Regional Weather Summary
Issued by NWS State College, PA
Issued by NWS State College, PA
853 AWUS81 KCTP 170939 RWSCTP PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066-172345- Regional Weather Summary National Weather Service State College PA 539 AM EDT Fri May 17 2024 Cloud cover blanketed all of the Commonwealth this morning with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s in most locations and a light east to southeast wind. It will stay cloudy but dry through most or all of this Friday morning across the Western Mountains of the state before showers spread in from the west around or shortly after noon. The onset of rain should hold off until the mid to late afternoon hours today across the Central Mountains and perhaps this evening over the Susquehanna Valley and points east. High temperatures today will range from the upper 60s across the higher elevations of Central Pennsylvania to the mid and upper 70s across the Southwest. Showers or even a few periods of steadier rain, and perhaps a few rumbles of thunder over the west, will continue tonight into Saturday followed by improving conditions from north to south on Sunday. Lows tonight will be in the mid 50s to low 60s. 24-hour rainfall amounts later today through Saturday will range from 1 to 1.25 inches across the Western third of the state (with some higher point amounts possible) to as little as a tenth of an inch across the far east. The unsettled pattern will continue into the weekend with showers and some afternoon/evening thunderstorms, with drier conditions expected on Monday. $$