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Heavy Rain From Nicole

Heavy Rain From Nicole
FAMILY OWNED MARKETS. NOW THE WGAL NEWS 8 STORM TEAM FORECAST WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JOE CALHOUN. WE’RE PRETTY CLOSE TO OUR LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THE NIGHT. SOME FORTIES UP NORTH ALREADY BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN CLEAR. CLOUDS ARE MOVING IN. WE’RE IN THE UPPER FIFTIES, LOW SIXTIES. I DON’T THINK WE’RE GOING TO DROP A WHOLE LOT MORE OVERNIGHT. SO IT’S ACTUALLY A PRETTY NICE EVENING OUT THERE IN CARLISLE WITH THE CLOUDS. IT’S 59 DO POINTS ARE COMING UP IN THE FIFTIES YOU’LL NOTICE THAT TOO. THAT’S ANOTHER FACTOR HERE THAT YOU’LL SEE TOMORROW. IT’S GOING TO FEEL A LITTLE HUMID OUT THERE FOR TOMORROW. SO OVERNIGHT, LATER ON, I THINK SOME SHOWERS WILL START TO ARRIVE. SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES FIRST PROBABLY TOWARD DAWN AND THEN THEY’LL OVERSPILL RED, THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS THAT SHOULDN’T BE 44, SHOULD BE HIGHER THAN THAT. AND IT’S GOING TO GET UP IN TOWARDS 70. WITH THE RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, NOT GOING TO RAIN ALL THE TIME. I THINK WE’LL GET THESE ROUNDS OF RAIN. THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE MAY BE A PERIOD WHEN THE RAIN KIND OF SLOWS DOWN OR EVEN STOPS JUST IN TIME FOR SOME HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, THE RAIN WILL PERHAPS TAPER TO SHOWERS LATE IN THE DAY. WE MAY GET LIKE A FOUR OR FIVE HOUR WINDOW THERE WHERE A SPRINKLE HERE OR THERE, IT’S GOING TO BE BREEZY AND KIND OF BALMY AND THE SHOWERS THEN WILL PICK BACK UP, I THINK A LITTLE CLOSER TO MIDNIGHT. SO AGAIN, JUST BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION WITH THE 10:00 UPDATE. IT’S JUST NEAR TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, AND HEADING UP INTO GEORGIA THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS WILL BE THE LAST PROBABLY TRACK FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER BECAUSE IT’S JUST GOING TO BECOME A RAINSTORM UP INTO VIRGINIA AS WE GET INTO PROBABLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. AND THAT’S WHERE THE CENTER OF THE STORM, THE LOW PRESSURE IS. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW. THERE’S THE CIRCULATION AROUND IT. THE CLOUDS HAVE SPREAD IN. BUT LOOK AT THE OUTER BANDS OF THE RAIN ALL THE WAY UP INTO THE CAROLINAS AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA. A COUPLE OF FACTORS HERE. HIGH PRESSURE HAS BEEN TO THE NORTH. THAT’S WHAT’S BEEN KIND OF FORCING IT WESTBOUND. BUT IT’S GOING TO MAKE A KIND OF A RIGHT HAND TURN A LITTLE BIT AND COME UP THE APPALACHIANS. WHY? WE TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY. THIS FRONT IS GOING TO START TO ACCELERATE THE STORM WILL BE DOWN NEAR ATLANTA TOMORROW MORNING AND THEN PROBABLY ROCKETING UP INTO THE VIRGINIAS THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING. HERE’S THAT BREAK. WE GET THOSE COUPLE OF BANDS OF RAIN COMING THROUGH WITH THEM. WE GET THAT LITTLE BREAK THE WAY IT LOOKS AND THE REASON I’M A LITTLE MORE CONFIDENT THIS, MOST OF THE COMPUTER MODELS ARE SAYING THE SAME THING AND IT KIND OF MAKES SOME SENSE WITH DRIER AIR COMING AROUND IT. BUT THEN THIS FRONT REALLY TAKES HOLD OF IT. ROCKET TO RIGHT IN. THIS IS PROBABLY WHEN WE’LL SEE THE HEAVIEST RAIN AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS. TWO, THREE, 4:00 INTO SATURDAY MORNING. BUT BY SATURDAY DAWN, IT’S GONE. COULD GET SOME SHOWERS, THOUGH, LATE IN THE DAY WITH COLDER AIR COMING IN. NOW THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK, A VERY MINIMAL RISK OF SOME HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. GET TO THAT IN THE SECOND RAINFALL WISE. AND AGAIN, THE TREND HAS BEEN FARTHER WEST TO THREE, FOUR INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS. BUT THEY’VE BEEN VERY DRY. LESSER AMOUNTS FARTHER ON TO THE SOUTH. SO THE FLOODING THREAT IS MAINLY NOT A MAJOR THREAT AT ALL. IT’S MAINLY THE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AND AGAIN, SOME POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND THE END STREET FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING, I THINK IS VERY LOW LIKELIHOOD. HOOD AND IT’S NOT GOING TO REALLY AFFECT THE RIVERS A WHOLE LOT, BUT IN TERMS OF SEVERE WEATHER, YEAH, THE FLOODING, DAMAGING WINDS AND THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SPIN UP TORNADO TOMORROW NIGHT. WE’LL KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. BUT AGAIN, IT’S A VERY LOW THREAT, BUT IT’S OUT THERE. THE WINDS ARE GOING TO START PICKING UP. THE GUSTS, PROBABLY THE HIGHEST AS WE GO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. AND YOU’RE TALKING UPWARDS OF 40, MAYBE EVEN NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR UP IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AS WE HEAD INTO THE SATURDAY MORNING. WINDY COOLER ON SATURDAY. COULD BE THOSE EVENING SHOWERS. THEN THE STORY, IT’S CHILLY AND IT’S GOING TO STAY BLUSTERY AND COLD. MUCH DIFFERENT FEELING MOST
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Heavy Rain From Nicole
Nicole will bring some heavy rain, strong winds and thunderstorms to the Susquehanna Valley Friday. Colder weather to follow.As what's left of once hurricane Nicole moves north rain will arrive here Friday morning. We'll have bands of rain through the day and some could be heavy. The rain may taper or even end for a while Friday evening then intensify over night. There could also be some gusty thunderstorms before the rain ends in the predawn hours of Saturday. We'll start with sun on Saturday with a gusty wind and temperatures near 60. Clouds will return in the afternoon as temperatures start to cool on those gusty winds. We'll end the day in the 40s with a few showers around.Sunday will continue to be windy and much colder with highs in the 40s and a mix of clouds and sun. There may be a sprinkle or even a flurry around.Next week looks colder then average with highs in the 40s. there a chance of some rain midweek and again late week.

Nicole will bring some heavy rain, strong winds and thunderstorms to the Susquehanna Valley Friday. Colder weather to follow.

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As what's left of once hurricane Nicole moves north rain will arrive here Friday morning. We'll have bands of rain through the day and some could be heavy. The rain may taper or even end for a while Friday evening then intensify over night. There could also be some gusty thunderstorms before the rain ends in the predawn hours of Saturday.

We'll start with sun on Saturday with a gusty wind and temperatures near 60. Clouds will return in the afternoon as temperatures start to cool on those gusty winds. We'll end the day in the 40s with a few showers around.

Sunday will continue to be windy and much colder with highs in the 40s and a mix of clouds and sun. There may be a sprinkle or even a flurry around.

Next week looks colder then average with highs in the 40s. there a chance of some rain midweek and again late week.