After one of the driest Spring seasons in recorded history, the tides will be changing starting midweek. A stationary boundary currently draped across the Southeast US will slowly push north late this workweek, introducing rain chances in Southern PA by Thursday and everywhere by Friday. Widespread showers and thunderstorms are likely Saturday and Sunday, before…
A week ago we were forecasting snow. Now we’re forecasting temperatures in the 70s and severe weather. March Madness doesn’t just apply to college basketball, it also applies to our weather this time of year. Coincidentally, Saturday is the last full day of winter! TIMING Scattered low-topped thunderstorms will begin to develop ahead of a…
We are in that period in between winter weather and severe storms where there sometimes isn’t much to talk about weather-wise, but Wednesday looks to potentially bring a little of both to Pennsylvania. In typical fashion for late April, the snow will fall across northwestern PA, and our line of heavy showers will be in…
Our streak of severe weather is finally set to end today. It has been an impressive run for any time of the year, but especially late August. From here we will enter an up and down pattern, with frequent temperature swings and chances for rainfall. It’s hard to believe there are only four months left…
The weather has been quiet for a while, but we are once again having a lot thrown at us at once. From severe storms possible in PA both Tuesday and Wednesday, to a major hurricane landfall Thursday morning in Texas or Louisiana, there is a lot to talk about. Potent clusters of severe thunderstorms with…
With about 48 hours until 4th of July Fireworks, we are now in the range where we can feel decently confident about an hourly forecast. It’s looking like areas of central and western PA will face the chance for showers and storms 8:30 – 10:00 PM Thursday. Locations between Pittsburgh and the Laurel Highlands, as…
Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible for much of the area tomorrow as a front passes through the region. Morning rain and thunderstorms is likely for Northwest Pennsylvania in the mid-morning hours. Below is a look at 7:00 AM tomorrow morning: As the day progresses, the chances for severe weather increases. By the afternoon and…
If you read last night’s forecast, you will not be surprised by the severe weather forecast for tomorrow. With that being said, over the last 24 hours, data and observations have increased the risk for an isolated tornado or two tomorrow. Initially, damaging winds was expected to be the main threat, which it still is.…
After this evening’s and tomorrow’s on and off rainfall, our attention turns to Wednesday for severe weather. A warm front will lift northward overnight Tuesday into early Wednesday morning, allowing for a cold front to pass through the state from west to east Wednesday afternoon. This cold front has the potential of producing scattered severe…
The active pattern of this summer will continue into the first week of fall, as we have everything from heavy rain to a day four severe thunderstorm threat on tap for the first few days of this week. A frontal boundary will move into the area, bringing heavy rain to the state beginning Monday afternoon…
Another round of severe weather is on the way Tuesday. This time around, our focus is on Western and Central PA for the possibility of severe storms accompanied by damaging winds, hail, and a few tornadoes. Conditions will be favorable for individual supercell thunderstorms, along with clusters of strong to severe storms. Thunderstorms will begin…
As we receive the latest data for tomorrow’s severe weather, the trend has been for a later start time compared to what we were looking at last night. Western areas will still experience the storms first and should also expect the worst of the storms. A few discrete cells will likely develop around noontime ahead…
We are once again expecting another round of severe weather to pass through the state Tuesday afternoon and evening. A line of strong to severe storms are expected to develop to our west early Tuesday, and will push east hitting our western areas first early Tuesday afternoon and our central areas by the middle of…
After the past couple days of dry and mostly sunny weather, we have our eyes turned to the weekend as a low pressure system will track just south of Pennsylvania during the day Friday and will transfer its energy to the coast Friday night. This coastal low will enhance precipitation across the state overnight Friday…
Significant to major flooding has taken place in several PA towns this evening, where as much as 3 to 6 inches of rain has fallen in these towns. Dauphin, York, and Lebanon counties were a few of the counties hit hardest. Roads were turned into rivers this evening, leaving motorists stranded. Below are images from…
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