East Central PA Weather Talk

By: Ryan Fannock 10/30/2019 Sponsor: Rain has moved in across the area. This will continue, heavy at times, overnight while you sleep. Based on the latest model guidance, any heavy rain will transition to scattered showers after daybreak Thursday. There may be some dry periods, drizzle or even steady rain at times throughout the day. The next batch of heavy rain arrives in the evening. This is where things get tricky.  Below I snapped a few screenshots of the future radar on WNEP. If you ever want to check out a good future radar, this is ALWAYS my go to. I know there are still some trick-or-treats planned for Halloween evening. If you look at the 3 images below, there are time stamps. Around 5:30pm, there's just some scattered shower activity over Schuylkill County. By 6:30pm, there's a break in the action for a good chunk of the county. Finally, by 7:30pm, the next round of heavy/steady rain is moving in.  With that said, these times are NOT se...

By: Ryan Fannock 10/30/2019 There's a storm modeled around November 9th and 10th that could bring us some snow to Eastern Pennsylvania. The 0z (overnight run) of the GFS (American Model) has this storm hitting the East Coast. However, it's the first run to show this setup. It's time to sit back and watch future runs unfold. It would be pretty awesome if we got multiple runs in a row to start showing this event. But 9 times out of 10, that doesn't happen. Maybe it's sniffing something out early; maybe not. Only time will tell. For now, here's a snow map showing 3" in Scranton and up to 1" for the Red Circled area where many of you live. Sponsor: