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AWUS81 KCTP 130924
RWSCTP
REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
524 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013
MOST OF PENNSYLVANIA WAS COVERED BY RAIN THIS MORNING...WITH HEAVY
RAIN IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND IN THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE
COMMONWEALTH. DRIER AIR IS ON THE WAY...THOUGH.
RAINFALL WILL PROBABLY BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME FLOODING OVER
THE SOUTHEAST WHERE MORE THAN 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN
SPOTS THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES
ARE IN EFFECT FOR THAT AREA.
THE WINDS WILL TURN TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST AND DRIER AIR WILL
BE USHERED INTO THE NORTHWEST THIS MORNING...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE
REST OF THE STATE BY THE END OF THE DAY. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE IN
THE UPPER 60S IN THE NORTHWEST BUT JUST ABOVE 80 IN THE
SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT.
SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR OUT OVER THE WEST AND CENTRAL LATER
TODAY...BUT LOW CLOUDS MAY HANG AROUND OVER THE MOUNTAINS INTO THE
NIGHT. LOWS TONIGHT WILL DIP BELOW 50 DEGREES IN THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS...AND BE IN THE 50S ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE. ONLY
AROUND PHILADELPHIA WILL THE TEMPERATURES REMAIN ABOVE 60 DEGREES.
SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY ON WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO
BUILD OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. HIGHS WILL ONLY BE IN THE
60S IN THE NORTH AND 70S MOST ELSEWHERE. THESE VALUES ARE ABOUT 8
TO 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL HIGHS FOR MID AUGUST.
EXPECT THE DRY WEATHER TO RUN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...AND
PERHAPS LATER.
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DANGELO