WGAL NEWS EIGHT STORM TEAM FORECAST WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST CHRISTINE FERREIRA. GOOD MORNING. 646 HERE’S A LOOK AT WHAT WE’RE TRACKING TODAY. THE NORTHWEST ABOUT 10 TO 20MPH WITH HIGHS NEAR 60. THAT IS GOING TO FEEL COOL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. WE HAVE A FEW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. BETTER CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS OR EVEN A LITTLE LIGHT RAIN BY TOMORROW EVENING. AND THEN THE WEEKEND IS LOOKING DRY BUT REMAINING BELOW AVERAGE BY ABOUT TEN DEGREES FOR OUR HIGHS. HERE’S THE PREDICTOR THIS MORNING SHOWING WE DO GET SOME CLEARING ALREADY. SEEING THAT IN PARTS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. BUT THEN CLOUDS BUBBLE UP THIS AFTERNOON. TYPICAL NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. WE GET A FEW SHOWERS, SO WE’LL SEE THOSE MOVING THROUGH. HIT OR MISS VARIETY. AND THEN THEY’RE OUT OF HERE TOWARD EVENING. FOR TONIGHT WE CLEAR OUT. AND THAT’S GOING TO LEAD TO SOME SUN EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. TODAY THOUGH, WE’LL GET THAT MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN AS SOON AS THE PATCHY FOG CLEARS OUT FOR THE AFTERNOON. WE HAVE A FEW SHOWERS. THE BREEZY, COOL CONDITIONS WITH HIGHS NEAR 60 AND JUST AN ISOLATED SHOWER LEFT OVER THIS EVENING, WITH CLEARING FROM WEST TO EAST. TONIGHT WE’LL GO PARTLY CLOUDY, COOLER THAN IT HAS BEEN. INSTEAD OF BEING UP NEAR 50, WE’RE LOOKING AT LOWER 40S TONIGHT. TOMORROW MORNING, SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS GRADUALLY INCREASE WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS TOWARD EVENING, OR MAYBE EVEN A PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN FOR AN HOUR OR SO. TEMPERATURES TOMORROW NEAR 60. HERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR CURRENT 50 ON THE NOSE AT HARRISBURG. 49 IN LANCASTER WE HAVE 49 IN CARLISLE AND 51 IN SELINSGROVE AND CHAMBERSBURG ARE STILL HIGH AIR QUALITY IS LOOKING GOOD AND OUR UV INDEX IS MODERATE WITH A BURN TIME OF 40 MINUTES. STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. WE HAVE THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT BROUGHT US MUCH NEEDED RAIN YESTERDAY. HEADED UP TOWARD CAPE COD. SO THAT IS MOVING AWAY FROM US. BEHIND IT. NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. BRINGING IN JUST A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL SHOWERS. SO AGAIN ON THE PREDICTOR YOU SEE THOSE SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. AND THEN THEY’LL BE OUT OF HERE TONIGHT. TOMORROW A WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING YOU SOME MORNING SUN. BUT WATCH THOSE CLOUDS. THEY FEEL RIGHT BACK IN. AND HERE COMES SOME LATE EVENING SHOWERS OR A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT EVENING RAIN AFTER THAT MOVES THROUGH SATURDAY WE START OUT DRY. CLOUDS FILL IN AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON AS COOLER AIR MOVES OVERHEAD. SATURDAY’S HIGHS UPPER 50S NEAR 60 DEGREES. NOT ALL THAT WARM. SUNDAY ONLY NEAR 60. HERE’S THE PREDICTOR. ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS FOR YOU FROM ANY SHOWER THAT YOU SEE TODAY OR THAT LIGHT RAIN TOMORROW EVENING. MOST SPOTS JUST PICKING UP A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. TEN DAY FORECAST. WE HAVE COOL WEATHER THROUGH SUNDAY. RIGHT AROUND THAT 60 MARK NEXT WEEK. FINALLY ON MONDAY WE GET AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AROUND 70 GOING TO THE LOW 70S ON TUESDAY, NEAR 70 ON WEDNESDAY, WITH SOME RAIN CHANCES. AND THEN ON THURSDAY, AFTER AN ADDITIONAL CHANCE OF RAIN COMES THROUGH,
Cool pattern persists, few showers today in south-central Pennsylvania
Highs will stay near 60 degrees through Sunday
Updated: 7:04 AM EDT Apr 30, 2026
Overnight showers have ended, and patchy fog is possible over the next few hours, as the sky gradually clears. Temperatures range from the upper 40s to 50 degrees. Look for a mix of clouds and sun today. Highs will be a few degrees warmer than yesterday, around 60, and we’ll have a 10-20 mph northwesterly breeze. As cooler air moves overhead this afternoon, a few showers are possible, mainly between noon and 6 p.m. Tonight, lows will fall to the low 40s under partly cloudy skies, and winds will diminish.After brief morning sun Friday, we’ll see mostly cloudy skies in the afternoon and scattered showers toward evening, as a disturbance crosses Pennsylvania. Highs will reach 60 degrees. Rain totals will be light, up to 0.10″.The first weekend of May looks cool, with highs remaining near 60 degrees. Saturday will feature mostly cloudy skies, and we’ll see more sunshine Sunday. Next week, temperatures bounce back to seasonable averages Monday. Expect highs near 70 degrees, then mid-70s Tuesday. A chance of showers is in the forecast Tuesday into Wednesday, and again on Thursday. Temperatures at the end of the week will fall to the low 60s.
Overnight showers have ended, and patchy fog is possible over the next few hours, as the sky gradually clears. Temperatures range from the upper 40s to 50 degrees.
Look for a mix of clouds and sun today. Highs will be a few degrees warmer than yesterday, around 60, and we’ll have a 10-20 mph northwesterly breeze. As cooler air moves overhead this afternoon, a few showers are possible, mainly between noon and 6 p.m.
Tonight, lows will fall to the low 40s under partly cloudy skies, and winds will diminish.
After brief morning sun Friday, we’ll see mostly cloudy skies in the afternoon and scattered showers toward evening, as a disturbance crosses Pennsylvania. Highs will reach 60 degrees. Rain totals will be light, up to 0.10″.
The first weekend of May looks cool, with highs remaining near 60 degrees. Saturday will feature mostly cloudy skies, and we’ll see more sunshine Sunday.
Next week, temperatures bounce back to seasonable averages Monday. Expect highs near 70 degrees, then mid-70s Tuesday. A chance of showers is in the forecast Tuesday into Wednesday, and again on Thursday. Temperatures at the end of the week will fall to the low 60s.