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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1100 AM EDT THU MAR 13 2014

A BLUSTERY DAY FOR THE COMMONWEALTH.

COLD NORTHWEST WINDS ARE MAKING WIND CHILLS WELL BELOW ZERO OVER THE
MOUNTAINS. FREQUENT GUSTS OF 35 MPH ARE OCCURRING AS OF MID
DAY...BUT WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. THE INCREASINGLY DRY AIR AND
MARCH SUNSHINE SHOULD HELP TO DRY THE SNOW OFF THE GROUND THAT FELL
OVER THE LAURELS AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS LAST NIGHT. HIGHS TODAY WILL
ONLY BE 25 TO 30 DEGREES IN THE SOUTHERN CITIES...AND IN THE TEENS
ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL NOSE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST TONIGHT. BUT A
CLIPPER LOW PASSING WELL TO THE NORTH WILL BRING SOME CLOUDS IN AND
COULD MAKE A FEW FLURRIES ALONG THE NEW YORK BORDER BY MORNING. LOWS
WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS IN THE NORTHEAST BUT CLOSER TO 20 IN
PHILADELPHIA AND PITTSBURGH. RIDGETOPS MAY SEE TEMPERATURES RISE
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SUNSHINE AND VERY MILD TEMPERATURES RETURN ON FRIDAY AS THE WINDS
TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST. HIGHS WILL BE BACK INTO THE 50S OVER MOST OF
THE STATE. MID AND UPPER 40S CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH.

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE STATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL
TOUCH OFF A FEW SHOWERS OF RAIN AT FIRST...THEN RAIN AND SNOW MIXED
LATER AT NIGHT OVER THE NORTHWEST. BUT THE SHOWERS SHOULD DIMINISH
AND BREAK UP RAPIDLY AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. LOWS FRIDAY
NIGHT WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S AND 30S. OUTSIDE OF A FEW FLURRIES IN
THE MORNING...SATURDAY SHOULD TURN OUT TO BE ANOTHER FAIR DAY WITH
NEARLY NORMAL HIGHS RANGING FROM 40 TO 55 DEGREES.

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