July 12: Scattered Strong to Severe Storms, Damaging Winds Possible; Weekend Outlook

Today

Scattered thunderstorms are possible Today across much of the state, with damaging winds as the main risk. The HRRR & NAM have differing ideas for how Today will play out. Below is the HRRR, followed by the NAM.

HRRR

 

NAM

The Storm Prediction Center Outlook depicts a Slight Risk across the eastern half of the state generally.

Temperatures today will not be comfortable either, with humid conditions ahead of the front making it feel above 90 degrees in many areas, as shown below.

Wednesday

A stretch of mostly dry days begins tomorrow, with high temperatures in the upper 70s to mid 80s and lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s. There may be some isolated showers in Western PA tomorrow. Below are Wednesday’s feels like temperatures at 3pm.

Weekend

Saturday looks great, with mostly sunny skies. Sunday may bring a chance of showers especially in the eastern half of the state, but they’ll likely be scattered. Below are highs for Saturday.

Josh has been passionate about weather as long as his memory dates! From watching the Weather Channel at age 7, to making hand-drawn hurricane maps at age 11, starting his first weather site at 13, and founding PWA at 15 and forecasting for the state for the past 9 years, Josh's interest in weather has never dwindled! As difficult as it is, he greatly enjoys forecasting for Pennsylvania due to its countless microclimates. The state is an East Coast severe weather hotspot and nearly always home to the rain/snow line during winter storms!