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AWUS41 KPHI 180846
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PAZ067>071-NJZ015>019-DEZ001-MDZ008-182200-

FORECAST FOR PHILADELPHIA AND THE DELAWARE VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
350 AM EST MON FEB 18 2002

...SYNOPSIS...

LOW PRESSURE WHICH SPUN UP EAST OF CAPE COD SUNDAY BROUGHT SOME 
CLOUDS DOWN ACROSS PARTS OF NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA 
OVERNIGHT...THE LAST OF WHICH WERE MOVING OFF THE COAST EARLY THIS 
MORNING. WHILE THE CLOUDS WERE LEAVING...THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL 
CONTINUE TO BLOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...STRONGEST DOWN ALONG THE 
COAST. AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES THIS 
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE WINDS WILL FINALLY DIMINISH BY TONIGHT.

THINGS WILL STAY DRY OVER THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY...BUT THEN LOW 
PRESSURE RACING ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL LIKELY GIVE US SOME RAIN 
WEDNESDAY. AND WE COULD SEE EVEN MORE PRECIPITATION BY THE END OF 
THE WEEK AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MOVES UP THE EAST COAST.

...THREE DAY FORECAST...

.SUNNY TODAY. HIGH IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S. NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 
MPH DIMINISHING LATE IN THE DAY.
.MOSTLY CLEAR TONIGHT. LOW IN THE 20S. LIGHT WIND.
.MOSTLY SUNNY TUESDAY. HIGH NEAR 50. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
.INCREASING CLOUDS TUESDAY NIGHT. LOW IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S.
.MOSTLY CLOUDY WEDNESDAY. RAIN LIKELY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. 
HIGH IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.

...EXTENDED FORECAST...

.RAIN LIKELY WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN CLEARING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 
LOW IN THE UPPER 30S.
.MOSTLY SUNNY THURSDAY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 40S.
.CHANCE OF RAIN FRIDAY...POSSIBLY MIXED PRECIPITATION WELL NORTH AND 
WEST OF THE CITY. LOW IN THE 30S. HIGH ABOUT 40.
.CHANCE OF SNOW OR RAIN SATURDAY MORNING...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 
IN THE MID 30S. HIGH ABOUT 40.
.PARTLY CLOUDY SUNDAY. LOW IN THE UPPER 20S. HIGH IN THE LOWER 40S.


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