south-central pa

TEAM FORECAST WITH METEOROLOGIST MARYELLEN PANN. WELL, AS WE CHECK OUT THE WEATHER HEADLINES, OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM THAT’S GOING TO BRING US A CHANCE FOR SNOW, FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW. THAT’S WHY WE’VE MADE IT AN IMPACT PERIOD BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBLE IMPACTS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. WE’LL HAVE SEVERAL MORE RAIN CHANCES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE TEN DAY FORECAST. THE GOOD NEWS IS TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND BACK TO THE 50S AND 60S. SO LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT PREDICTOR. HOUR BY HOUR THERE’S A SYSTEM RIGHT NOW PASSING BY TO OUR SOUTH THAT COULD PRODUCE SOME SNOW FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS, MAINLY SOUTH ALONG THE MARYLAND PENNSYLVANIA LINE. ANY ACTIVITY WOULD STAY SOUTH OF THE TURNPIKE TOMORROW. SYSTEM. IT WILL COME IN AFTER 1 A.M. AS SNOW INITIALLY, AND THEN AS WARMER AIR MOVES IN IN THE UPPER LEVELS AND TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE STAY BELOW FREEZING, WE’LL SEE THAT TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN. IT WILL BE SCATTERED AND LIGHT IN NATURE AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING DRIVE. SO WE COULD HAVE SOME SLIPPERY ROADS AND SURFACES, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE NOT TREATED. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH, SO WE’LL SEE THAT FREEZING RAIN CHANGING OVER TO PLAIN RAIN. AND THAT EVENTUALLY WILL HAPPEN FOR EVERYBODY, EVEN TO THE NORTH. ONCE WE GET PAST 1 P.M. AND THEN WE’LL JUST SEE RAIN CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING PERIOD AND EVEN INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL POTENTIAL LESS THAN AN INCH AND MAINLY ON GRASSY AREAS, BUT STILL COULD HAVE SOME SLUSHY IN THE ROADS. COMBINED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A GLAZE OF ICE. ANY AMOUNTS WOULD BE LESS THAN A 10TH OF AN INCH. I WOULD EVEN SAY LESS THAN FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH, BUT STILL ENOUGH THAT COULD CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. SO YOU’LL DEFINITELY WANT TO ALLOW FOR SOME EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY. JUST THAT LIGHT SNOW SHOWER, MAINLY SOUTH OF THE TURNPIKE. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S. LIGHT SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPS OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S. AND THEN TOMORROW THAT FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN. TEMPERATURES AGAIN IN THE 30S FOR ANOTHER DAY BEFORE WE SEE A REBOUND. 28 IN LANCASTER, 30 IN LEWISTOWN, 32 IN GETTYSBURG. BUT WITH THE 5 TO 10 MILE PER HOUR BREEZE, AT TIMES IT WILL FEEL LIKE IT’S IN THE LOW 20S. HERE’S A LOOK AT OUR STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. YOU CAN SEE HOW CLOSE THOSE LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE TO THE SOUTH. THAT’S THAT FIRST PART OF THE STORM SYSTEM THAT’S SCOOTING BY HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR NORTHEAST IS HELPING TO SUPPRESS THAT SYSTEM. BUT DON’T BE SURPRISED IF YOU DO SEE A FEW FLYING FLAKES. THEN LOW PRESSURE ACROSS TENNESSEE IS GOING TO LIFT TO THE COAST, AND IT’S THAT SYSTEM THAT’S GOING TO HELP PULL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA FOR TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW, CAUSING SOME CONCERNS FOR IMPACTS FOR THE MORNING. DRIVE TIME AGAIN STARTS TO SNOW, TRANSITIONS TO FREEZING RAIN. AND THEN ONCE WE GET BEYOND 10 A.M., WE START TO SEE TEMPERATURES RISING ABOVE FREEZING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. AND BY AFTERNOON IT’S JUST PLAIN RAIN THAT WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING, AND THEN THE REST OF WEDNESDAY IS LOOKING MILD AND DRY WITH PARTLY SUNNY SKIES RAINFALL POTENTIAL. WE DEFINITELY NEED IT A THIRD OF AN INCH TO UP TO 6/10 OF AN INCH. AND AS WE LOOK AT THE TEN DAY FORECAST, WE HAVE PLENTY MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RAIN. NO WASHOUTS, BUT WE WILL BE WATCHING THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT’S JUST GOING TO WIGGLE BACK AND FORTH. IT’S STATIONARY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE TEN DAY, GIVING US THAT CHANCE, AND NOTICE THE TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO T