{"id":184004,"date":"2026-05-05T02:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T02:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/184004\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T02:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T02:53:08","slug":"80s-return-tuesday-widespread-rain-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/184004\/","title":{"rendered":"80s Return Tuesday; Widespread Rain Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>80s Return Tuesday; Widespread Rain Wednesday In South Central Pennsylvania<\/p>\n<p>Highs will reach the 80s on Tuesday, then fall to the 60s for the rest of the week. Rain chances are back heading into Wednesday &amp; Thursday this week.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI\u2019M BRIAN ROCHE ON YOUR SIDE WGAL NEWS EIGHT. NOW THE WGAL NEWS EIGHT STORM TEAM FORECAST WITH METEOROLOGIST MIKE SUSKO. GOOD MONDAY EVENING EVERYONE. TOMORROW TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE AVERAGE ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. GETTING INTO THE LOW 80S BEFORE SOME RAIN COMES IN ON WEDNESDAY. IT WILL BE A BENEFICIAL RAIN ONCE AGAIN, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE WEEK, IT WILL BE COOLER AS TEMPERATURES GO INTO THE LOW 60S. BUT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT, IT\u2019S GOING TO BE PLEASANT OUTSIDE HERE, INCLUDING IN LANCASTER. WE\u2019VE GOT MOSTLY CLEAR SKY AT THE MOMENT. TEMPERATURES STILL IN THE 60S. IF YOU\u2019RE OUT LATE TONIGHT, 65 IN HARRISBURG, 63 IN LANCASTER AND 64 IN LEWISTOWN, YOUR WEATHER PLANNER SHOWING THAT WILL GO DOWN AROUND 56 FOR THE OVERNIGHT LOW TONIGHT. A STRAY SHOWER IS POSSIBLE, BUT MOST OF US WILL STAY DRY. TOMORROW ITSELF IS GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY. 82 DEGREES WARM AND BREEZY THOUGH, AS WE GO INTO THE AFTERNOON, SOME OF YOU WILL SEE THOSE GUSTS GET AS HIGH AS 25, MAYBE EVEN CLOSE TO 30MPH, AND THEY WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. SO JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND IF YOU\u2019RE GOING TO HAVE TRASH DAY TOMORROW, YOU WILL SEE SOME SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS THERE AS WE HEAD INTO THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON, A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS WERE AROUND EARLIER THIS EVENING, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE STARTING TO DISSIPATE ACROSS THE AREA NOW. OUR ATTENTION TURNS TO THIS COLD FRONT THAT\u2019S GOING TO BRING US THE RAIN. AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR WEDNESDAY. AND AS WE GO LATER INTO THE WEEK BEHIND, IT IS GOING TO GET COOLER. SO FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT TONIGHT, SPOTTY SHOWER, NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION COMPLETELY, BUT MOST OF US WILL STAY DRY TOMORROW. ANYTHING THAT SHOWS UP ON THE RADAR SHOULD STAY ALONG I-80 TO THE NORTH AND IN NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. ONCE WE GET INTO TOMORROW NIGHT, CLOUDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNSET AND THEN THE RAIN COMES IN FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING. SO WE WILL START TO SEE THAT DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON WEDNESDAY, IT WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE AT TIMES, BUT THERE WILL BE BREAKS HERE AND THERE AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY. YOU CAN SEE EVEN AROUND NOONTIME ON WEDNESDAY, WE GOT SOME SPOTTY ALREADY BREAKING UP THERE WITH THE SHOWERS. SO WE WILL SEE AGAIN THAT ON AND OFF PERIOD AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON THERE ON WEDNESDAY, THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AND BEHIND IT THE WINDS ARE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. THAT\u2019S GOING TO COOL US DOWN AS WE HEAD LATER IN THE WEEK. BUT HOW MUCH RAIN ARE WE TALKING? GENERALLY A QUARTER TO A HALF AN INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, SO NOT ENOUGH TO CAUSE ANY FLOODING. AND ANYTHING THAT DOES FALL WILL BE ABLE TO GET ABSORBED BY THE GROUND. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THE GARDENS, THE FARMLAND, ALL THAT OUT THERE WILL BE WELCOMING THIS SITE HERE BECAUSE WE STILL NEED THE RAIN AND IT WILL HELP US OUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. BUT AS I SAID, TEMPERATURES DO DROP BEHIND THAT FRONT. WE WILL GO BACK INTO THE 60S FOR HIGHS, WHICH IS BELOW AVERAGE. OUR AVERAGE THIS TIME OF YEAR IS 71. SO WE\u2019LL BE A LITTLE BIT BELOW AVERAGE HERE WEDNESDAY AS WELL AS THURSDAY THERE. AND THAT REALLY KIND OF STICKS AROUND AS WE GO BEYOND THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, ALL THE WAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND HERE. AND IF YOU\u2019RE WONDERING, OKAY, WHAT ABOUT THE WEEKEND? DO WE HAVE ANY RAIN CHANCES? WE DO ON SATURDAY. THAT\u2019S OUR NEXT BEST CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN AS A COLD FRONT WILL COME THROUGH AGAIN. AND THEN ON SUNDAY FOR MOTHER\u2019S DAY. PLEASANT. IT\u2019S GOING TO BE A NICE DAY ON MOTHER\u2019S DAY FOR MOM THERE. AS WE HEAD TO THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND, OUR NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER THAT WILL BE ON MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK, WITH TEMPERATURES STILL BELOW AVERAGE IN THE 60S. AND EVEN AS WE HEAD BEYOND EARLY NEXT WEEK, YOU SEE TEMPERATURES KIND OF STAY JUST BELOW AVERAGE. SO WE\u2019RE GOING TO BE A BIT COOL AS WE HEAD INTO THE BEGINNING OR REALLY FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE MIDDLE OF MARCH OR MA\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>80s Return Tuesday; Widespread Rain Wednesday In South Central Pennsylvania<\/p>\n<p>Highs will reach the 80s on Tuesday, then fall to the 60s for the rest of the week. Rain chances are back heading into Wednesday &amp; Thursday this week.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769026991_958_wgal.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WGAL logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 10:25 PM EDT May 4, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGood evening,Tonight, lows will fall to the mid-to-upper 50s under partly cloudy skies. A stray shower is possible.Get ready for the warmest day of the week on Tuesday! Highs will soar to the low 80s under mostly sunny skies. Look for increasing clouds toward evening and isolated showers late.Periods of rain return on Wednesday as a cold front slowly moves across Pennsylvania. Highs will reach the mid-60s, and rain totals will range between 0.25&#8243; to 0.50&#8243; in most areas.Scattered showers continue on Thursday, as cool air moves overhead. Highs will be cooler, near 60 degrees.Drier weather is in store for Friday, but temperatures will remain cool, around 62.The chance of showers returns Saturday, then Mother&#8217;s Day looks dry and milder. Expect highs in the low 60s on Saturday and 70 degrees on Sunday.Next week, highs remain slightly below average, in the mid-to-upper 60s. A few showers are possible on Tuesday and Wednesday.Have a great night!\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Good evening,<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, lows will fall to the mid-to-upper 50s under partly cloudy skies. A stray shower is possible.<\/p>\n<p>Get ready for the warmest day of the week on Tuesday! Highs will soar to the low 80s under mostly sunny skies. Look for increasing clouds toward evening and isolated showers late.<\/p>\n<p>Periods of rain return on Wednesday as a cold front slowly moves across Pennsylvania. Highs will reach the mid-60s, and rain totals will range between 0.25&#8243; to 0.50&#8243; in most areas.<\/p>\n<p>Scattered showers continue on Thursday, as cool air moves overhead. Highs will be cooler, near 60 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Drier weather is in store for Friday, but temperatures will remain cool, around 62.<\/p>\n<p>The chance of showers returns Saturday, then Mother&#8217;s Day looks dry and milder. Expect highs in the low 60s on Saturday and 70 degrees on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Next week, highs remain slightly below average, in the mid-to-upper 60s. A few showers are possible on Tuesday and Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"80s Return Tuesday; Widespread Rain Wednesday In South Central Pennsylvania Highs will reach the 80s on Tuesday, then&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[70992,82103,81681,2805,6589,2828,3701,2806,2816,2817,1788,2807,4327,31821,37,3519,13721,507,2002,2808,6739,17728,6590,3509,2810,28,30,29,4332,6591,42117,6596,3512,3689,2811,2483,108,15995,1133,2583,5865,2812,82102],"class_list":["post-184004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-70s","tag-80-return-tuesday","tag-80s","tag-adams","tag-carlisle","tag-cooler","tag-cumberland","tag-dauphin","tag-degree","tag-dry-weather","tag-forecast","tag-franklin","tag-friday","tag-good-evening","tag-harrisburg","tag-high","tag-isolated-shower","tag-juniata","tag-lancaster","tag-lebanon","tag-low","tag-may","tag-mifflin","tag-mild","tag-news-8","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-period","tag-perry","tag-rain-return","tag-shower","tag-showers","tag-south-central-pennsylvania","tag-storm-team","tag-susquehanna-valley","tag-tuesday","tag-warm-day","tag-weather","tag-wednesday","tag-week","tag-wgal","tag-widespread-rain-wednesday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}