Central Pennsylvania weather: freezing rain expected this evening
WGAL News 8 Storm Team forecast
JERE: WE ARE BRACING AGAIN FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A WINTRY MIX. I GUESS THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY MAJOR SNOW. CHRISTINE: RIGHT. THIS IS NOT A BIG SNOW PRODUCER. IT IS THE FREEZING RAIN THAT WE WILL BE CONCERNED WITH. THURSDAY, I THINK WE WILL SEE A LITTLE MORE SNOW. ONE STORM AT A TIME, RIGHT? THIS MORNING WE ARE SEEING SOME SPOTTY FREEZING RAIN AND SPOTTY FLURRIES FURTHER NORTH. IF YOU SEE SOME ICE ON YOUR CAR OR SOME DAMP ROADS, THAT IS WHERE IT CAME FROM. TODAY WE ARE GOING WITH CLOUDY SKIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND CONSISTENT TEMPERATURES RIGHT AROUND 32. A LITTLE PATCHY NEXT HERE AND THERE, AND THE MAIN EVENT COMES THIS EVENING. WE EXPECT WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPING WITH TEMPERATURES RIGHT AROUND FREEZING OR JUST BELOW. TONIGHT, STILL AN ALERT, SO HAVE HEIGHTENED AWARENESS IF YOU ARE TRAVELING OVERNIGHT, WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT AND THEN TEMPERATURES MAY WARM. THAT MAKES ALL OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. I THINK ALL OF THIS PRECIPITATION WHINES DOWN BEFORE SUNRISE. TOMORROW, NOT A BAD DAY. YOU COULD SEE SOME SUNSHINE FINALLY. IT IS BEEN A LONG STRETCH WITH CLOUDS. IT WILL BE WINDY AND MILDER WITH HIGHS IN THE 40’S. SO ANY KIND OF ICE AT THAT ACCUMULATES THIS EVENING WILL QUICKLY MELT TOMORROW. HERE ARE YOUR CURRENT TEMPERATURES, ALREADY IN LEBANON, LANCASTER IS JUST ABOVE FREEZING AT 33. THIS MIX THAT YOU ARE SEEING SHOULD NOT REALLY IMPACT YOUR TRAVEL THIS MORNING. JUST DRIVE WITH CAUTION. THE MAIN EVENT IS DONE AT TEXAS, DEVELOPING IN THE GULF, THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE HEADED OUR WAY TONIGHT AND THAT INCREASES THE CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN. NOT MUCH HAPPENING THIS AFTERNOON ON THE PREDICTOR, JUST A LITTLE SPOTTY ACTIVITY. TONIGHT IN THIS EVENING, THAT IS WHEN WE REALLY START TO SEE THE FREEZING RAIN. YOU CAN SEE THE PINK ON THE PREDICTOR, CHANGING OVER TO PLAIN OLD RAIN AS TEMPERATURES WORN — WARM RIGHT AROUND MIDNIGHT. THAT MAKES ALL OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE BUILDUP OF ICE, SO FREEZING RAIN LOOKS DISLIKE RAIN AND THE DIFFERENCE IS IS THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING AND THAT CAUSES THE ICE BUILDUP. TOMORROW, THE STORM IS LONG GONE. DO NOT FOCUS ON THE AMOUNTS, BUT A GLAZE TO ABOUT 1/10 OF AN INCH OF ICE FOR MOST OF US. THERE COULD BE SOME SPOTS UP TO 2/10 OF AN INCH OR FREEZING RAIN IS PROLONGED. AFTER WE GET THIS MESS OUT OF HERE TONIGHT, YOU HAVE TWO NICE DAYS IN A ROW. THURSDAY IS THE NEXT STORM
Central Pennsylvania weather: freezing rain expected this evening
WGAL News 8 Storm Team forecast
Updated: 8:38 AM EST Feb 15, 2021
Another winter storm is headed for central Pennsylvania and this one is expected to bring freezing rain. Today’s forecastPatchy freezing rain and flurries are moving through the area this morning. This spotty mix will continue for most of the day. By evening, widespread light freezing rain will develop. As temperatures warm a degree or two after midnight, most areas will switch over to rain. However, temperatures may hold just below freezing for the entire event in northern counties. Watch out for a glaze of ice to two-tenths of an inch on untreated surfaces. Precipitation will end by sunrise Tuesday.Stay with the WGAL News 8 Storm Team for updates on the very active winter pattern. Watch Christine Ferreira’s full forecast above.
Another winter storm is headed for central Pennsylvania and this one is expected to bring freezing rain.
Today’s forecast
- Patchy freezing rain and flurries are moving through the area this morning. This spotty mix will continue for most of the day.
- By evening, widespread light freezing rain will develop.
- As temperatures warm a degree or two after midnight, most areas will switch over to rain.
- However, temperatures may hold just below freezing for the entire event in northern counties.
- Watch out for a glaze of ice to two-tenths of an inch on untreated surfaces.
- Precipitation will end by sunrise Tuesday.
Stay with the WGAL News 8 Storm Team for updates on the very active winter pattern. Watch Christine Ferreira’s full forecast above.
