National Weather Service Blizzard Warning for Cape may County

Blizzard Warning


...WINTRY WEATHER LAST NIGHT WILL INTENSIFY TODAY AND CAUSE

DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY

TONIGHT...

.AN EXPLOSIVELY DEVELOPING NOR/EASTER WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO

MUCH OF OUR AREA TODAY AND THIS EVENING...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS

EXPECTED FOR MANY AREAS.

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...


...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD

WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE

WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A COASTAL STORM DEVELOPING OFF THE CENTRAL MID ATLANTIC COAST

BEFORE SUNRISE WILL INTENSIFY EXPLOSIVELY TODAY. SNOW...AS WELL AS

SLEET AND EVEN SOME FREEZING RAIN NEAR...SOUTH...AND EAST OF

PHILADELPHIA WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW DURING THIS MORNING AS THE

STORM MOVES NORTHWARD. THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS TO BACK TO NORTHEAST

AND NORTH AND BRING COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION. WITH HEAVY SNOW

EXPECTED TO DECREASE VISIBILITIES...AND STRONG WINDS GUSTING TO 35

TO 45 MILES AN HOUR THIS AFTERNOON...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE

EXPECTED AT TIMES MAINLY FROM ABOUT MIDDAY AND THROUGH THE

AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY PERSISTING INTO EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING

OFF. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG THIS EVENING SO

THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS

WELL TONIGHT.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 12 TO 22

INCHES INTO EARLY TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS STRADDLING

THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR.

NEAR-BLIZZARD OR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE RARE FOR OUR AREA...SO

IT IS LIKELY THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT REALIZE THE PERIL THAT EXISTS

IN VENTURING OUT IN SUCH STORMS. LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE

POSSIBLE...AND DRIVING WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT BEST DURING THIS

WINTER STORM TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

THAT TRAVEL BE CURTAILED DUE TO THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS...AND

ONLY DRIVE IF IT IS TRULY AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE

EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS

AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT

CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF

YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET

STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

http://www.weather.gov/alerts-beta/wwacapget.php?x=NJ20100210093300PHIBlizzardWarningPHI20100211050000NJ





Nancy M. Alexander
Stone Harbor and Avalon NJ Real Estate

Assessing Damage After Tropical Storm Ida

NJ OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RELEASE:LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL TEAMS CONTINUE TO ASSESS IDA DAMAGE Teams perform Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDAs) on the effects of Tropical Storm Ida in New Jersey. In Cape May county designated as part of a State of Emergency by New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine last week.Director of the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management,and FEMA urged residents to following specific procedures. “The first thing residents should do is contact their insurance agents, carefully document damages, and coordinate with their county and local emergency management office so that officials are aware of damages,” .No decision will be made on FEMA assistance until all information is analyzed and forwarded to Governor Corzine with recommendations. PDAs are not expected to be complete before next week. Most beaches in New Jersey are the responsibility of the state through the Department of Environmental Protection and the Army Corps of Engineers. Questions on beach replenishment should be addressed to the NJ DEP or the Corps of Engineers at 917-790-8007.