037 FXUS61 KCTP 101855 AFDCTPArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service State College PA 255 PM EDT Fri Oct 10 2025
.SYNOPSIS... * Not as cold tonight with increasing clouds * Mostly cloudy with periods of rain this weekend through Columbus Day; turning breezy in southeast PA * Trending drier with seasonal temperatures Tue-Thu next week
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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... Somewhat tricky forecast tonight with the expectation of increasing clouds late behind a moistening southeasterly low level flow; but clearing this evening into early tonight could allow temps to cool off a bit more than forecast. On balance, not as cold as last night with min temps more in the 40-50F range. Some patchy fog is possible in the central and northern valleys.
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.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... Trending mostly cloudy to start the weekend with light rain chances increasing Saturday afternoon into Saturday night. Closed upper low near Lake Erie and higher moisture advection over the Lower Susq favors max POPs/QPF in these areas through 00Z Sunday. Sfc ridge squeezed between the upper low and coastal storm suggests low clouds and perhaps some fog or drizzle over the interior counties by late in the day on Saturday.
QPF has trended lower over the weekend with delayed interaction of the two systems. That said, we still anticipate periods of beneficial rainfall through Sunday night. P-gradient with coastal low off the Mid Atlantic coast will still bring breezy conditions to the southeast zones with max gusts 25-35 mph Sunday into Sunday night.
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.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... Breezy conditions and rain could last into early Tuesday particularly over the eastern zones based on the latest model guidance depicting a slower upper level pattern evolution.
Drying trend still expected Tuesday with mainly dry wx into the second half of next week. Another push of seasonably colder air appears poised to arrive by late next week.
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.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... Widespread VFR flying conditions will continue through early this friday evening.
The scattered to broken layer of flat cu/strato cu seen on visible satellite imagery across the SE half of the CWA this mid afternoon, will slowly lower and congeal into bkn-ovc MVFR layer of stratus between 11/00Z and 11/06Z along and to the east of the Allegheny Front (roughly near and to the SE of the I-99/Route 220 corridor).
MVFR at KJST and KBFD will develop between 11/10Z and 11/12Z. Around the same time Sat morning, KLNS and KMDT will see the stratus base lower to IFR as the easterly low-level flow strengthens and pushes the moist marine layer inland well ahead of a developing/nwd moving sfc low near the South Carolina Coast.
The MVFR CIGS across the Central Ridge and Valley region should lift and/or scatter-out for up to several hours during the late morning through mid afternoon hours Saturday as low level ridging/subsidence enhances between the aforementioned coastal low and another sfc low/upper level trough moving ESE toward the Lower Glakes.
Low level wind shear from a strengthening east-southeasterly low level jet will develop late Sat afternoon or evening across the Susq Valley and points east, and after midnight at KAOO, KUNV and KJST with IFR and areas of LIFR CIGS and generally MVFR to VSBYS expected Sat night through Sunday with periods of rain, drizzle and locally dense upslope fog/very low cigs on the east facing slopes of the ridges.
Outlook...
Sat Night-Mon...widespread IFR Cigs and MVFR VSBYS with areas of LIFR/VLIFR CIGS AND VSBYS and rain/wind potential increasing particularly over the southeast airfields.
Tue...Continued breezy with rain ending/clouds breaking with gradual improvement.
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.CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None.
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SYNOPSIS...Steinbugl NEAR TERM...Steinbugl SHORT TERM...Steinbugl LONG TERM...Steinbugl AVIATION...Lambert/Colbert
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