000 AWUS81 KCTP 091614 CCA RWSCTP REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1114 AM EST WED FEB 9 2005 ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON... LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. THIS LOW WILL MOVE NEAR THE MASON DIXON LINE TONIGHT. SCATTERED AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHWEST RECEIVING A WINTRY MIX. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEARLY STEADY IN THE 30S ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 45 ACROSS THE SOUTH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER COUNTIES. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REST OF THE STATE. PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND LAUREL HIGHLANDS...WITH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATION OCCURRING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS FORECASTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 20 IN THE NORTH...TO THE MID 30S. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL ON THURSDAY. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE STATE. HIGHS ON THURSDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW 20S TO THE UPPER 30S. FAIR AND MAINLY DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH JUST SOME SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS ON SATURDAY. $$ SKEEN