THIS WEEK REALLY? THAT’S RIGHT. SUCH A GREAT CAUSE. BE PREPARED FOR THAT HEAVY RAIN TO START PICKING UP AS WE GO THROUGH THE NIGHT. TONIGHT WE COULD SEE A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROWN IN THE MIX. WE’RE TALKING POSSIBILITY OF SEEING ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM, BUT AREA WIDE WE COULD SEE WIND GUSTS UPWARDS OF 45MPH. THAT’S STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. BRING DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS. AND WE’RE LOOKING AT A GENERAL HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH FOR MOST. BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME EMBEDDED HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THAT HAVE REALLY PACKED A PUNCH OUTSIDE. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SOME PASSING SHOWERS OVER LANCASTER. WE’RE STILL AT 65 DEGREES, BUT NOTICE THOSE WIND GUSTS JUST SHY OF 30MPH. SO YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN IS SPOTTY RIGHT NOW OVER LANCASTER. BUT LET’S ZOOM OUT AND YOU CAN SEE THE SHOWERS MOVING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS NOW CROSSING THE MASON-DIXON LINE INTO SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY. THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT THROUGH THE NIGHT TONIGHT, BUT I EXPECT IT TO INTENSIFY IT. IT HAS BEEN A ROUGH GO OVER TOWARDS PITTSBURGH. THERE HAVE BEEN FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCIES, WATER RESCUES HAVE BEEN REPORTED JUST OUTSIDE OF PITTSBURGH. MUCH OF THE AREA PICKING UP ANYWHERE FROM AN INCH AND A HALF TO OVER FOUR INCHES OF RAIN IN JUST A MATTER OF HOURS. THIS IS WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH. THE STEADY RAIN THAT’S DOWN OVER CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. THAT’S WHAT’S GOING TO BE MOVING INTO THE VALLEY AS WE GO THROUGH THE NIGHT TONIGHT. HERE ARE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS EXTENDING FROM PITTSBURGH DOWN TOWARDS CHARLESTON. ALL OF THAT’S GOING TO START TO TO WORK ITS WAY TO THE EAST. THE GOOD NEWS IS IT IS GOING TO WEAKEN, BUT I STILL EXPECT IT TO PACK A PUNCH AS THE STORM AND THE COLD FRONT WORK ITS WAY ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH LATER TONIGHT. SO IT IS AN IMPACT NIGHT AS WE’LL HAVE AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN, A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS AND SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS. WE’RE TALKING GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40MPH AS TEMPERATURES HOLD IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S, SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF AFTER SUNRISE, BUT WE’LL KEEP A FEW OF THEM AROUND AND IT STAYS WINDY THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. AND THEN ANOTHER ROUND OF SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL RETURN AS WE GET CLOSER TO SUNSET AND BE AROUND OVERNIGHT. TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS TOMORROW EVENING. STILL NEAR 40MPH. SO HERE’S A BREAKDOWN OF THE RAIN CHANCES. HIGHEST OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF A MIDDAY LULL AND THEN SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. AND A FEW OF THOSE WILL LINGER PAST SUNSET ON INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. OVERALL THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW, MAY SEE SOME DAMAGING WINDS AND THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF SOME SPIN IN THE ATMOSPHERE. IF THAT LINE CAN HOLD TOGETHER. NOT RULING OUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO AS WE GO THROUGH THE NIGHT, BUT CHANCES FOR THAT ARE VERY LOW. WHAT YOU NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR IS THE GUSTY WINDS IN THE PONDING WATER ON SOME ROADWAYS AND SOME SWOLLEN CREEKS AND STREAMS, AND SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. AGAIN, OVERALL THREAT RELATIVELY LOW. MADE IT TO 71 FOR OUR HIGH TODAY AND SO FAR OUT AT THE AIRPORT, WE’VE PICKED UP A 10TH OF AN INCH OF RAIN. IT’S STILL 64 AT THIS HOUR AND 65 IN CARLISLE. TEMPERATURES FALLING BACK DOWN CLOSER TO AVERAGE OFF TO OUR WEST. BUT THE WINDS ARE WHIPPING OUT JUST OFF TO OUR WEST, SO A POWERFUL STORM CONTINUES TO DRIVE ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. HIGH PRESSURE IS BUILDING IN ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS AND IT’S THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO THAT’S MAKING IT SO WINDY, AND WHY IT’S GOING TO STAY WINDY THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW AND ON INTO SATURDAY. SO NOTICE THAT INTENSE LINE OF RAIN JUST OFF TO OUR WEST. THAT’S WHAT PIVOTS INTO THE VALLEY. BUT IT WILL WEAKEN. BUT WE’LL STILL HAVE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. HERE WE ARE AT 8:00 IN THE MORNING. BULK OF THE RAIN STARTS LIFTING OUT OF THE VALLEY. A LITTLE BIT OF THAT MIDDAY LULL, AND THEN THE CENTER OF THE STORM GETS CLOSER TO US AND WE’LL HAVE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND PERIODS OF RAIN LATE TOMORROW EVENING. TOMORROW NIGHT MAY SEE ISOLATED SHOWERS LINGER INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WEATHER DOES FINALLY IMPROVE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY EVENING AS TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD NEAR 60 DEGREES. WEEKEND STARTS OFF DRY FOR YOUR SATURDAY, BUT THEN HERE COMES MORE SHOWERS LATE IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES RISE BACK UP INTO THE 70S FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. LOOKS LIKE MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL BE DRY. COULD SEE A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS NEXT WEDNESDAY. BETTER CHANC