000 AWUS81 KCTP 140750 RWSPA REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 350 AM EDT THU OCT 14 2004 SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF TODAY...BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS IS IN STORE FOR FRIDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WERE OVER THE COMMONWEALTH EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT WERE LIFTING STEADILY TO THE NORTH. THE SHOWERS AND CLOUDY CONDITIONS WILL LINGER INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND...AS LOW PRESSURE PARKED OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES WILL SPIN A COUPLE OF STORM SYSTEMS THROUGH THE STATE. THE FIRST STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING OUT NOW...BUT JUST A FEW SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE HIGH TEMPERATURES MIGHT NOT GET OUT OF THE 50S IN MOST LOCATIONS TODAY...WITH HIGHS EXPECTED TO BE CLOSE TO 60 DEGREES STATEWIDE. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE PHILADELPHIA...WHERE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL GET CLOSE TO 65. TONIGHT WILL BE CLOUDY BUT MAINLY DRY...WITH LOWS HOLDING IN THE 40S AND LOWER 50S. A SECOND STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SHOWERS BACK INTO THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE BY SUNRISE ON FRIDAY. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE A LITTLE MORE RAIN THAN THE CURRENT ONE...BUT WILL BE DEEPENING AS IT MOVES THROUGH. THIS WILL CREATE BREEZY CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AS IT MOVES AWAY. HIGHS ON FRIDAY WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO TODAY...WITH MID 50S IN THE WEST AND MID 60S IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST. $$ DANGELO