795 FXUS61 KCTP 121905 AFDCTPArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service State College PA 305 PM EDT Sun Oct 12 2025
.SYNOPSIS... * Periods of rain and drizzle for tonight through Monday, mainly across the eastern half of the CWA * Becoming breezy in southeast PA * High pressure brings cooler and dry weather for the rest of the week.
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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... An area of broad mid and upper level subsidence associated with the left entrance region of a jetlet that lifting north and east of the region, gave much of the region decent early autumn weather with temps nearing forecast highs in the mid to upper 60s.
Increasing mid-level FGEN forcing and upper level divergence will occur as the compact upper low over upstate NY spirals back to the SSW overnight and a slowly weakening, slightly sub-1000 mb low lifts NWD up the eastern seaboard.
Without any deepening of this sluggish eastern US sfc and upper trough rainfall that advects wwd across the Susq Valley and Central Mtns will be generally light in intensity and share the overnight hours with periods of drizzle and low clouds/ridge shrouding fog. The area of our CWA east of the Susq Mainstem and typically prone to somewhat heavier QPF from a coastal low could see over one half inch of additional rainfall tonight through midnight Monday night.
Some clearing across the far NW should allow temps to dip to around 40F, while thicker clouds and higher Tds over the Central and East will limit temps from falling below 50F.
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.SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... Periods of generally light rain and drizzle will persist through Monday with a large area of low stratus blanketing much of the CWA, except for the region near and to the west of Route 219 (across the Laurels and NW Mtns) where higher cloud bases and even some breaks of fleeting sunshine with little more than a few morning showers and/or drizzle will be found as the aforementioned upper low drops south across that part of the state.
Monday afternoon should feature a decreasing trend in areal coverage of light precip across the Central and Western Mtns, while the Susq valley and points east will still see low clouds and periods of light rain/drizzle as the sfc and dual upper low centers consolidate near the Delmarva Coast.
The northeast llvl flow and thick cloud cover will yield a typical cool air damming temp pattern across the CWA with highs limited to the 50s in most places. Some of the highest terrain across the Endless Mtns region could struggle to climb above 50F for a high.
Warren Co will be the warmer place in the CWA once again Monday with highs in the 65-70F range. The rain will end in the east early Monday night with Chance (30-40) PoPs early on near and to the east of the Susq Valley.
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.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... A brief shower possible across the NW Mtns early Wednesday as a secondary front pushes SE in a fairly uneventful fashion. Cooler and dry air will follow this front for the second half of the week. Otherwise, dry weather is expected through Friday as a large, 1026 mb sfc high drifts slowly SE from the Glakes to Carolina Coast Tuesday through the end of the week.
The dryness will peak on Thursday with dewpoints only 25-35F in the aftn. The wind could be high and gusty enough to create some concern for our fire-weather sensitive partners. But, we`ll have a few days to better examine those conditions. It will also be dry/clear enough to cause frost/freeze conditions for the SE, mainly on Friday morning.
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.AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... Most Central and Eastern PA TAF sites will see a several to 6 or 7 hour break from the earlier MVFR to IFR conditions (and head into VFR) as a zone of deep layer subsidence develops with the slow passage of the thermally direct, left entrance region of an upper level jetlet that was stretched from Ncent PA to Northern New England.
Lowest cigs for the rest of the afternoon and early evening will remain across the Laurel Highlands with MVFR conditions.
All airfields will drop quickly back through MVFR early this evening with areas of IFR later tonight through much of Monday.
LLWS will develop once again later tonight into Monday. Wind gusts up to 30 kts from the NE are expected around LNS for the rest of this afternoon.
Rain chances increase once again across the southeast this evening and tonight, peaking early Monday morning. Rain will generally be light. Cigs will also lower to MVFR/IFR during this timeframe.
Outlook... Mon...Still breezy in NE flow with rain chances continuing across the east.
Tue...A little less breezy as the wind switches to North and skies begin to clear.
Wed...A chance for restrictions mainly early/north with cold front, otherwise VFR and becoming breezy.
Thu...VFR.
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.CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None.
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SYNOPSIS...Lambert/Dangelo NEAR TERM...Lambert/Dangelo SHORT TERM...Lambert/Dangelo LONG TERM...Lambert/Dangelo AVIATION...Lambert/Colbert
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