000 ABUS30 KPHL 121056 SWSPA STATE WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 550 AM TUE MAR 12 2002 CLOUDY SKIES HELD FAST OVER THE STATE THROUGH THE NIGHT. EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES WERE KEEPING IN THE MID AND UPPER 30S. SOME LIGHT SNOW HAD BEGUN TO FALL IN ERIE BY 5 AM...AND A LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF THE STATE THIS MORNING. A STORM SYSTEM TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE IS SUPPLYING US WITH THE CLOUDS AND VERY LIGHT PRECIPITATION. BY MID-MORNING...MOST LOCATIONS WILL SEE TEMPERATURES UP INTO THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S. THIS WILL SPELL THE END TO ANY SNOWFALL AND THE LIGHT PRECIPITATION THAT IS LEFT WILL BE IN THE FORM OF RAINFALL. HOWEVER...SOME SLICK SPOTS ARE POSSIBLE ON ROADS IN THE NORTHWEST FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. CLOUDY SKIES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHTTIME. PATCHES OF RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE AT NIGHT OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE...AS THE STORM OFF TO OUR SOUTH TURNS NORTHWARD TO FOLLOW ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DIP INTO THE 30S AND LOWER 40S. ON WEDNESDAY...GENERALLY CLOUDY SKIES MAY HOLD A BIT OF LIGHT RAIN FOR THE EAST...WHILE THE REST OF THE STATE WILL SEE SOME PEEKS OF SUNSHINE. HIGHS IN THE WEST WILL APPROACH THE LOWER 60S...WITH 50S ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE. A COOL FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT WILL DO LITTLE MORE THAN SWITCH THE WINDS AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST. $$ DANGELO