Issued by NWS State College, PA
000 AWUS81 KCTP 101019 RWSCTP REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 515 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010 ...ANOTHER MAJOR WINTER STORM IS IMPACTING PENNSYLVANIA... LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN LAKE ERIE EARLY THIS MORNING WILL QUICKLY REFORM OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST LATER THIS MORNING...AND WILL DEEPEN AS IT MOVES AWAY FROM THE COAST TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE KEYSTONE STATE TODAY. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE STATE TODAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS EFFECT FOR FAR SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... INCLUDING THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA. SNOW WAS ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 20S. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO COME DOWN HARD FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE BY LATE MORNING. WINDS WILL GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY THE CASE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE...WHERE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE LIKELY. TEMPERATURES WILL CHANGE LITTLE FROM THIS MORNING...AS COLDER AIR WORKS SOUTHWARD FROM CANADA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 6 INCHES OR LESS ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE STATE...6 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...TO NEARLY 18 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE STATE. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIE DOWN LATER IN THE DAY ON THURSDAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EASTWARD FROM THE PLAINS. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE MAINLY IN THE TEENS. TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY WILL BE A FEW DEGREES WARMER. $$ MARTIN
