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AWUS81 KCTP 031517
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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1115 AM EDT THU APR 3 2008

...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL BEGIN LATER TODAY 
AND LAST INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL PASS OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD TODAY.  AS THE HIGH 
DEPARTS...CLOUDS WILL THICKEN AND LOWER THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A 
FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY.  RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS 
SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA BY LATE IN THE DAY.  HIGH TEMPERATURES 
WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE LOW TO MID 50S...ALTHOUGH THE LAUREL 
HIGHLANDS AND SOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES MAY NOT GET OUT OF THE 40S.

RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REMAINDER OF PENNSYLVANIA OVERNIGHT.  THE 
RAIN MAY MIX WITH SOME SNOW AND SLEET...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN 
PENNSYLVANIA...ALTHOUGH LITTLE IF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION IS 
EXPECTED.  LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW 30S ACROSS THE 
NORTH TO THE MID 40S IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST.

FRIDAY WILL BE CLOUDY AND DAMP...WITH PERIODS OF RAIN CONTINUING.  
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA.  HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S IN 
NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO THE MID 60S IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST.

INCLEMENT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO THE 
FIRST PART OF SATURDAY BEFORE THINGS BEGIN TO IMPROVE LATER IN THE 
DAY.

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