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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
416 AM EDT FRI MAY 1 2026
A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND COMPACT WAVE ALOFT
WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY BRINGING PERIODS OF LIGHT
TO BRIEFLY MODERATE RAIN LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH JUST 1 TO 2 THOUSAND FEET ABOVE
GROUND TO ALLOW WET SNOWFLAKES TO MIX IN AT TIMES AT ELEVATIONS
ABOVE 2000 FEET MSL.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE BETWEEN ONE-TENTH AND ONE-QUARTER OF AN
INCH WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING ACROSS THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS OF PA.
HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE CHILLY MID AND UPPER
40S ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TO THE LOW AND MID 60S OVER THE
LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY AND SOUTH-CENTRAL PA.
ANOTHER COLD NIGHT IS ON TAP WITH PARTIAL CLEARING, A RELATIVELY
LIGHT NORTHWEST WIND AND AREAS OF FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES
OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. ANOTHER FROST ADVISORY / FREEZE
WARNING MAY BE ISSUED DURING THE DAY TODAY FOR TONIGHT THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN PA. MAKES PLANS EARLY
TO PROTECT SENSITIVE PLANTS BY BRINGING THEM INDOORS OR COVERING
THEM WITH AN INSULATING MATERIAL.
LOWS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WILL VARY FROM THE UPPER 20S OVER THE
NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS TO THE MID AND UPPER 40S IN THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER OF THE STATE, INCLUDING THE LEHIGH, SCHUYLKILL AND
DELAWARE RIVER VALLEYS.
SATURDAY WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY AND DRY WITH A NORTHWEST BREEZE OF 5
TO 10 MPH WITH SOME MINOR GUSTS INTO THE TEENS. MAINLY CLEAR
SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A FINAL ROUND OF FROST AND SUB-FREEZING
TEMPERATURES FOR THIS CURRENT COLD SNAP.
LAMBERT
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