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AWUS81 KCTP 192212 CCA
RWSCTP

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 
512 PM EST WED JAN 19 2005

...A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN 
MOUNTAINS...AND THE ALLEGHENY RIDGE THROUGH 7PM TONIGHT...

THE ALBERTA CLIPPER THAT HAS BEEN PESTERING THE REGION TODAY IS 
MOVING TO THE EAST. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND WILL 
TAPER OFF TONIGHT. SNOW FALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES 
IN THE ADVISORY AREA DOWN TO ABOUT AN INCH IN THE SOUTHEASTERN 
PIEDMONT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING IN WESTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA WITH AN INCH OR LESS ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. 
LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE TEENS AND 20S. ANOTHER BLAST OF COLDER 
AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION BEHIND THIS CLIPPER SYSTEM.

THURSDAY IS FORECASTED TO BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SNOW 
SHOWERS...MAINLY IN THE WESTERN HALF AND HIGHS IN THE 20S. OVERNIGHT 
LOWS WILL RANGE FROM NEAR ZERO TO THE MID TEENS. FRIDAYS OUTLOOK 
CALLS FOR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...WITH COLD TEMPERATURES. HIGHS WILL 
ONLY MAKE IT TO THE TEENS AND 20S.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS KEEPING ITS EYE ON A DEVELOPING STORM 
SYSTEM THAT MAY AFFECT THE COMMONWEALTH OVER THE WEEKEND. IF THIS 
SYSTEM DEVELOPS AND TRACKS AS EXPECTED...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL 
AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION.

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