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Generally clear skies and highs in the 70s region-wide will make today a pleasant end to May. A high pressure pattern building in today will keep the weather mostly calm this upcoming week with highs at/slightly below average. #PAwx

🌬️ Overnight: Frontal passage brings cooler air from the north. 🌙 Lows: Range from lower 40s over N-PA to lower 50s across S-PA. ⛅ Saturday: Tepid, breezy start to the weekend with scattered clouds over E-PA. 🍃 Gusts: Up to 30-40 mph over E-PA, 20-30 mph elsewhere. #PAwx

Showers and thunderstorms will continue to move across south-central PA through the morning and into the afternoon. Some of the storms may produce locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds. #PAwx

Mon, May 25, 2026 @ 515 PM EDT: Residents of Central and Southern PA will see a little more light rain during the midweek period (mainly Tues night and Wed). Otherwise and elsewhere, conditions will be generally dry with comfortable humidity right through next weekend.

RECORD-SETTING TEMPERATURES TODAY The good news is, we can only go up from here. 🥶📈 Much of central & eastern PA could see their coldest high temperatures on record today, May 23rd. Southeast winds, low clouds, and steady rain will keep temperatures well below average. #PAwx

🌧️Rain will drift SE today as high pressure builds across New England 💧 Additional 0.10"–0.25" of rain along I-22/I-80, closer to 0.25"–0.50" south & east 🌡️ Highs in the 60s across North-Central PA where sun peeks out, and around the upper 50s where rain lingers #pawx

Wed - May 20, 2026 @ 10 PM EDT: The image loop of hourly rainfall below runs from 10 pm tonight through 10 pm Thu with the images every 2 hours. Rainfall images for Central PA are also shown from 8 pm Wed through 8 pm Thu, and 72 hour totals from 8 pm Wed through 8 pm Sat.

The forecast for summer-like heat to start the week remains on track for Central PA. A cold front will move through on Wednesday which will likely bring rain and a chance of storms with it. Temperatures cool off to end the week behind the front. #PAwx

Today's forecast: ☀️ Warm, sunny start with highs in the upper 70s & low 80s 🌦️📈 Clouds/showers later today, mainly west West-Central PA: Cloudy with scattered showers + thunder possible 2-10 PM Central/Eastern PA: Clouds moving in with spotty light showers 4-11 PM #pawx

🌡️📈 Warmer temperatures are expected across all of central Pennsylvania tomorrow with a warming trend continuing through the weekend. Well-above average temperatures continue through Wednesday across the entire region. #PAwx

☁️ Overcast skies are currently present over central PA, with considerable cloudiness expected across much of the region tonight. The best bet for some clearing will be SW/SE of the region with some breaks possible across the southern tier closer to daybreak on Friday. #PAwx

Strong-to-severe thunderstorms continue to move into Eastern PA. They will continue to pose a threat for isolated wind damage, pea sized hail, and lightning over the next hour or two as they move into southeast PA. #PAWx