Impact: Strong wind gusts for Halloween, seasonable weekend ahead across south-central Pennsylvania
Wind gusts could reach 40-50 miles per hour at times Friday. Isolated, light rain showers are possible. Winds remain blustery for trick-or-treating Friday evening with partly cloudy skies.
LOCALLY, BACK HOME, WE ARE EXPECTING WINDY CONDITIONS AS WE GET INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON, AS WELL AS GETTING INTO THE REST OF THE EVENING. RIGHT NOW, NOT TOO WINDY, A LITTLE BIT OF A LIGHT BREEZE IN THE AIR. I WILL SAY YOU CAN SEE OVER OUR HERSHEY SKY CAM SEE SOME OF THE FLAGS IN THE BACKGROUND JUST WAVING IN THE WIND. WINDS RIGHT NOW GENERALLY LIGHT, I’D SAY OUT OF THE WEST. YOU SEE RIGHT NOW 53 DEGREES WITH THE WEST NORTHWESTERLY BREEZE RIGHT AROUND SIX MILES PER HOUR IN HERSHEY WITH SOME CLOUDY SKIES AT THE MOMENT. BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SOME INCREASING CLOUD COVER WILL BE MAINLY CLEAR FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, AND THEN INCREASING THAT CLOUD COVER ONCE AGAIN AS WE GET INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS. I’LL SHOW YOU ON THE STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. WHY? WHY WE THINK SO. 44 TO 50 DEGREES. BUT IT WILL BECOME BREEZY LATE. COULD SEE GUSTS GETTING UP TO 30MPH AS WE GET INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. AND THEN GETTING INTO TOMORROW, WE START THE IMPACT PERIOD AT 8 A.M., RUNNING UP UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING AT 12 A.M. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. THAT’S BECAUSE OF THE INCREASING BREEZE AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL BE FACING, NOT ONLY FOR TOMORROW MORNING. WE’LL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY TO START, BUT ALSO FOR THE AFTERNOON WHERE WE’LL SEE SOME DECREASING CLOUD COVER. BUT REALLY, THE MAIN STORY HERE ARE THESE GUSTY WINDS. LOOK AT LOOK AT WHERE WE COULD BE GUSTING TO 40 TO 50MPH WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF BETWEEN 15 AND 25MPH. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS, THEY MIGHT BE THEY MIGHT BE BLOWN AWAY. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW. YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY AND SECURE THOSE ON YOUR FRONT LAWN IF YOU HAVE ANY HANGING OUT RIGHT NOW. WINDS RIGHT NOW, LIKE I MENTIONED, ARE GENERALLY LIGHT BETWEEN 5 AND 10MPH. BUT IT WON’T BE LIKE THAT FOR VERY MUCH LONGER. LOOK AT WHAT WE’RE GOING TO BE EXPECTING FOR SUSTAINED WINDS GETTING INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON. BETWEEN THAT REALLY, IN THAT 20 MILE PER HOUR ZONE, 26 MILE PER HOUR SUSTAINED WINDS IN LANCASTER, 25 MILE PER HOUR SUSTAINED WINDS IN GETTYSBURG, THEY WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE OR BEGIN TO RELAX AS WE GET INTO LATER IN THE EVENING. SO FOR HALLOWEEN FESTIVITIES, I WILL SAY THIS STILL A BIT OF A BREEZE IN THE AIR. NOT AS GUSTY OR BREEZY AS IT WILL BE EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY, IF YOU HAVE ANY ANY COSTUMES THAT HAS A HAT WITH IT THAT MIGHT BE BLOWING AWAY. STILL, AS WE GET INTO LATER IN THE EVENING FOR YOUR FRIDAY, HERE’S SOME OF THE WIND GUSTS AND DIRECTION FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. THIS IS WHERE WE SEE THE BULK OF THESE. OF THE SUSTAINED WINDS AND THE HIGH GUSTS. THEN THEY’LL BEGIN TO RELAX AS WE GET INTO THE OR THE REST OF THE EVENING. SO TIMING IS FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY EVENING FOR THOSE SUSTAINED WINDS, AND GUSTS COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. SO YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU SECURE ANY OF THOSE HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS IN YOUR YARD. TEMPERATURES MADE IT TO 65 TODAY AT HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. WE ALSO BROKE A DAILY RAINFALL RECORD TODAY, RIGHT ABOUT 1.87IN OF RAIN IS WHAT WE GOT FROM FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS. YOU CAN SEE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA, RANGING FROM ONE TO ALMOST THREE INCHES, INCLUDING IN HUMMELSTOWN IN DAUPHIN COUNTY. TEMPERATURES INTO THE 50S. AT THIS TIME, YOU CAN SEE STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. I AM WATCHING SOME OF THE SHOWER ACTIVITY TOWARDS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COMMONWEALTH. WE MAY GET SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AS WE AS IT CONTINUES TO PUSH EASTWARD, AND AS THAT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE ITS WAY NORTH. BUT YOU CAN SEE AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD ITS WAY IN, THE WIND NOT ONLY INCREASES, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE SKIES DO CLEAR A LITTLE BIT. YOU CAN SEE SOME MAINLY CLEAR CONDITIONS, BUT I’D ALSO MAKE THAT PARTLY SUNNY. EVEN WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN. DO HAVE SOME MOISTURE IN THE UPPER LEVELS THAT WILL ALLOW FOR A LITTLE BIT OF CLOUD COVER. NOW AN UPDATE ON HURRICANE MELISSA, A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL FOR BERMUDA, BUT STILL COULD BE IMPACTING BERMUDA IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF THE RIP CURRENTS AND ALSO VERY ROUGH SURF AND HIGH WINDS. BUT IT’S STILL GOING TO BE A PRETTY POWERFUL REMNANT LOW SYSTEM AS IT MAKES ITS WAY TO ICELAND. SO TEN DAY FORECAST, MAKE SURE YOU ARE, BY THE WAY THE CLOCKS. MAKE SURE YOU PUT THEM BACKWARDS. ONE HOUR AS WE GET INTO SUNDAY. BUT GENERALLY LOOKING SEASONABLE INTO THE WEEKEND, LOOKING AT TO LOOKING AT NEXT WEEK. ANOTHE
Impact: Strong wind gusts for Halloween, seasonable weekend ahead across south-central Pennsylvania
Wind gusts could reach 40-50 miles per hour at times Friday. Isolated, light rain showers are possible. Winds remain blustery for trick-or-treating Friday evening with partly cloudy skies.
Updated: 10:28 PM EDT Oct 30, 2025
A Wind Advisory goes into effect Friday at 8 AM and stays in effect until 12 AM Saturday. Wind gusts could reach 40-50 miles per hour at times.Drier air rushes in behind the storm allowing for dry weather for trick-or-treating Thursday evening with a stiff breeze.After a few hours of mostly clear skies, clouds will gradually increase overnight. Lows will hover in the upper 40s and it will be breezy. A stray shower is possible.Friday is an Impact Day for the threat for strong wind gusts.As low-pressure lifts into New England, look mostly cloudy skies early Friday. We’ll see breaks of sun in the afternoon and clearing by evening. A stray shower can’t be ruled out but most of the day will be dry. The bigger story is the wind. Expect sustained winds 15-25 mph, with gusts to 40-50 mph. The prolonged duration of gusty winds may lead to isolated power outages.For trick-or-treaters, expect dry, blustery conditions under mostly clear skies. Winds will still be elevated but not as high as Friday afternoon. Temperatures will be in the low 50s, but the breeze will make it feel like the 40s.Breezy weather will follow Saturday under partly sunny skies. Sunday will feature more sunshine and calmer winds, as high pressure builds overhead. Weekend temperatures will hit the upper 50s.Next week, temperatures will remain around average, in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. It will be mainly dry next week, with the exception of a few showers Thursday.Have a great rest of your night!~ Ryan
A Wind Advisory goes into effect Friday at 8 AM and stays in effect until 12 AM Saturday. Wind gusts could reach 40-50 miles per hour at times.
Drier air rushes in behind the storm allowing for dry weather for trick-or-treating Thursday evening with a stiff breeze.
After a few hours of mostly clear skies, clouds will gradually increase overnight. Lows will hover in the upper 40s and it will be breezy. A stray shower is possible.
Friday is an Impact Day for the threat for strong wind gusts.
As low-pressure lifts into New England, look mostly cloudy skies early Friday. We’ll see breaks of sun in the afternoon and clearing by evening. A stray shower can’t be ruled out but most of the day will be dry. The bigger story is the wind. Expect sustained winds 15-25 mph, with gusts to 40-50 mph. The prolonged duration of gusty winds may lead to isolated power outages.
For trick-or-treaters, expect dry, blustery conditions under mostly clear skies. Winds will still be elevated but not as high as Friday afternoon. Temperatures will be in the low 50s, but the breeze will make it feel like the 40s.
Breezy weather will follow Saturday under partly sunny skies. Sunday will feature more sunshine and calmer winds, as high pressure builds overhead. Weekend temperatures will hit the upper 50s.
Next week, temperatures will remain around average, in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. It will be mainly dry next week, with the exception of a few showers Thursday.
Have a great rest of your night!
~ Ryan