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AWUS81 KCTP 131923
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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
225 PM EST FRI DEC 13 2013

A WINTER STORM IS HEADED FOR THE STATE ON SATURDAY.

THE WEST WIND WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON OVER MUCH OF THE
COMMONWEALTH. THE WIND WILL REMAIN OVER LAKE ERIE AND WILL KEEP LAKE
ENHANCED CLOUDS AND SNOW SHOWERS GOING IN THE NORTHERN BORDER
COUNTIES. SUN WILL PUSH TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID 30S OVER THE
STRIPE OF PENNSYLVANIA THAT HAS NO SNOW ON THE GROUND.
ELSEWHERE...THE SNOW AND ICE COVER WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES IN THE
LOWER 20S IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND LOWER 30S IN THE SOUTHERN
CITIES. WHILE MILDER THAN THURSDAY...THESE HIGHS WILL STILL BE 5 TO
10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR MID-DECEMBER.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR MOST OF
THE STATE FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON...WILL MOVE TO
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT...AND MOVE QUICKLY INTO THE MID
ATLANTIC ON SATURDAY. A WIDESPREAD AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO FALL ON THE COMMONWEALTH. THE SNOW WILL START IN THE
WEST AND NORTH LATE TONIGHT AND DEVELOP OVER THE REST OF THE STATE
ON SATURDAY. MANY LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MOUNTAINS...COULD RECEIVE MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOW. SOME RAIN AND
FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN AT THE TAIL-END OF THE STORM ON SATURDAY
NIGHT IN THE SOUTH.

TEMPERATURES WILL NOT DROP MUCH TONIGHT AS THE CLOUDS THICKEN UP.
EXPECT LOWS IN THE MID TEENS IN THE NORTH AND MID 20S IN THE
SOUTH. HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 20S IN THE NORTH
TO THE LOWER 30S IN THE SOUTH...WITH THE MAJOR CITIES LIKELY
RISING ABOVE FREEZING FOR A FEW HOURS.

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