Gusty winds could spark power outages, down tree limbs in south-central Pennsylvania
STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC NEWS, NEW YORK NOW THE IMPACT FORECAST FROM THE WGAL NEWS EIGHT STORM TEAM. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WE ARE WATCHING FOR STRONG WINDS AS WE GO INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS HERE ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THIS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 45, EVEN 50MPH. AND THERE IS A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE AREA THAT WILL LAST UNTIL 11 A.M. ON SATURDAY. THAT’S FOR THE COUNTIES YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED HERE ON THE MAP. ONLY LANCASTER, YORK AND ADAMS COUNTY ARE NOT IN IT. AND THE REASON WHY IS THAT YOU ARE TECHNICALLY A LITTLE BIT BELOW THE THRESHOLD. SO THAT’S WHY IT’S A LITTLE BIT OF A TECHNICALITY. BUT EVERYONE’S GOING TO BE SEEING STRONG WINDS. IN FACT, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PREDICTOR WIND GUSTS, WE WILL SEE THOSE WINDS PEAK OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. AND THEN THEY RELAX A LITTLE BIT INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. BUT STILL 35 40 MILE PER HOUR GUSTS AS THE SUN SETS TOMORROW MORNING. COULD WAKE UP TO SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40MPH IN PARTS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON, STILL SEEING THOSE GUSTS, THAT COULD BE AROUND 35, MAYBE EVEN GETTING CLOSE TO 40MPH IN SOME AREAS ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THE WINDS DO. FINALLY RELAX A LITTLE BIT AS WE HEAD INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND EVENING, SO THE WINDS WILL CALM DOWN BRIEFLY, AND THEN THEY COME BACK AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY. SUNDAY STARTS OFF. NOT THAT BAD WITH WIND, BUT COMES BACK WITH 30 MILE PER HOUR GUSTS AS WE GO INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR THE WEEKEND, BUT SHOULD BE FAIRLY DRY ACROSS THE AREA. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE EVENING FORECAST. WE’LL GET UP TO AROUND 50 DEGREES HERE FOR THE EVENING. SPOTTY SHOWER NORTH OF OUR AREA, MOSTLY ALONG I-80. NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION HERE. SO MIFFLIN COUNTY, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MAY SEE AN ISOLATED SHOWER, BUT OTHERWISE IT’S GOING TO STAY DRY TONIGHT. BESIDES THE WINDS, IT’S GOING TO BE FAIRLY QUIET NIGHT. WE’LL SEE THE TEMPERATURES AROUND 36 DEGREES WITH THOSE CLEARING SKIES TOMORROW. SUN A COUPLE CLOUDS HERE AND THERE AND SEASONABLE AROUND 50 DEGREES FOR THE HIGH, WHICH IS AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. IT’S JUST GOING TO BE WINDY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. THE SAINT PATRICK’S DAY PARADE IN YORK TOMORROW. LOOKING GOOD. LOTS OF SUNSHINE. JUST BREEZY AS WE KICK OFF THE PARADE AT 1:00 THERE. MARKET STREET SO IT WILL BE A WINDY DAY TOMORROW, BUT AT LEAST IT’S GOING TO BE DRY ACROSS THE AREA, INCLUDING IN LANCASTER. RIGHT NOW WE’VE GOT A COUPLE CLOUDS, BUT A LOT OF BLUE SKY THERE. AND CURRENTLY WE ARE LOOKING AT STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. REALLY NOT MUCH HAPPENING IN OUR AREA ACROSS THE REGION. BUT WHAT WE LOOK AT PREDICTOR, WE WILL SEE A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS. LIKE I SAID, MAYBE FOR MIFFLIN AND JUNIATA COUNTY AROUND 8:00 HERE, BUT THAT’S PRETTY MUCH IT. THE WARM FRONT COMES ON THROUGH IS FOLLOWED BY THE COLD FRONT, MAKING IT BREEZY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND INTO YOUR SATURDAY. SATURDAY, THOUGH A LOT OF SUNSHINE ACROSS THE REGION BEFORE THE CLOUDS COME BACK SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO YOUR SUNDAY. SUNDAY IS DRY FOR MOST OF THE DAY AND THEN SUNDAY NIGHT WE COULD BE SEEING A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS TRY TO DEVELOP, BUT I THINK MOST OF THAT ACTUALLY HOLDS OFF TILL MONDAY HERE. SO LET’S LOOK AT THE PREDICTOR. WE’VE GOT SOME SHOWERS MONDAY MORNING. THESE ARE NOT SEVERE. THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD THE OTHER DAY. WE HAVE SOME MORNING SHOWERS BUT THEY’RE NOT SEVERE. IT’S THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ROUND THAT WE NEED TO WATCH HERE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IN FACT AN ENHANCED RISK. THAT’S A LEVEL THREE OUT OF FIVE ALREADY FROM THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ALONG THE LINE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON MONDAY, STRONG WIND GUSTS, HEAVY RAIN AND EVEN ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE A POSSIBILITY WITH THIS. SO WE DO NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO MONDAY’S FORECAST. IT’S NOT A GUARANTEE WE GET SEVERE WEATHER, BUT JUST BE ON ALERT THROUGH THE WEEKEND THAT WE WILL HAVE THAT POTENTIAL EARLY NEXT WEEK. SO YOU WANT TO STAY TUNED TO THE FORECAST FOR UPDATES. WE WILL BE WATCHING THAT AGAIN AS WE GO INTO MONDAY NIGHT, AFTERNOON AND EVENING. YOUR TEN DAY FORECAST SHOWING THAT ONCE WE GET THROUGH MONDAY AND THE STORMS, WE COOL THINGS BACK OFF THERE 38 DEGREES ON TUESDAY, 40 FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY AND MORE SEASONABLE CONDITIONS AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING ON FRIDAY. BUT IT WASN’T SPRING BACK IN 1993. AT THIS TIME. IT WAS ACTUALLY VERY SNOWY. FOR THAT, LET’S GO OVER TO METEOROLOGIST BRIAN ARGENTI. CERTAINLY, MIKE. YEAH. THIS TIME IN 1993. FOLKS, IF YOU’RE AROUND DURING 1993, YOU CERTAINLY REMEMBER THIS BAD BOY COMING THROUGH THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. LET’S CHAT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. THE SUPERSTORM OF 1993, ALSO KNOWN AS THE STORM OF THE CENTURY, AFFECTED OVER 100 MILLION PEOPLE, DISRUPTING TRAVEL AND ALSO HAD EXTREME SNOWFALL IN WINTER CONDITIONS FOR MANY AREAS AND MANY SPOTS ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED 2 TO 3FT OF SNOW. AND THEN ALSO, NOT ONLY DID WE EXPERIENCE SNOWY CONDITIONS, BUT DOWN SOUTH THERE’S TORNADOES, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. ACTUALLY, LET ME SHOW YOU SOME OF THE FOOTAGE THAT WE HAD FROM 1993 WHERE YOU CAN SEE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, BUSINESSES, YOU CAN SEE THE CARS EVENTUALLY IN THE BEGINNING, PARTS OF THAT SNOWSTORM, THEY WERE BEGINNING TO REALLY GET IN SOME OF THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW. LOOK AT THIS. ALL THESE ROADS COVERED ABOUT 2 TO 3FT OF SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. NOW, WHAT I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU TOO ARE SOME OF THE SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS THAT WE GOT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FROM 1993, SPECIFICALLY, HARRISBURG GOT ABOUT 20IN OF SOME SNOW. BUT LOOK AT THIS ALL UP AND DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF A LOT OF SNOW THAT FELL FROM THE SYSTEM. 24IN OF SNOW. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IN HARRISBURG, RANKED AS A CATEGORY FIVE OR AN EXTREME STORM ON THE NORTHEAST SNOWFALL IMPACT SCALE. AS YOU CAN SEE, HERE’S THE ABBREVIATION. AND IT’S BEEN THE MOST IMPACTFUL NORTHEAST SNO
Gusty winds could spark power outages, down tree limbs in south-central Pennsylvania
Updated: 5:37 PM EDT Mar 13, 2026
Strong wind gusts could lead to isolated outages and downed trees in south-central Pennsylvania on Friday. The WGAL News 8 Storm Team declared Friday an Impact Day, meaning the day features weather that will likely disrupt your normal daily schedule or routine. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for most of the Susquehanna Valley until 11 a.m. Saturday. Gusty winds Timing: Gusty winds expected all day, with the strongest winds late Friday morning through the evening. Gusts: Wind gusts could reach up to 50 mph. Temperatures: Afternoon highs near 50 degrees, lows in the 30s; Morning sunshine before clouds increase through the afternoon and evening. Showers possible: A fast-moving clipper system may bring isolated showers toward the evening. Impacts Isolated power outages are possible. Small tree limbs may come down. Unsecured outdoor items (trash cans, patio furniture, decorations, etc.) could be blown over. Precautions Secure loose outdoor items. Use caution while driving. Stay updated with the latest weather forecast. The WGAL News 8 Storm Team will provide updates if the National Weather Service issues any advisories for the region. SOUTH-CENTRAL PA WEATHER RESOURCES: INTERACTIVE RADAR | ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS | CURRENT CONDITIONS | HOURLY FORECAST | 10-DAY FORECAST | WEEKEND FORECAST | MAP ROOM | DOWNLOAD THE APP | WEATHER EMAILS
Strong wind gusts could lead to isolated outages and downed trees in south-central Pennsylvania on Friday.
The WGAL News 8 Storm Team declared Friday an Impact Day, meaning the day features weather that will likely disrupt your normal daily schedule or routine.
The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for most of the Susquehanna Valley until 11 a.m. Saturday.
Gusty winds
Timing: Gusty winds expected all day, with the strongest winds late Friday morning through the evening.
Gusts: Wind gusts could reach up to 50 mph.
Temperatures: Afternoon highs near 50 degrees, lows in the 30s; Morning sunshine before clouds increase through the afternoon and evening.
Showers possible: A fast-moving clipper system may bring isolated showers toward the evening.
Impacts Isolated power outages are possible. Small tree limbs may come down. Unsecured outdoor items (trash cans, patio furniture, decorations, etc.) could be blown over.
Precautions Secure loose outdoor items. Use caution while driving. Stay updated with the latest weather forecast.
The WGAL News 8 Storm Team will provide updates if the National Weather Service issues any advisories for the region.
SOUTH-CENTRAL PA WEATHER RESOURCES: INTERACTIVE RADAR | ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS | CURRENT CONDITIONS | HOURLY FORECAST | 10-DAY FORECAST | WEEKEND FORECAST | MAP ROOM | DOWNLOAD THE APP | WEATHER EMAILS