A cold front began moving across central Pennsylvania during the morning and afternoon hours of March 22, 2025 before progressing east of the area by the evening hours. Relatively strong winds aloft continued mixing down to the surface through the evening hours, before winds ultimately subsided ahead of midnight.
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A cold front began moving across central Pennsylvania during the morning and afternoon hours of March 22, 2025 before progressing east of the area by the evening hours. Relatively strong winds aloft continued mixing down to the surface through the evening hours, before winds ultimately subsided ahead of midnight. Isolated instances of wind damage occurred across central Pennsylvania, most notably in Schuylkill County where trees and wires onto roadways caused traffic disruptions and in Bedford County where a large tree fell onto a roadway.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 22, 1:43 PM EST, 32 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service State College PA 243 PM EDT Sat Mar 22 2025 .SYNOPSIS... *We'll have mostly cloudy skies today with scattered light rain showers moving from west to east across the area through this afternoon ahead of a cold front. A changeover to light snow showers is expected across the western highlands. *A gusty west-northwesterly wind will develop in the wake of the frontal passage and persist into early tonight. *Another round of light precipitation (mainly rain, with some wet snow poss north) is expected Sunday night into early Monday, with the potential for westerly wind gusts of 40+ mph on Monday. *Near to below normal temperatures are expected for most of next week. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... Scattered light rain showers continue to push eastward across the region this afternoon, as a cold front crosses the commonwealth. There has been a lot of virga out the window at our office, but little has been reaching the ground. The cold front is expected to reach the Lower Susq Valley by mid afternoon. Rainfall will be light and sporadic, with totals ranging from perhaps a quarter of an inch across the Laurel Highlands to no more than a few hundredths (if that) across the Susq Valley. A west-northwesterly wind will develop behind the front, and could gust 30-40 mph this afternoon into this evening per the latest model soundings. Winds will become less gusty heading into the overnight hours. Building high pressure will provide dry conditions overnight into Sunday. Low temps Sunday AM will be a bit chilly for this time of year with min temps 5-10F below climo in the upper teens to upper 20s. Sunday will feature sunshine gradually giving way to increasing cloudiness, with highs rebounding into the 40s to low 50s. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... Model guidance indicates another frontal system will cross the region Sunday night into early Monday. QPF amounts are projected to range from around 0.10" across the Lower Susq Valley to 0.25-0.50" across the Allegheny Plateau. As for ptypes, model soundings support rain over most of Central PA Sun night. However, some wet snow is possible across the nrn mtns, where a light slushy accum of <1 inch is possible. The bulk of the precip should shift east of the commonwealth Monday morning, although a trailing occluded front linked to a primary low over the Grt Lks could continue to generate a few lingering showers/sprinkles into Monday aftn. Subsidence associated with an arriving dry slot should result in breaking clouds Monday, with deep mixing leading to gusty WSW winds. Model soundings support afternoon gusts of 30-40 mph, which is a bit higher than NBM guidance. Expect max temps on Monday to range from around 50F in the NW Mtns to the low 60s across the Lower Susq Valley. High temperatures will be about 10 degree chillier on Tuesday, although it should be a dry day before a weak clipper system approaches for Tues night. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... Medium range guidance indicates upper level troughing will remain over the region thru Thu, likely resulting in seasonably cool and mainly dry conditions. A shortwave rotating through the base of trough could produce a few rain/snow showers Tue night. Some guidance develops a weak surface low south of PA, thus the highest POPs are focused over the southern counties. Confidence in dry weather is fairly high Wed PM through Thursday, as most guidance indicates surface ridging builds into PA from the Ohio Valley. The departure of the upper trough and surface high pressure passing off of the East Coast will likely result warmer and mostly dry conditions next Friday. However, a warm front lifting through the E Grt Lks could produce a few PM showers, mainly over the NW Mtns. Temperatures continue to rise into the weekend, with highs in the 60s and 70s possible by Saturday. && .AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... Light rain showers continue west of UNV this afternoon ahead of an approaching cold front. Dry air in the low levels further to the east is preventing much of the rain from reaching the ground. Ceilings will remain VFR everywhere except BFD and JST, where a period of MVFR ceilings is likely through the rest of the afternoon. There is around a 20% chance of IFR ceilings briefly developing at BFD from 19Z through 21Z. Wind gusts of 25 to 35 knots will continue through the evening. As the front moves through BFD in the 18Z-19Z timeframe, temperatures will quickly drop and support a changeover to snow. This could lead to visibility dropping lower than shown in the TAF, but confidence is not high enough in any specific timeframe to include lower visibility restrictions. Model soundings suggest that all other sites stay warm enough for precip to continue to fall as rain. High pressure building in behind the front will bring an end to any lingering rain or snow showers across the north and west after 00Z, along with clearing skies and decreasing winds. Most guidance supports VFR conditions under mainly clear skies through the night and into Sunday, though RH profiles from the RAP and HRRR suggest that it could take longer for low clouds at BFD to break up than is currently shown in the forecast. Outlook... Sun Night...Sig wx not expected during the morning. Chc for rain increases Sun night. Snow may mix in at onset in the colder spots. Restrictions possible. Mon...Rain with restrictions possible. Mixing with snow possible across the north and west as precip tapers to showers. Tue...Restrictions possible especially N/W with slight chc for lingering rain and snow showers. Wed...Restrictions possible especially N/W with slight chc of rain and snow showers. Thu...VFR with mainly dry conditions. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SYNOPSIS...Evanego NEAR TERM...Evanego SHORT TERM...Evanego LONG TERM...Fitzgerald/Bauco AVIATION...Bauco
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service State College PA 405 AM EDT Sat Mar 22 2025 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-230815- Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Clearfield- Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin- Juniata-Somerset-Bedford-Fulton-Franklin-Tioga-Northern Lycoming- Sullivan-Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming-Union-Snyder-Montour- Northumberland-Columbia-Perry-Dauphin-Schuylkill-Lebanon-Cumberland- Adams-York-Lancaster- 405 AM EDT Sat Mar 22 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Strong wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph from the west-southwest are possible Monday in the wake of a cold front. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong wind gusts, estimated near 45 mph, knocked down a large tree onto Chaneysville Road south of Chaneysville, blocking the roadway near the intersection with Aaron Road.
Strong wind gusts, estimated near 45 mph, knocked down a tree and wires onto State Route 895 southeast of Brommerstown, blocking the roadway between Berne Drive and Woodland Drive.
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