December 19, 2000(12:17PM)
The National Weather Service at Mount Holly has issued a Special Weather Statement regarding the upcoming weather for today and tonight. Not many changes with the forecast issued on this page last night, but will hedge a touch lower on snowfall amounts in our area. Expecting closer to one inch of snow as opposed to 1-3 inches posted last night. Snow will be arriving later this evening. The reason for the decrease in amounts is that a band of precip looms to our west, basically riding south to north over central PA. This area has remained stationary over the past few hours due to a secondary area of low pressure forming off the NC coast. This secondary development will become the primary storm over the next few hours. Precip will remain mainly on the eastern side of the redeveloping low until it reaches near the Mason-Dixon line. That will likely be too late to give our area alot of snowfall. The area of precip to our west will gradually diminish, also reducing snowfall totals for the area. In other words, it is looking like we will get sandwiched between both areas of precipitation. This has happened before, on a much large scale, back in 1990 when Winter Storm Warnings were issued for the area in a similair, but more potenet situation. A low developed intensely to the east and held precipitation over the ocean until passing north of the PA/NY border. We got nothing. We should get some accumulating snow tonight, but it will not be major. Stay tuned for any further updates. A side note to the potential storm later in the week . . . it is still there, but alot weaker than previously thought. Still think it needs to be monitored and still think some snow is likely in our area. Take care and drive safely tonight.
