Rain was on the widespread side for a while today, which helped keep temperatures toward the lower end of forecast. Highs around 50 are about 10 degrees below average for the date. More cool and clammy conditions are ahead tonight and tomorrow. A low pressure area developing on a passing frontal zone is set to keep the weather on the wet side, especially as one heads east across the region.
EVENING: Showers exit, cloudy and cool. Temps in the 40s.
TONIGHT: Cloudy, stray showers east of Harrisburg. Low 43.
THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy, showers for Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties. High 52.
Showers redevelop tonight .A front is beginning to stall across eastern PA. This is producing a few leftover showers for York, Lancaster and Lebanon counties this evening.
This front will continue to produce showers over the eastern third of PA on Thursday. I still believe Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties will receive more showers throughout the day, while the rest of the Midstate remains dry, but cloudy.
Sunshine returns in full force for Friday with a stiff northwesterly breeze. Highs will be seasonable making for a pleasant way to start the holiday weekend. A quick moving system will bring a few afternoon showers Saturday with the remainder of the holiday weekend staying dry. Sunday is shaping up to be very nice with a mix of clouds and sun with afternoon highs near 60 degrees.
Through Tonight: Showers redevelop tonight a couple showers dot the area at times this evening, but it’s generally something of a lull compared to earlier. Patchy fog develops into the night and new rounds of showers or light rain are increasingly likely, approaching and especially after midnight. Temperatures don’t move far during the night, maybe downward a couple degrees most spots. Mainly mid- and upper 40s for lows. Winds blow lightly out of the north and northeast.
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Rain (so far): Much of the immediate area picked up between a quarter and three-quarters of an inch of rain in the first batch of showers and rain today, with a focus near and east of Interstate 95 and much less for far western suburbs. Dulles picked up 0.28 inches, ;while Washington tallied 0.66 inches. Baltimore’s total stands at 0.74 inches.
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