After scattered storms moved through parts of southern Pennsylvania Tuesday afternoon, the region looks likely to see a more widespread strong to severe thunderstorm threat Wednesday afternoon. A Slight Risk has been posted for Wednesday across the entire state except northwest PA, where a Marginal Risk exists. Damaging winds will be the main threat, along…
Western Pennsylvania has been the driest section of the state for the past month, but fortunately the area is poised for some rainfall Thursday. The Storm Prediction Center has a Slight Risk up for nearly all of western PA Thursday, with a Marginal Risk extending into parts of central Pennsylvania. Primary threats look to be…
While heavy showers and storms are expected to move through parts of the state tonight and into Saturday morning, we will have another potential for severe weather later Saturday afternoon. Much of the state is under a Slight Risk for scattered severe thunderstorms expected Saturday afternoon. Most of the severe weather is likely to be…
Rarely do we have an overnight severe thunderstorm threat here in Pennsylvania, as usually there is little instability after the sun goes down. However, the Storm Prediction Center has placed northwest PA in a Slight Risk for storms that will roll through late tonight and into early Saturday morning. Damaging winds are the main risk…
Yesterday’s activity can be summarized in one word: scattered. While some areas saw one to two inches of rain and multiple rounds of heavy storms, others had a dry day with dark clouds in the distance. That’s what we expect again today, as another Marginal Risk is out for severe thunderstorms across western and central…
Another hot day is on tap for today, and we finally have a little instability to work with. Unlike previous days, today’s storms have the potential to get strong and possibly severe in scattered areas. Highs today will be in the upper 80s to low 90s in central and eastern PA, and low 80s in…
The frequency of days with severe weather continues to increase as we move into the more active months of the season, and after a long-tracked derecho knocked out power to over half a million customers in Pennsylvania last week, more storms are likely again Wednesday. We don’t expect anything to the magnitude of what we…
It has been several weeks since we’ve had a concern for severe thunderstorms, due to the streak of well below average temperatures. But with the new, more seasonable pattern, we expect to see more days with showers and storms. The NWS Storm Prediction Center has placed northeast PA under an Enhanced Risk, and much of…
A large system producing a major severe weather outbreak in the southeast today and a snowstorm in the northern Plains will bring us the potential for severe storms Monday. We do not expect a severe weather outbreak here in Pennsylvania, but severe storms with damaging winds and isolated tornadoes look probable. TIMING After a long…
With locations like Allentown and Harrisburg off to their warmest start to a year on record, it should be no surprise we are facing the threat of severe thunderstorms in early April. The threat Tuesday will be in western and south central PA, in the form of damaging winds and hail. TIMING The daytime hours…
We are about to get a taste of three seasons in the span of about 24 hours, beginning tomorrow (Halloween)! A low pressure system to our west is currently dumping significant amounts of snow on parts of the Midwest, meaning a rare white Halloween is likely as far east as Illinois and Michigan. Here in…
The past few days in the weather world have relatively been quiet. Tomorrow that will change as a widespread severe weather threat is expected. The Storm Prediction Center has placed about half of our state in Slight Risk or greater. A period of rain and severe thunderstorms is expected across western and central Pennsylvania tomorrow…
A weak cold front will sweep through Thursday, accompanied by the threat of some severe weather specifically in central and western PA. Storms are expected to fire near the Ohio border around or just before noon Thursday, followed by an east-southeast movement during the afternoon. Latest short range model guidance indicates locations in the state…
The Storm Prediction Center has highlighted much of the eastern half of the state under a level 2 Slight Risk for the potential for a line of strong to severe storms packing damaging winds and hail Saturday Evening. Storms are expected to fire around or just north of I-80 in the late afternoon. An organized…
Rinse, wash, and repeat. Tomorrow our area will once again be dealing with the potential for severe weather. This time around, the southern third of Pennsylvania stands the better chance of experiencing severe weather. We do expect much of tomorrow morning to be dry. The threat for severe thunderstorms will arrive in the afternoon hours.…
