEST TO EAST FROM 18Z TO 21Z. E TO NE WINDS INCREASING FROM 5 TO  
10 KT IN THE MORNING TO 15 TO 20 KT WITH 25 TO 35 KT GUSTS  
AFTER 21Z. MODERATE CONFIDENCE OVERALL, LOW CONFIDENCE ON THE  
TIMING THAT PRECIP BECOMES ALL SN.  
 
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...IFR. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH  
MONDAY MORNING. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20-25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS OF  
30-40 KTS. CONDITIONS MAY BEGIN TO IMPROVE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON  
AS PRECIPITATION DEPARTS BUT STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO  
RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. MODERATE CONFIDENCE OVERALL,  
LOW CONFIDENCE IN TIMING OF ANY IMPROVEMENTS IN CONDITIONS.  
 
OUTLOOK...  
 
MONDAY NIGHT...VFR. GUSTY WNW OF 20-25 KNOTS LIKELY CONTINUE.  
 
TUESDAY...VFR. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY.  
SUB- VFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AT NIGHT.  
 
WEDNESDAY...SUB-VFR POSSIBLE WITH LIGHT RAIN/SNOW AND LOW  
CLOUDS.  
 
THURSDAY...SUB-VFR POSSIBLE DUE TO LIGHT RAIN/SNOW AND LOW  
CLOUDS.  
 
FRIDAY...SUB-VFR POSSIBLE DUE TO LIGHT RAIN AND LOW CLOUDS.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
A POWERFUL COASTAL STORM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS  
THROUGH TONIGHT. EAST WINDS 15-20 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 25 KTS  
DEVELOPING BY LATE THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE AND SHIFT  
NORTHEAST THEN NORTH TO 35-50 KTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KTS  
TONIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT EVENTUALLY NORTHWESTWARD ON MONDAY,  
BEFORE BEGINNING TO DECREASE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  
SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 5-9 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENTUALLY  
BUILD TO 12-18 FEET TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING BEFORE BEGINNING  
TO DECREASE.  
 
THE STORM WARNING AND GALE WARNING START TIMES WERE MOVED UP  
EARLIER TODAY TO ENCOMPASS DETERIORATING CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY  
INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS WILL OCCUR  
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WITH GALE FORCE WINDS LIKELY LINGERING INTO  
MONDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW COULD LEAD TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY  
AT TIMES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.  
 
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS MONDAY NIGHT, WITH NORTHWEST  
WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 KTS.  
 
REGARDING THE RIVER/MARINE ICE, DELAWARE BAY CONTINUES TO BE  
MAINLY ICE FREE OUTSIDE OF SHALLOW NEAR-SHORE AREAS. ICE  
COVERAGE REMAINS AROUND 10-30% FROM THE THE DELAWARE MEMORIAL  
BRIDGE UP TO THE COMMODORE BARRY BRIDGE. NORTH OF THAT UP  
THROUGH PHILADELPHIA, ICE COVERAGE IS AROUND 30-70%.  
 
OUTLOOK...  
 
TUESDAY...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH WINDS  
15-20 KT AND GUSTS 25-30 KT AND SEAS 5-7 FEET. CONDITIONS ARE  
EXPECTED TO IMPROVE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  
 
TUESDAY NIGHT...NO MARINE HAZARDS EXPECTED.  
 
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS  
POSSIBLE WITH PERIODS OF WIND GUSTS AROUND 25 KT AND SEAS  
BUILDING TO 5-7 FEET.  
 
 
   
CLIMATE  
 
THE DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 22 AND 23 FROM OUR  
CLIMATE SITES LISTED BELOW:  
 
FEBRUARY 22  
SITE RECORD/YEAR  
ALLENTOWN (ABE) 8.6"/1948  
AC AIRPORT (ACY) 8.0"/2001  
PHILADELPHIA (PHL) 7.0"/2001  
READING (RDG) 6.5"/1948  
TRENTON (TTN) 6.3"/2001  
WILMINGTON (ILG) 5.0"/1935  
 
FEBRUARY 23  
SITE RECORD/YEAR  
ALLENTOWN (ABE) 6.5"/1987  
AC AIRPORT (ACY) 6.5"/1987  
PHILADELPHIA (PHL) 6.5"/1987  
READING (RDG) 6.5"/1994  
TRENTON (TTN) 11.4"/1987  
WILMINGTON (ILG) 12.4"/1987  
 
 
   
PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
PA...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST MONDAY  
FOR PAZ070-071-104>106.  
BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR PAZ054-055.  
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR PAZ060>062-  
101>103.  
NJ...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST MONDAY  
FOR NJZ001-007>010-012>021-026-027.  
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EST  
MONDAY FOR NJZ012>014-020-022>027.  
BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EST MONDAY  
FOR NJZ022>025.  
DE...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST MONDAY  
FOR DEZ001-002.  
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EST  
MONDAY FOR DEZ002>004.  
BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EST MONDAY  
FOR DEZ003-004.  
MD...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST MONDAY  
FOR MDZ015-019-020.  
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST  
MONDAY FOR MDZ012.  
MARINE...GALE WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR  
ANZ430.  
STORM WARNING FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR  
ANZ431-450>455.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...AKL/COOPER/MJL/STAARMANN  
AVIATION...AKL/COOPER/MJL/STAARMANN  
MARINE...AKL/COOPER/MJL/STAARMANN  
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