Partly cloudy & isolated shower chance this evening; more rain chances heading into the weekend across south-central Pennsylvania

A few showers are possible Friday, then steady rain arrives Saturday morning. Mother’s Day is looking sunnier & drier.

INJURIES, AS OF TONIGHT, THERE’S BEEN NO REPORTS OF ANYONE KILLED. YEAH, THANKFULLY. AND CHECKING IN WITH METEOROLOGIST RYAN ARGENTA. NOW, RYAN, WILL ANY OF THAT IMPACT US HERE? BECAUSE TODAY IT’S BEEN LOOKING GREAT. YEAH. NO, WE’RE NOT LOOKING AT ANY SEVERE WEATHER LIKE LIKE MISSISSIPPI SAW. ACTUALLY, THERE’S STILL METEOROLOGISTS, INCLUDING METEOROLOGISTS FROM JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, ARE STILL LOOKING AT SOME STILL TRYING TO DO SOME SURVEY DAMAGE WITH THOSE WITH THOSE STORMS THAT HAPPEN. SO THAT WILL BE HAPPENING LATER THIS EVENING. THEY’LL HAVE BETTER RESULTS. BUT IN TERMS OF THE TEN DAY FORECAST, WHAT WE’RE EXPECTING HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND AHEAD, A LITTLE BIT OF A PEAK PREVIEW. GETTING INTO OUR FRIDAY. THERE ARE A FEW SHOWER CHANCES, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME RAIN SHOWERS FOR SATURDAY. WE’VE MADE IT AN IMPACT DAY. AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME PRETTY MAJOR EVENTS ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING. WE HAVE PROMS, WE HAVE COLLEGE GRADUATIONS HAPPENING. WE HAVE THE MOTHER’S DAY TRUCK CONVOY THAT’S GOING TO BE HAPPENING ON SATURDAY. SO PRETTY BIG EVENT. IT’S LOOKING LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE A MAINLY WET DAY. SO YOU’RE GOING TO MAKE SURE YOU PREPARE YOURSELF. IT COULD BE IMPACTING YOUR PLANS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND, ALTHOUGH FOR MOTHER’S DAY PLEASANT 74 DEGREES, PARTLY SUNNY, WE COULD BE SEEING SOME SHOWERS LATE IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY, BUT SO FAR THE MAJORITY OF OUR SUNDAY LOOKS DRY. SHOWERS EARLY AS WE HEAD INTO OUR MONDAY, BUT MORE ON THAT IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. LET ME TALK ABOUT SATURDAY’S NEXT IMPACT SO YOU CAN SEE THE SYSTEM PUSHING THROUGH FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. WHAT WE’RE EXPECTING IS MAINLY RAIN FOR THE FIRST HALF OF OUR SATURDAY. SO SATURDAY MORNING, GETTING INTO INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON, I KNOW THERE’S PARENTS THAT WANT TO TAKE PICTURES OF THEIR KIDS JUST GRADUATING COLLEGE. IT’S GOING TO BE A BIT OF A WET DAY, BUT SUNDAY BEING A DRIER DAY, WE’LL SEE SOME AFTERNOON SHOWERS, THOUGH, IN THE WAKE OF THAT SYSTEM. BUT THE PROS HERE IS THAT IT’S BENEFICIAL RAIN FOR THE DROUGHT. STILL DEALING WITH SOME SOME SOME DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. IT’S GREAT FOR THE FLOWERS AND GARDENS, BUT LIKE I MENTIONED, WET GRADUATION CEREMONIES AND THE MOTHER’S DAY TRUCK CONVOY COULD BE IMPACTED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY. BUT FOR THIS EVENING, PARTLY SUNNY, MORE CLOUDS, LATE 60 DEGREES. THEN WE’LL LOWER DOWN TO THE MID 40S WITH AN ISOLATED SHOWER CHANCE EARLY. BUT IT’S A VERY ISOLATED CHANCE AND IT WILL QUICKLY MOVE BY. WE’LL SEE SOME MAINLY CLEAR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT, AND THEN WE’LL SEE SOME SUN AND CLOUDS WITH A FEW SHOWER CHANCES FOR LATER. TOMORROW 64 DEGREES. NOW POLLEN LEVELS ARE GOING TO BE HIGH FOR THE TREES AND GRASS. MOLD LEVELS WILL REMAIN LOW. AIR QUALITY WILL REMAIN GOOD AND WE HAVE A MODERATE UV INDEX. HAVE ABOUT A 35 MINUTE BURN TIME FOR TOMORROW. BUT HERE’S OUR RAIN CHANCES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE NEXT BEST CHANCE IS GOING TO BE ON SATURDAY. IN TERMS OF GOOD, PERSISTENT SHOWERS THAT WILL BE THAT WILL BE GOOD FOR THE FOR THE AREA. BUT LOOKING AT SOME MORE LATE AFTERNOON SHOWERS FOR SUNDAY OR LATE EVENING SHOWERS, I SHOULD SAY FOR OUR SUNDAY AND THEN SOME EARLY SHOWERS FOR MONDAY. NOW TEMPERATURES INTO THE 60S FOR THE MAJORITY OF US, 66 IN GETTYSBURG, 67, CHAMBERSBURG 61 IN LEWISTOWN. A LITTLE BIT OF A WARM SPOT, THOUGH, IN LEBANON, RIGHT AROUND 71 DEGREES. STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK LOOKING AT SOME MAINLY CLEAR CONDITIONS, BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME LITTLE SOME SOME CLOUDS POPPING UP ON THE RADAR. THAT OR EXCUSE ME ON THE SATELLITE IMAGERY HERE, BUT WE WILL START TO SEE THOSE CLOUDS INCREASE SLIGHTLY LATE THIS EVENING. THERE’S THAT BRIEF LITTLE SHOT OF SOME ENERGY THAT’S NEARBY, ALLOWING FOR THAT ISOLATED SHOWER CHANCE LATER ON OR EARLY TONIGHT. BUT THEN HERE COMES THE MAINLY CLEARING. YOU CAN SEE THE MAINLY CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. GETTING INTO TOMORROW. HERE’S A FEW MORE SHOWER CHANCES FOR LATER ON FRIDAY EVENING, BUT THE BETTER RAIN CHANCES. HERE COMES COMES SATURDAY. THIS BIG SYSTEM COULD BE ALLOWING FOR SOME SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD CHANCES OF SHOWERS FOR THE FIRST HALF OF OUR SATURDAY, AND THEN SOME RESIDUAL SHOWERS IN THE WAKE OF THAT COLD FRONT. NOW, IN TERMS OF RAINFALL, LOOKING AT ABOUT ABOUT 2/10 TO ABOUT 4/10 OF AN INCH, MAYBE A HALF INCH OF SOME RAIN, SOME ISOLATED AREAS MAY SEE ABOVE THE HALF INCH MARK, BUT WE’LL SEE THOSE SHOWERS EARLY FOR MONDAY. COOL. FOR YOUR TUESDAY. ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. BUT LOOK A

Partly cloudy & isolated shower chance this evening; more rain chances heading into the weekend across south-central Pennsylvania

A few showers are possible Friday, then steady rain arrives Saturday morning. Mother’s Day is looking sunnier & drier.

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Updated: 4:29 PM EDT May 7, 2026

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Partly to mostly sunny conditions will persist for a few more hours, then clouds will increase from west to east this evening. Temps will lower through the low 60s range and winds will remain light. An isolated shower or two is possible late this evening into early tonight.Tonight, a few showers are possible early, then expect mostly clear skies. Lows will fall to the mid-40s.Friday will feature sun to start, then increasing clouds. A few showers are possible in the afternoon and evening. Highs will remain below average, around 64 degrees.IMPACT SATURDAY:We’re expecting steady, light rain to develop Saturday morning. Good news for the drought, but bad news for outdoor college graduations and the Mother’s Day Truck Convoy! The rain will taper by lunchtime, and there will be several dry hours in the afternoon. As a cold front passes, a few additional showers are possible toward evening. Highs will reach the low-to-mid 60s and rain totals will be around 0.25″.Mother’s Day will feature partly sunny skies and the chance of a few showers late in the day. Highs will be warmer, around 74 degrees.After rain wraps up early Monday, expect partial clearing and below average highs around 64 degrees. Tuesday will be dry and cool, with highs in the mid-60s. The next chance of showers arrives Wednesday.At the end of the week, temperatures rebound to the low 70s with minimal rain chances.

Partly to mostly sunny conditions will persist for a few more hours, then clouds will increase from west to east this evening. Temps will lower through the low 60s range and winds will remain light. An isolated shower or two is possible late this evening into early tonight.

Tonight, a few showers are possible early, then expect mostly clear skies. Lows will fall to the mid-40s.

Friday will feature sun to start, then increasing clouds. A few showers are possible in the afternoon and evening. Highs will remain below average, around 64 degrees.

IMPACT SATURDAY:
We’re expecting steady, light rain to develop Saturday morning. Good news for the drought, but bad news for outdoor college graduations and the Mother’s Day Truck Convoy! The rain will taper by lunchtime, and there will be several dry hours in the afternoon. As a cold front passes, a few additional showers are possible toward evening. Highs will reach the low-to-mid 60s and rain totals will be around 0.25″.

Mother’s Day will feature partly sunny skies and the chance of a few showers late in the day. Highs will be warmer, around 74 degrees.

After rain wraps up early Monday, expect partial clearing and below average highs around 64 degrees. Tuesday will be dry and cool, with highs in the mid-60s. The next chance of showers arrives Wednesday.

At the end of the week, temperatures rebound to the low 70s with minimal rain chances.