nws st.college

[2001kx]

looks a little better for my area(clearfield,pa) but not much...hopefuly it comes further north.......

WINTER STORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1038 PM EST WED DEC 3 2003


.A COMPLEX PAIR OF STORMS WILL BRING PERIODS OF SNOW TO THE
REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.

ADAMS PA-BEDFORD PA-BLAIR PA-CAMBRIA PA-CLEARFIELD PA-COLUMBIA PA-
CUMBERLAND PA-DAUPHIN PA-FRANKLIN PA-FULTON PA-HUNTINGDON PA-
JUNIATA PA-LANCASTER PA-LEBANON PA-MIFFLIN PA-MONTOUR PA-
NORTHERN CENTRE PA-NORTHUMBERLAND PA-PERRY PA-SCHUYLKILL PA-
SNYDER PA-SOMERSET PA-SOUTHERN CENTRE PA-UNION PA-YORK PA-
1038 PM EST WED DEC 3 2003


...SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL COMBINE INTO ONE MAIN STORM OFF THE MID
ATLANTIC COAST OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS...GIVING THE LIKELIHOOD
OF PERIODS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE SOUTHERN TIER OF PENNSYLVANIA.


THE DURATION AND AMOUNT OF SNOW IS MORE UNCLEAR ACROSS THE REGION
NEAR AND JUST TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...SINCE THIS PART OF THE
STATE WILL BE NEAR THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF THE PRECIPITATION AREA.

THE FIRST WEATHER SYSTEM...CURRENTLY OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY...WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE REGION ON THURSDAY.
HIGH CLOUDS FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN SECTIONS OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...SINCE THE AIR MASS OVER
PENNSYLVANIA IS QUITE COLD AND DRY...IT WILL TAKE QUITE A WHILE FOR
THE MOISTURE TO INCREASE OVER THE REGION. THEREFORE...CLOUDS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE SLOW TO THICKEN DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

LIGHT SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS
OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

ON THURSDAY NIGHT...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CONTINUE INTO
FRIDAY.

AT THIS TIME...ONLY LIGHT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY...WITH AT MOST A COUPLE OF INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHERN
TIER COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA ALONG THE MARYLAND BORDER...AND A
COATING TO AN INCH OR SO ELSEWHERE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
80. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

A SECOND AND MORE IMPORTANT DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK TOWARDS THE
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS EARLY FRIDAY...HELPING TO DEVELOP A SECONDARY
LOW PRESSURE AREA ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COASTLINE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND FRIDAY NIGHT. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS STORM WILL BE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR A PLOWABLE SNOWFALL
TO AT LEAST THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES OF THE STATE...INCLUDING THE
LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING[/u]