Stormy stretch begins across South-Central Pennsylvania
THE ANSWER TOMORROW NIGHT ON NEWS EIGHT AT SIX. AND THE IMPACT DAY FORECAST. THE WGAL NEWS EIGHT STORM TEAM HAD SOME POWERFUL GULLY WASHERS AND SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. BUT AS WE GET THROUGH THE NEXT HOUR OR SO, WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE RAIN COME TO AN END. ACROSS MOST OF THE VALLEY, HOWEVER, YOU CAN SEE THE PAVEMENT STILL WET THERE ON GETTYSBURG, SKY CAM WE ARE TRACKING SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS MAY IMPACT THE GETTYSBURG BRASS BAND FESTIVAL OUT THERE THIS EVENING, BUT THE SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO FIZZLE OUT BY THE TIME WE GET PAST SUNSET. THE WORST OF THE WEATHER THAT IS NOW OVER TOWARDS WILMINGTON, DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA. JUST SOME LIGHT SHOWERS STILL LINGERING THROUGH EASTERN PORTIONS OF LANCASTER COUNTY WITH JUST SOME LIGHT RAIN FALLING EAST OF BEDFORD AND JUST ALSO EAST OF QUARRYVILLE. SO MOST OF THE VALLEY DRYING BACK OUT. WE’LL ACTUALLY GET SOME PEEKS OF SUNSHINE AS WE GET CLOSER TO SUNSET, AND THEN MORE CLEARING BACK TOWARDS PITTSBURGH. SO THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ENDING EARLY. IT STAYS MUGGY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S OVERNIGHT. TONIGHT, I EXPECT A WARM, MUGGY NIGHT OUT THERE WITH SOME FOG DEVELOPING, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT DID SEE THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. MAY SEE SOME ISOLATED THUNDER SHOWERS BLOSSOMING IN THE HIGH HEAT HUMIDITY. MOST OF TOMORROW LOOKS TO BE DRY. IT’S AFTER LUNCHTIME. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS START TO BLOSSOM IN THAT HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY, WITH TEMPERATURES LIKELY NEAR 90 DEGREES, IF NOT ABOVE THAT. AND WE DO HAVE A HIGHER CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR TOMORROW COMPARED TO TODAY. SO THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR STORMS TOMORROW LOOKS TO BE BETWEEN 1:00 AND 9:00. THE MAIN CONCERNS ARE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, SOME HAIL, SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND LOTS OF LIGHTNING. NOW THE RISK WILL REMAIN AT THE SAME LEVEL FOR YOUR FRIDAY. I JUST EXPECT THE NUMBER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HIGHER FOR FRIDAY. SAME THREATS WILL BE OUT THERE. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE RAIN, HEAVY RAIN, HAIL AND ALSO LOTS OF LIGHTNING. IN ADDITION TO THAT, BECAUSE OF THE WARMER WEATHER AND THAT HIGH HUMIDITY, THAT COMBINATION COULD CREATE EXCESSIVE HEAT STRESS OUT THERE. SO WE DO HAVE A HEAT ADVISORY THAT GOES INTO EFFECT TOMORROW AT 11 A.M. FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY, ADAMS COUNTY, AND POINTS OFF TO THE EAST FOR THE COUNTIES THAT ARE SHADED IN ORANGE. WE’RE TALKING HEAT INDICES THAT COULD BE IN EXCESS OF 90 DEGREES, POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 102 FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON FINALLY STARTS TO FEEL BETTER FOR THE WEEKEND AHEAD. MADE IT TO 85 FOR THE HIGH TODAY. START THE DAY OFF AT 68 AT EIGHT H. I PICKED UP 4/10 OF RAIN, BUT MAN DID WE HAVE SOME HEAVY RAINFALL IN SOME OF THESE PASSING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH. HERE ON A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES YOU SEE ON THESE RAINFALL REPORTS. LEWISTOWN CLOSE TO AN INCH OF RAIN. CARLISLE JUST OVER 7/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE RAIN HAS HAD AN IMPACT ON THE TEMPERATURES 73 RIGHT NOW IN LANCASTER, 80 IN SHIPPENSBURG AND BACK INTO THE MID 80S. FOR YOU FOLKS IN CHAMBERSBURG. AND THAT HIGH HEAT EXTENDS WELL OFF TO OUR WEST. AND HERE’S WHAT WE’RE WATCHING. THERE’S ROUND ONE, THERE’S ROUND TWO COMING IN TOMORROW EVENING, AND THERE’S ROUND THREE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT INCOMING COLD FRONT THAT WILL FINALLY DROP THE TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEKEND AHEAD. SO THERE GOES THE FIRST BATCH OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN, SHOULD BE DRY AREA WIDE BY THE TIME WE GET TO SUNSET. JUST MAY SEE AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSHOWER LATER TONIGHT NEAR DAWN. THEN AS WE GO ON INTO TOMORROW AFTERNOON, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BLOSSOM AGAIN IN THE HIGH HEAT, HUMIDITY. THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS TO BE BETWEEN 1:00 AND 9:00 HEADING INTO FRIDAY. NEARLY THE SAME TYPE OF THING. HOWEVER, I JUST EXPECT MORE IN THE WAY OF THE NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORMS. AND WE ALSO HAVE AN INCOMING COLD FRONT. SO THAT’S COMING IN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS WILL MOST LIKELY BE OVERHEAD DURING THE EVENING DRIVE TIME. FRONT WILL MOVE ON BY. AND FINALLY WE’LL START TO SEE TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY VALUES AND STORM CHANCES DROP FOR MOST OF THE WEEKEND AHEAD. SO ONCE WE GET PAST FRIDAY, THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BE LESS INTENSE. HIGHS FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER 80S BY THE TIME WE GET CLOSER TO SUNSET ON SUNDAY, WE COULD SEE SOME THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING TO THE REGION AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT, AND THEN TEMPERATURES WILL BE MORE SEASONABLE. BUT NOTICE THE WEATHER REMAINS ACTIVE THROUGH NEXT WEEK, WIT
Showers with embedded downpours are moving west to east across the Susquehanna Valley as a warm front approaches, and more thunderstorms are expected through Friday.The WGAL News 8 Storm Team has designated Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as Impact Days, which means the weather could disrupt your normal daily schedule or routine. The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for several south-central Pennsylvania counties from 11 a.m. Thursday through 8 p.m. Friday.Dauphin CountyLebanon CountyCumberland CountyAdams CountyYork CountyLancaster County TonightLows near 70 degreesPartly cloudy skiesMuggy conditions continuePatchy fog is possibleThursday Partly sunny and steamyHighs near 90 degreesIt will feel like the mid-90sScattered thunderstorms may develop toward eveningSome storms could be strong to severe, with:Damaging wind gustsLarge hailHeavy rainFrequent lightningFridayAnother hot and humid day ahead of a cold frontPartly sunny skiesHighs near 92 degrees, tying the record high set in 2017It will feel like the upper 90sScattered storms are expected Friday afternoon and eveningSome storms may be strong to severe, bringing:Damaging wind gustsLarge hailHeavy rainIsolated flooding concerns in areas that saw heavy rain earlier this weekSOUTH-CENTRAL PA WEATHER RESOURCES: INTERACTIVE RADAR | ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS | CURRENT CONDITIONS | HOURLY FORECAST | 10-DAY FORECAST | WEEKEND FORECAST | MAP ROOM | DOWNLOAD THE APP | WEATHER EMAILSCheck live conditions on our Sky Cams
Showers with embedded downpours are moving west to east across the Susquehanna Valley as a warm front approaches, and more thunderstorms are expected through Friday.
The WGAL News 8 Storm Team has designated Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as Impact Days, which means the weather could disrupt your normal daily schedule or routine.
The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for several south-central Pennsylvania counties from 11 a.m. Thursday through 8 p.m. Friday.
Dauphin CountyLebanon CountyCumberland CountyAdams CountyYork CountyLancaster County
Tonight
Lows near 70 degreesPartly cloudy skiesMuggy conditions continuePatchy fog is possible
Thursday
Partly sunny and steamyHighs near 90 degreesIt will feel like the mid-90sScattered thunderstorms may develop toward eveningSome storms could be strong to severe, with:Damaging wind gustsLarge hailHeavy rainFrequent lightningFriday
Another hot and humid day ahead of a cold frontPartly sunny skiesHighs near 92 degrees, tying the record high set in 2017It will feel like the upper 90sScattered storms are expected Friday afternoon and eveningSome storms may be strong to severe, bringing:Damaging wind gustsLarge hailHeavy rainIsolated flooding concerns in areas that saw heavy rain earlier this week
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
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