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FXUS61 KCTP 300130
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service State College PA
930 PM EDT Sun Jun 29 2025

.SYNOPSIS...
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* Mainly clear to partly cloudy night with patchy valley fog
  possible across CPA.
* Stormy pattern resumes Monday-Tuesday with a renewed risk of
  strong to severe storms and locally heavy downpours
* Drier/less humid/more comfortable conditions are likely
  through midweek with high confidence of nice wx on the 4th
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.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 8 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
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Showers and storms have struggled to make it across the MD
boarder this afternoon, leaving the area with mostly clear skies
heading into this evening.

Any lingering Cu will fade as the sun sets with a mainly clear
to partly cloudy night ahead. There will be some fog in the
valleys from the predawn hours through daybreak Monday. Fog may
be limited to some extent by increasing mid and high clouds as
WAA pattern ramps up over the Ohio Valley downstream of 500mb
trough moving into the Upper Midwest. Lows tonight will feel
similar to last night with near 70F likely across the Lower
Susquehanna Valley to low 60s in the north.
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.SHORT TERM /8 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
*Stormy End to June/Start of July moving into the 2H of 2025

A mid-level trough will amplify while traversing the Great
Lakes and Ohio Valley regions on Monday. A cold front will
accompany the Midwest mid-level trough and should reach western
PA by 12Z Tuesday.

In advance of the cold front, plenty of moisture/instability
will be present to support at least scattered thunderstorms by
peak heating. Given the presence of weak/modest vertical wind
shear, a few of the storms could become strong to locally
severe. Strong boundary-layer heating is fcst with 2000+ J/kg
of tall/thin SBCAPE) amid weak (<30kt) 0-6km deep layer wind
shear. This environment will support wet downburst potential
and a couple of damaging wind gusts are possible Monday
afternoon and evening. SPC has all of CPA in a level 1/5 MRGL
svr tstm risk for D2.

The aforementioned mid-level trough will shift east from the
Great Lakes to the Northeast on Tuesday. Moderate mid-level flow
will overspread much of the region. At the surface, a cold
front will move east across PA and will be the primary focus
for severe thunderstorm potential Tuesday afternoon/evening.

Stronger shear profiles will be present on D3 and this may
result in greater storm organization/intensity including the
potential for a few supercells capable of producing large hail
and damaging wind gusts. SPC will expand the level 1 MRGL svr
risk for D3, but we would not be surprised to see an future
upgrade to SLGT or level 2/5 given the more robust shear
profiles.

Max/min temps will be seasonably warm/muggy for late June and
early July in the 80-90/60-70F range to start the week. Temps
will cool off a bit on Tuesday/Tuesday night behind the front
over the north/west Alleghenies.

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.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
* A much drier and more comfortable stretch of weather Wed-Sat
* High confidence in nice/dry weather on July 4th

There is growing confidence in a much drier and more comfortable
stretch of weather from midweek 7/2 into the first weekend of
July. Expanding on the drier/comfortable stretch, we are talking
specifically about: 1) very little to no rainfall forecast and
2) noticeably lower/reduced heat and humidity. A moisture-
starved cold front will provide the "best" chance of rain on
Thursday PM, but overall we expect the majority of the time to
be dry during the Wed-Sat period. Max/min temps will be close to
the historical average during the first week of July. There are
signals for heat and humidity to ramp upward by the end of next
weekend.

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.AVIATION /02Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
Widespread VFR was observed across central PA during the early
evening hours, with little more than a few cumulus clouds (with
4-5 kft bases) south of the I-80 corridor.

Predominantly VFR conds are expected to continue overnight,
although there is low confidence that some spots could see the
development of some fog/low clouds during the predawn hours.
Increasing high and mid level clouds may help to limit the
extent of any fog.

Scattered SHRA/TSRA impacts are expected Monday afternoon and
evening, and later issuances may consider adding PROB30s to
highlight the potential for brief restrictions.

Outlook...

Mon-Tue...PM showers & t-storms likely; areas of fog & low
clouds overnight.

Wed...AM fog, then VFR.

Thu...Primarily VFR; stray PM shower/t-storm possible.

Fri...AM fog possible; otherwise VFR.

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.CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

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SYNOPSIS...Steinbugl/Bowen
NEAR TERM...Steinbugl/Bowen
SHORT TERM...Steinbugl
LONG TERM...Steinbugl
AVIATION...Evanego