Rain expected across the Susquehanna Valley today | Timing, totals
THIS HAS BEEN A LANCASTER TOYOTA TRAFFIC REPORT. NOW THE WGAL NEWS EIGHT STORM TEAM FORECAST WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRISTINE FERREIRA. GOOD MORNING. 645. AND WE ARE FINALLY SEEING THAT LIGHT RAIN MOVING IN FROM WEST TO EAST. SO WE ARE ALREADY SEEING A NICE STEADY LIGHT RAIN FALLING IN PARTS OF FRANKLIN AND ADAMS COUNTIES. MIFFLIN, JULIANA AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY GETTING SOME LIGHT RAIN. IT’S JUST MOVING INTO YORK, LANCASTER AND LEBANON COUNTIES AS WE SPEAK. SO YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE PREDICTOR THAT TREND OF RAIN INCREASING WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING, A FEW POPS OF MODERATE RAIN THERE BY LATE MORNING. AND LOOK AT THIS. IT QUICKLY ENDS BY LUNCHTIME IN WESTERN COUNTIES. AND BY 1:00, MAYBE 2:00 AT THE LATEST IN EASTERN COUNTIES. BUT WE STILL HAVE A FEW TRAILING SHOWERS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, THE AFTERNOON, THE EVENING IS LOOKING DRIER THOUGH, SO THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY, IF YOU WANT TO GET OUTDOORS, THAT’S YOUR BEST BET. YOU JUST MIGHT HAVE TO DODGE A SHOWER FROM TIME TO TIME. HERE’S A LOOK AT OUR RAIN CHANCES AND NOTICE IT’S FRONT LOADED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY. SO WE ARE GOING TO GET THAT RAIN HERE THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON, AND THEN JUST MINIMAL CHANCES FOR RAIN AS WE HEAD TOWARD EVENING. TODAY OUR NEWS EIGHT STORM TEAM FORECAST STARTS OUT IN THE 60S. WE’LL GO WITH 64 DEGREES AT NINE, UP TO 68 FOR OUR AFTERNOON TEMPERATURE, AND THEN DOWN INTO THE 60S AGAIN THIS EVENING. SO A PRETTY STEADY CLIMB THERE INTO THE 60S LATER TODAY. FOR TONIGHT, WE HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, A FEW SHOWERS AROUND, COLD FRONT SLIDES THROUGH. WE’LL SEE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES AROUND 50. TOMORROW, ANOTHER DAY IN THE 60S, BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE. WE’LL SEE SOME PEEKS OF SUNSHINE, BREEZY, COOL CONDITIONS, AND JUST A STRAY SHOWER. I THINK THE MAJORITY OF YOUR DAY IS DRY TOMORROW. RIGHT NOW, AS YOU STEP OUTSIDE, FEELS QUITE WARM OUT THERE. 68 DEGREES IN HARRISBURG. JUST A FEW HOURS AGO IT WAS IN THE 70S, SO WE’VE ALREADY HIT OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DAY 65 IN LANCASTER, 67 DEGREES IN CARLISLE. GOOD MORNING CHAMBERSBURG, GETTYSBURG. THEIR PAIR OF SIXES WITH THAT RAIN COMING DOWN, WEATHER IN HEALTH UPDATE TODAY. HIGH TO MODERATE POLLEN LEVELS ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. OUR AIR QUALITY IS BACK UP TO GOOD STANDARDS. AND HERE’S A CHANGE. THE UV INDEX IS MUCH LOWER TODAY DUE TO THE CLOUD COVER AND THE RAIN. SO RIGHT NOW WE’RE SEEING THAT RAIN INCREASING WEST TO EAST, BUT YOU CAN ALREADY SEE THE BACK EDGE OF IT MOVING OUT OF OHIO INTO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. SO I’D SAY OVER ANY GIVEN SPOT, WE SHOULD SEE ABOUT FOUR HOURS THIS MORNING OF SOME STEADY LIGHT RAIN, A FEW POPS OF MODERATE RAIN IN THERE LATE MORNING. THEN THAT RAIN IS OUT. HERE COMES THE COLD FRONT SLIDING THROUGH, ENDING THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS BY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. IN MOST SPOTS, THERE MAY JUST BE A FEW SHOWERS. SOUTHEAST TOMORROW MORNING. TOMORROW AFTERNOON LOOKS MAINLY DRY. THERE WILL BE SOME SHOWERS IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, BUT WE SEE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN HERE. AND FINALLY, AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY, WE START THE DAY WITH SOME SUN, BUT COOLER AIR ALOFT WILL ALLOW CLOUDS TO BUBBLE UP IN THE AFTERNOON. AND I’LL ADD JUST A COUPLE OF SHOWERS TO OUR WEATHER PICTURE ON FRIDAY. HERE’S THE PREDICTOR ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS FOR YOU. THEY’VE BEEN COMING DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT I STILL THINK A QUARTER INCH IS GOOD FOR MOST OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. SOME SPOTS COULD GET A LITTLE BIT MORE. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE TEN DAY FORECAST 60 TOMORROW 60 ON FRIDAY. ONE MORE DAY OF THEM ON SATURDAY. THOSE BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES SATURDAY WILL FEATURE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS, BUT WE DRY OUT JUST IN TIME FOR MOTHER’S DAY. IT’S LOOKING GOOD BACK IN THE 70S. BACK TOWARD AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WITH SOME RAIN AFTER DARK ON MOTHER’S DAY. THAT RAIN WRAPS UP EARLY MONDAY. MOST OF MONDAY AND TUESDAY ARE DRY. WEDNESDAY SEEMS TO BE YOUR NEXT BEST BET FOR SHOWERS NEXT WEEK, AND THEN THERE COULD BE A FEW TRAILING SHOWERS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY,
Rain expected across the Susquehanna Valley today | Timing, totals
Updated: 8:03 AM EDT May 6, 2026
Steady, light rain is spreading from Franklin, Adams, Mifflin and Juniata counties east across South-Central Pennsylvania into Cumberland, Perry, York, Dauphin, Lebanon and Lancaster counties this morning. It may take around 9 a.m. for the rain to reach eastern counties.Timing of the rainWidespread rain is expected for about 3 to 4 hours.Rain should taper to showers from west to east between noon and 2 p.m.A few lingering showers may continue into early evening.The second half of the day will be drier.Rainfall totals and temperaturesRain totals: 0.25 to 0.50 inchesAfternoon highs: mid to upper 60sWind forecastBreezy conditions are expected.Winds: 10 to 20 mphDirection: southwest early, then northwest later in the daySOUTH-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
Steady, light rain is spreading from Franklin, Adams, Mifflin and Juniata counties east across South-Central Pennsylvania into Cumberland, Perry, York, Dauphin, Lebanon and Lancaster counties this morning.
It may take around 9 a.m. for the rain to reach eastern counties.
Timing of the rainWidespread rain is expected for about 3 to 4 hours.Rain should taper to showers from west to east between noon and 2 p.m.A few lingering showers may continue into early evening.The second half of the day will be drier.
Rainfall totals and temperatures
Rain totals: 0.25 to 0.50 inchesAfternoon highs: mid to upper 60s
Wind forecastBreezy conditions are expected.Winds: 10 to 20 mphDirection: southwest early, then northwest later in the day
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