Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 31, 2005

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
212 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)...

RADAR ONCE AGAIN LIGHTING UP RIGHT ON SCHEDULE...AND MUCH AS
EXPECTED...WITH GREATER COVRG IN NERN MTS. WITH CU FIELDS NOT QUITE
SO GREAT OVER FAR NW (LESS MSTR) AND SE (CI DAMPENING HEAT)...WE
SHOULD SEE LESS CONVECTION THERE - OR IT MAY JUST DEVELOP LATER THIS
EVENING...AS MOISTURE PLENTIFUL ACROSS THE CWA...BUT COOLEST AIR
ALOFT UP N AND BEST HEATING IN S. WILL THEREFORE CONT WITH CURR FCST
OF 30-40 POPS IN NE AND 20S MOST EVERYWHERE ELSE. A FEW LONELY SHRA
MAY LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT...ESP IN THE EAST BUT IN
GENERAL...CLEARING AFT 03Z. MINS TONIGHT WILL BE RIGHT ALONG WITH
LAST NIGHT...MAYBE JUST A HAIR/TAD/SMIDGE HIGHER.

FOR MONDAY...MUCH THE SAME STORY...A SFC BNDRY MAY DRAG SOUTHWARD
INTO OUR REGION. SO...WILL HOLD ONTO CURR FCST OF CHC POPS (30S) IN
THE NE AND SLIGHT CHCS ALMOST EVERYWHERE ELSE. TEMPS VERY CLOSE TO
PREV FCST...WITH THE URBAN AREAS OF IPT AND HAR PUSHING CLOSE TO
90F. MAYBE THE FAR SRN ZNS WILL REMAIN DRY DURING THE DAY...BUT BY
NIGHTFALL...A FEW SHOWERS MAY GET THERE...ESP IN THE EAST WHERE THE
HEAT/MSTR AND THAT MODEST (AT BEST) FORCING MIGHT HELP TRIGGER SOME
SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.  MON NIGHT MINS 2-3F HIGHER THAN TONIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...

NOT MUCH CHANGE FROM WHAT I SAW YESTERDAY. CHC OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY NE PA...AND AGAIN ON
MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING...AS IT IS A LITTLE COOL AT 500 MB.
ESTIMATED VIL FOR TODAY IS IN THE MID 50S...BUT HAD ONE CELL IN
THE 45 TO 50 RANGE EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY. ANYWAY...SHORT TERM
FCST LEFT FCST SIMILAR TO WHAT I HAD YESTERDAY FOR MONDAY. FOR TUE...
I LEFT MENTION OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IN FROM YESTERDAY...AS THERE
IS STILL A WEAKNESS IN THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW...AND FRONT TRYS TO
MOVE SOUTHWARD. SIMILAR PATTERN TO MONDAY. STILL THINK WED INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE DRY.

FOR FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND...FRONT DROPS SE...LOOKS LIKE SYSTEM
WILL TRY TO STALL OUT JUST SOUTH OF C PA NOW. STILL LOOKS LIKE
BEST CHC FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE ACROSS NW PA ON
FRIDAY...AND ACROSS SE ON SAT. KEPT MENTION OF SHOWERS AND STORMS
IN FOR SATURDAY NIGHT...AS I HAD DONE YESTERDAY.

FOR SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...KEPT FCST DRY FOR NOW. CAN ADD
MENTION OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ON LATER SHIFTS IF NEEDED.

&&

.AVIATION...

CLDS VFR WITH ONLY A BIT OF MVFR HZ AROUND ATTM.  RDR STARTING TO
SHOW TS/SHRA POPPING OVER NERN CWA...SO WILL CARRY VCSH OR EVEN
TEMPO GROUPS FOR MOST SITES (EXCEPT MDT) THROUGH 02-04Z TONIGHT.
THEN...CLEARING LATER THIS EVENING AND FOG SETTLING IN MUCH LIKE
LAST NIGHT. WILL TAKE MOST SITES TO MVFR AND A FEW TO IFR...ESP
VALLEY LOCATIONS...BEFORE SUNRISE. FOG GOES AWAY AND SCT-BKN
HIGH-BASED CU TO RETURN MONDAY. SHRA/TSRA POSSIBLE...ESP IN NRN TAFS
FOR THE AFTN AGAIN...BUT WILL NOT INCL MENTION JUST YET.

&&

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

SHORT TERM...DANGELO
LONG TERM...MARTIN
AVIATION...DANGELO

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
531 AM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005

PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053-
056>059-063>066-010929-
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-
531 AM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY:

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY:

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

@0059

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
203 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005

PAZ012-041-311830-
NORTHERN CLINTON-NORTHERN LYCOMING-
203 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CLINTON AND LYCOMING COUNTIES...

AT 158 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF LOCK HAVEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
10 MPH.  THE THUNDERSTORM WILL DRIFT SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH RURAL
PARTS OF EASTERN CLINTON AND WESTERN LYCOMING COUNTIES...BUT IS
HEADED TOWARD AVIS AND LOCK HAVEN AND AVIS.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

FORECASTER: DANGELO

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
337 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005

PAZ037-312030-
TIOGA-
337 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005

...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT NORTHERN TIOGA
COUNTY...

AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORNING...MOVING EAST AT 5
MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR LAWRENCEVILLE AROUND 430 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. WINBD GUSTS TO 40
MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

FORECASTER:DEVOIR

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
451 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005

PAZ012-312130-
NORTHERN CLINTON-
451 PM EDT SUN JUL 31 2005

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT CLINTON
COUNTY...

AT 450 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOCK HAVEN...MOVING EAST AT
10 MPH. SINCE THIS STORM IS MOVING SLOWLY...VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL
FALL...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL
ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. ALSO...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE.

FORECASTER: JPV