Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 7, 2005

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
326 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...
RIBBON OF DEEPER LAYER MOISTURE TO PROPAGATE NORTH AND SOUTH NEXT 24
TO 36 HOURS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PA...CONTINUING SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IN THESE AREAS. 588 DM HEIGHT CONTOUR REMAINS
LOCKED ACROSS PA NEXT 36 HOURS...WITH RATHER AMORPHOUS FORCING
MECHANISMS TO DEAL WITH NEXT FEW DAYS AS LITTLE OTHER THAN WEAK
UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVES ARE NEEDED TO TRIGGER CONVECTION IN THIS
HUMID AND CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS. AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE
80 LOOK TO STAY MAINLY DRY IN THIS PATTERN...ALTHOUGH EVEN THERE A
SHOWER CANNOT BE RULED OUT ESPECIALLY DURING THE HEATING OF THE DAY
(MONDAY).  UNTIL STRONGER FORCING MECHANISMS BECOME
EVIDENT...BROADBRUSHED APPROACH FAVORING DIURNAL MAXIMUMS FOR
CONVECTION WILL BE THE COURSE OF ACTION.

IMPRESSIVE DEEP CONVECTION CONTS OVER EASTERN MARYLAND AND DELAWARE
AT THIS HOUR...AND HAS ROBBED OUR SOUTHEASTERN AREAS OF MOISTURE FOR
THE TIME BEING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRAVERSE SOUTHERN AREAS THIS EVENING...THIS
HANDLED WELL IN GOING FORECASTS FOR NO CHANGES THIS EVENING.

&&

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ATTEMPTS TO BUILD IN FROM THE SOUTH AS WEAK
WAVES SLIDE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES JUST TO OUR NORTH. THIS WILL
KEEP CENTRAL PA JUST SOUTH OF THE MAIN BAROCLINIC ZONE...BUT BRING
IN ENOUGH MOISTURE TO KEEP CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/TSTORMS IN NEARLY
EVERY DAY. HIGHEST CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER. TEMPS
WILL REMAIN ON THE WARM SIDE...WITH COOLING POSSIBLE LATE IN THE
PERIOD AS FRONTS MAKE A BIT MORE PROGRESS SOUTH.

&&

.AVIATION...
STAGNANT PATTERN REMAINS IN PLACE. BEST SHOWER/TSTORM CHANCES
CONFINED TO SOUTHERN RTES AND DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. ALTHOUGH
A DEFINITIVE TIME WINDOW FOR BEST CHANCE OF SHOWER ACTIVITY
REMAINS DIFFICULT AS WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL INITIATE
SHOWERS AT JUST ABOUT ANY TIME ACROSS SOUTHERN PA. NEARLY ALL
SITES CURRENTLY HAVE VSBYS OF P6SM. SFC WINDS WILL BE LIGHT ONCE
AGAIN THROUGH THE PERIOD...BUT EXPECT SOME 3-6SM IN HZ/BR
OVERNIGHT AS SFC DEWPOINTS CONT TO SLOWLY RISE.

&&

.CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...DEVOIR/RXR
LONG TERM...RXR
AVIATION...DEVOIR

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
250 AM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063>066-080649-
ADAMS PA-BEDFORD PA-BLAIR PA-CAMBRIA PA-CAMERON PA-CLEARFIELD PA-
COLUMBIA PA-CUMBERLAND PA-DAUPHIN PA-ELK PA-FRANKLIN PA-FULTON PA-
HUNTINGDON PA-JUNIATA PA-LANCASTER PA-LEBANON PA-MCKEAN PA-
MIFFLIN PA-MONTOUR PA-NORTHERN CENTRE PA-NORTHERN CLINTON PA-
NORTHERN LYCOMING PA-NORTHUMBERLAND PA-PERRY PA-POTTER PA-
SCHUYLKILL PA-SNYDER PA-SOMERSET PA-SOUTHERN CENTRE PA-
SOUTHERN CLINTON PA-SOUTHERN LYCOMING PA-SULLIVAN PA-TIOGA PA-
UNION PA-WARREN PA-YORK PA-
250 AM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY:

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY:

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DANGELO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
232 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005

PAZ033-034-071930-
BEDFORD-SOMERSET-
232 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2005

...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOMERSET AND BEDFORD
COUNTIES THORUGH 330 PM...

AT 222 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF SOMERSET COUNTY AND
EXTENDING EASTWARD INTO BEDFORD COUNTY BETWEEN NEW BALTIMORE AND NEW
PARIS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...CAUSING WATER
TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL
STREAMS. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

FORECASTER:GAD