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<\/p>\nSun, then scattered storms today; rain Thursday in south-central Pennsylvania<\/p>\n
After two days in the 90s, highs will fall to the 80s today, then drop to the low 60s Thursday <\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDISCUSSING THESE OPTIONS DURING A MEETING TOMORROW. NOW, THE IMPACT DAY FORECAST FROM THE WGAL NEWS EIGHT STORM TEAM. GOOD MORNING. TODAY IS AN IMPACT DAY NOT FOR THE HEAT LIKE THE PAST FEW DAYS, BUT FOR THE CHANCE OF SOME STORMS. YOU CAN SEE WE ARE IN A LEVEL ONE OUT OF FIVE. A VERY LOW RISK FOR ANY SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. ISOLATED STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, SOME SMALL HAIL AND OF COURSE ALL STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN TODAY BECAUSE IT\u2019S BEEN SO HUMID. SO WHAT WE\u2019RE GOING TO BE WATCHING OUT FOR IS A WINDOW BETWEEN 2 P.M. AND 10 P.M. FOR ANY STRONGER STORMS. HERE\u2019S A LOOK AT THE PREDICTOR. WE START OUT DRY AND CLEAR. WE GET A GOOD DOSE OF MORNING SUNSHINE AT LUNCHTIME. A FEW SHOWERS MIGHT TRY TO POP UP WEST, BUT NOTICE AFTER LUNCHTIME THAT\u2019S WHEN WE START TO SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WE HEAD TOWARD EVENING. THAT\u2019S THE HIGHEST CHANCE. SO HERE WE ARE AT 6 P.M. YOU CAN SEE A BETTER CHANCE OF SCATTERED ACTIVITY BY THE TIME WE HIT 7:00 8:00. WE\u2019RE STILL SEEING THAT, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES. AND THEN BY THE TIME WE GET TO TEN, 11:00, MOST OF THE ACTION IS OVER. THE SEVERE THREAT HAS ENDED. NEWS EIGHT STORM TEAM FORECAST TODAY. ON THIS IMPACT DAY, WE GO WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S. A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK. STILL ABOVE AVERAGE. STILL HUMID OUT THERE BUT DRY TO START. THEN THE SHOWER. CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE LATER TODAY. TONIGHT CLOUDY SKIES. LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING AS A COLD FRONT STALLS NEARBY. IT\u2019S NOT GOING TO BE AS MUGGY TONIGHT. CHECK OUT THE TEMPERATURES 54 TO 58 DEGREES. THAT\u2019S A NICE CHANGE. TOMORROW WE HAVE MORNING RAIN DEVELOPING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. IT\u2019S GOING TO TAPER IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT IT COULD BE RAINING MOST OF THE DAY TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES. SO THIS FRONT HAS REALLY SLOWED LOW PRESSURE RIDING ALONG IT. AND THAT\u2019S GOING TO BRING US A BETTER CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN TOMORROW. NO SEVERE WEATHER TOMORROW. JUST A KIND OF A STEADY ALL DAY RAIN IN MANY SPOTS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 60S. HERE\u2019S THE ALMANAC. YESTERDAY\u2019S HIGH MADE IT TO 93 THANKS TO THOSE STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WE DIDN\u2019T GET CLOSE TO THE RECORD, WHICH WAS 95. SO AVERAGE IS 74 FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. WE\u2019RE KIND OF CLOSE TO THAT THIS MORNING IN SOME SPOTS AT 69 DEGREES IN HARRISBURG, AT 67 IN CHAMBERSBURG, WE HAVE 67 IN CARLISLE AND THEN 73 DEGREES IN CHAMBERSBURG. GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF AS FAR AS OUR FEELS LIKE FORECAST GOES HUMID TODAY, TOMORROW IS GOING TO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE. AND ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IT\u2019S ALSO GOING TO FEEL COMFORTABLE, BUT IT\u2019S GOING TO BE A BIT WET TO START THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND IT\u2019S GOING TO BE COOL. WEATHER AND HEALTH UPDATE TODAY. TREE POLLEN LEVELS STILL HIGH. AIR QUALITY IS MODERATE FOR OZONE, AND OUR UV INDEX IS MODERATE TO START WITH A BURN TIME OF 35 MINUTES. AND THEN AS MORE CLOUDS COME IN IN THE AFTERNOON, THAT BURN TIME GETS LOWER AND LOWER. HERE\u2019S THE STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK WITH HIGH PRESSURE STATIONED OFFSHORE. THAT\u2019S WHAT\u2019S BEEN GIVING US THE HEAT AND THE HUMIDITY THIS WEEK. WE\u2019LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT COLD FRONT, DEFINITELY MARKED RIGHT ACROSS OHIO. AND THAT IS GOING TO COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THIS AFTERNOON. SO HERE\u2019S THE PREDICTOR AGAIN SHOWING AFTERNOON EVENING TIME FRAME FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORMS, POTENTIALLY STRONGER ONES THAT COULD PUT DOWN SOME HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. AFTER THAT, THINGS QUIET DOWN OVERNIGHT, BUT THIS COLD FRONT STILL SITS NEARBY. LOW PRESSURE FILLS IN THE RAIN TOMORROW MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THERE COULD BE SOME MODERATE AREAS OF RAIN. AND FINALLY, BY LATE AFTERNOON, THE RAIN WILL BE PULLING OUT OF OUR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES, SO IT WILL LINGER LONGEST IN LANCASTER, YORK AND LEBANON COUNTIES, FINALLY EXITING TOWARD EVENING. NOW, FRIDAY LOOKS OKAY. I THINK WE\u2019RE GOING TO SQUEEZE A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE IN, PROVIDED WE GET HIGH PRESSURE THAT BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HERE. THAT SHOULD HOLD OFF THE RETURN OF RAIN UNTIL WE GET TO FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. SO WE\u2019LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT. HERE\u2019S A LOOK AT THE TEN DAY FORECAST. SATURDAY\u2019S HIGH 56 DEGREES. IT\u2019S GOING TO BE THE COLDEST DAY OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. IN ADDITION, IT COULD CHALLENGE THE RECORD COLDEST LOW, WHICH IS 54 DEGREES. WE WILL SEE RAINY CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY SATURDAY IMPACTING YOUR OUTDOOR PLANS, BUT SUNDAY, SOME SHOWERS, SOME DRIZZLE TRENDING DRIER AND\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Sun, then scattered storms today; rain Thursday in south-central Pennsylvania<\/p>\n
After two days in the 90s, highs will fall to the 80s today, then drop to the low 60s Thursday <\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 6:11 AM EDT May 20, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n