The National Weather Ser­vice has issued a Win­ter Weather Advi­sory for the Bor­ough for Wednes­day, Feb­ru­ary 12th at 7pm through Thurs­day, Feb­ru­ary 13th, at 7:00am.  This new advi­sory replaces a Win­ter Storm Watch that had been posted for our region.

A major coastal storm will move out of the south and up the east­ern seaboard on Wednes­day.  The storm is expected to arrive Wednes­day evening bring­ing a period of snow to our region before a changeover to a cold rain­storm.  Strong winds will accom­pany the arrival of the storm.  Winds overnight into Thurs­day morn­ing are expected to be out of the north­east with gusts of 40mph.  Rain will con­tinue on Thurs­day morn­ing through parts of Thurs­day after­noon with windy con­di­tions.  The storm could fin­ish with a period of light snow on Thurs­day evening.  No sig­nif­i­cant snow accu­mu­la­tions are expected from this storm in our community.

If you have to drive on Wednes­day or Thurs­day, please be advised that areas just to our north and north­west are under Win­ter Storm Warn­ings with heavy wet accu­mu­lat­ing snow likely from this storm.  The Philadel­phia region and parts north could be get­ting 6–12 inches of snow out of this sys­tem which will make trav­el­ing very difficult.

Now is a good time to bring in out­door objects that could be sub­ject to strong winds.  There are cur­rently no flood advi­sories, watches, or warn­ings issued by the National Weather Ser­vice but the fore­cast has been dif­fi­cult for mete­o­rol­o­gists and could change again overnight or Wednes­day morn­ing.  Please con­tinue to mon­i­tor local media out­lets for the most up to date infor­ma­tion regard­ing this nor’easter-type win­ter storm.  If you have any emer­gency, please dial 9–1-1.

Here is the text of the Win­ter Weather Advi­sory issued by the National Weather Service:

Win­ter Weather Advi­sory in effect from 7 PM Wednes­day to 7 am EST Thursday…

The National Weather Ser­vice in Mount Holly has issued a Win­ter Weather Advi­sory for snow and sleet… which is in effect from 7 PM Wednes­day to 7 am EST Thurs­day. The Win­ter Storm Watch is no longer in effect.

* Loca­tions… the advi­sory includes Cape May County as well as the coastal por­tions of ocean and Atlantic counties.

* Haz­ard types… pri­mar­ily snow and sleet.

* Accu­mu­la­tions… snow accu­mu­la­tion of 1 to 2 inches.

* Tim­ing… the pre­cip­i­ta­tion should begin as all snow Wednes­day night before chang­ing over to a snow and sleet mix early Thurs­day morn­ing. Thurs­day morn­ing… pre­cip­i­ta­tion is expected to be pri­mar­ily rain.

* Impacts… travel could be sig­nif­i­cantly impacted across the region espe­cially early Thurs­day morn­ing. In addi­tion to travel impacts… winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph will be pos­si­ble on Thurs­day which could lead to power out­ages if there has been sig­nif­i­cant heavy snow accu­mu­la­tions on power lines by the time the winds increase.

Precautionary/preparedness actions…

A Win­ter Weather Advi­sory means that peri­ods of snow… sleet… or freez­ing rain will cause travel dif­fi­cul­ties. Be pre­pared for slip­pery roads and lim­ited vis­i­bil­i­ties… and use cau­tion while driving.