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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1153 AM EDT FRI MAY 1 2026
A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND COMPACT WAVE ALOFT
ARE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THIS IS SPURRING LIGHT TO
BRIEFLY MODERATE SHOWERS CURRENTLY OVER THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES
WHICH WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD THROUGH THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE
AFTERNOON AND 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 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 DEPENDING ON HOW CLOUD COVER OVER
THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO PROGRESS. 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.
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