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AWUS81 KCTP 241114
RWSCTP

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
555 AM EST MON NOV 24 2014

A WARM FRONT LIFTED NORTH OF PENNSYLVANIA OVERNIGHT...BRINGING 
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AND STEADY TO SLOWLY RISING TEMPERATURES THIS 
MORNING. MOST AREAS SAW BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF INCH OF 
RAINFALL. TEMPERATURES OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER OF PENNSYLVANIA HAD 
WARMED TO THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S BY DAYBREAK...WHILE READINGS 
NEAR THE NEW YORK BORDER WERE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 50S.

AN EXTREMELY MILD SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BRING NEAR RECORD HIGH 
TEMPERATURES TO THE COMMONWEALTH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HIGHS RANGING 
FROM THE LOWER 60S NORTH TO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S SOUTHEAST. WINDS 
WILL BE GUSTY OVER WESTERN SECTIONS AS A COLD FRONT DROPS ACROSS THE 
REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD SEE GUSTS 
BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH...AS COLDER AIR RUSHES IN BEHIND THE FRONT.

TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL BE FAIR AND COOLER...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES 
ON TUESDAY SOME 20 DEGREES LOWER THAN TODAY...RANGING THROUGH THE 
40S. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE COMMONWEALTH TUESDAY NIGHT AS 
COLD AIR CONTINUES TO SPILL INTO THE COMMONWEALTH. THIS WILL SET THE 
STAGE FOR POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN 
HALF OF PENNSYLVANIA ON WEDNESDAY...AS A STORM MOVES NORTHWARD ALONG 
THE MID ATLANTIC COAST.  A FEW TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE 
POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS 
WILL BE FELT ON ONE OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAYS OF THE YEAR. PERSONS 
WITH TRAVEL PLANS ON WEDNESDAY SHOULD CONSIDER ALTERNATE TIMES TO 
TRAVEL...AND STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS OVER THE NEXT FEW 
DAYS. 
 
 
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