{"id":99871,"date":"2026-01-29T16:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/99871\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T16:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:40:09","slug":"will-weekend-noreaster-hit-pa-latest-models-keep-it-offshore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/99871\/","title":{"rendered":"Will weekend nor\u2019easter hit Pa.? Latest models keep it offshore"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWill a nor’easter hit south-central Pennsylvania this weekend? A nor\u2019easter is expected to develop Saturday night into Sunday afternoon, but the latest models keep it offshore\u2014meaning the Susquehanna Valley will likely see little to no impact. “The energy to produce that coastal nor’easter this weekend, starting to drop down from Canada, that’s going to go off the east coast and head out to sea this weekend, leaving us unscathed,” WGAL Chief Meteorologist Christine Ferreira said. Comparing modelsBoth the American and European models show the storm pushing off the coast and away from Pennsylvania. Impacts for PennsylvaniaWith the storm track trending farther offshore, snow in south-central Pennsylvania is increasingly unlikely. While a slight shift is still possible, no significant impacts are expected\u2014aside from a breezy Sunday in the Susquehanna Valley. The WGAL News 8 Storm Team will continue to monitor the storm and provide updates as new data comes in.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\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Will a nor’easter hit south-central Pennsylvania this weekend? <\/p>\n

A nor\u2019easter is expected to develop Saturday night into Sunday afternoon, but the latest models keep it offshore\u2014meaning the Susquehanna Valley will likely see little to no impact. <\/p>\n

“The energy to produce that coastal nor’easter this weekend, starting to drop down from Canada, that’s going to go off the east coast and head out to sea this weekend, leaving us <\/p>\n

unscathed,” WGAL Chief Meteorologist Christine Ferreira<\/a> said. <\/p>\n

Comparing models<\/p>\n

Both the American and European models show the storm pushing off the coast and away from Pennsylvania. <\/p>\n

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\n\t\tWGAL News 8 Storm Team\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmerican model<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tWGAL News 8 Storm Team\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEuropean model<\/p>\n

Impacts for Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

With the storm track trending farther offshore, snow in south-central Pennsylvania is increasingly unlikely. <\/p>\n

While a slight shift is still possible, no significant impacts are expected\u2014aside from a breezy Sunday in the Susquehanna Valley. <\/p>\n

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The WGAL News 8 Storm Team will continue to monitor the storm and provide updates as new data comes in.<\/p>\n

SOUTH-CENTRAL PA WEATHER RESOURCES: INTERACTIVE RADAR<\/a> | ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS<\/a> | CURRENT CONDITIONS<\/a> | HOURLY FORECAST<\/a> | 10-DAY FORECAST <\/a>| WEEKEND FORECAST<\/a> | MAP ROOM<\/a> | DOWNLOAD THE APP<\/a> | WEATHER EMAILS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will a nor’easter hit south-central Pennsylvania this weekend? A nor\u2019easter is expected to develop Saturday night into Sunday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[48714,47965,539,28,30,29,14834,25973,17407,6740,2811,2483,2832,2812,45168],"class_list":{"0":"post-99871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-models","9":"tag-noreaster","10":"tag-pa","11":"tag-pennsylvania","12":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","13":"tag-pennsylvania-news","14":"tag-snow","15":"tag-snowstorm","16":"tag-south-central-pa","17":"tag-storm","18":"tag-storm-team","19":"tag-susquehanna-valley","20":"tag-weekend","21":"tag-wgal","22":"tag-will-it-snow-this-weekend"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99871","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=99871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}