217  
FXUS61 KCTP 220811  
AFDCTP  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA  
411 AM EDT THU OCT 22 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED
 
 
* NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.  
 

 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
1) SEASONABLY DRY WEATHER INTO THE END OF OCTOBER  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
KEY MESSAGE 1: SEASONABLY DRY WEATHER INTO THE END OF OCTOBER  
 
REPEAT PATTERN OF SEASONABLY SUNNY DAYS AND CHILLY/FROSTY  
NIGHTS ROLLS ON INTO THE END OF THE MONTH. FROST HEADLINES ARE  
PROBABLE FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY MORNING FOR LEBANON AND LANCASTER  
COUNTIES.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /08Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/
 
 
OUTSIDE OF EARLY MORNING RIVER VALLEY FOG AND AREAS OF FROST,  
EXPECT SOLID VFR FLYING CONDITIONS FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE  
TIME THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK.  
 
A DRY COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS PA LATER THIS AFTERNOON  
AND EVENING AND WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN THE NNW WIND WITH SOME  
MINOR GUSTINESS INTO THE TEENS (CENTRAL AND WEST) AND LOW 20S  
(KTS) ACROSS THE SUSQ VALLEY AND POINTS EAST.  
 
SOME SHALLOW, BKN MVFR STRATO CU SHOULD ADVECT SOUTH INTO THE  
KBFD AREA AFTER 23Z TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT, WHILE OTHER  
AIRFIELDS SHOULD SEE SCT CLOUD COVERAGE IN THE 2500-3000 FT AGL  
RANGE.  
 

 
   
CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
WHAT HAS CHANGED...STEINBUGL  
KEY MESSAGES...STEINBUGL  
DISCUSSION...STEINBUGL  
AVIATION...LAMBERT/STEINBUGL  
 
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