AWUS81 KCTP 261029 RWSCTP REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 520 AM EST THU NOV 25 2009 ...A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY UNTIL 9 AM THIS MORNING... WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO UNDER ONE QUARTER OF A MILE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS. A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SLIDE NORTH ALONG THE EAST COAST...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST FROM THE OHIO VALLEY AND CROSSES CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF RAIN SHOWERS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW OVERNIGHT...AS A RATHER STRONG DISTURBANCE ALOFT SLIDES EAST ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED BY MIDDAY FRIDAY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE ALLEGHENIES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AND BECOME QUITE GUSTY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL MIXED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS IN SOUTHEAST VALLEYS...SNOW SHOWERS ELSEWHERE.. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS THANKSGIVING DAY WILL VARY FROM THE MID AND UPPER 40S IN THE ALLEGHENIES...TO THE MID AND UPPER 50S IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PIEDMONT. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE AROUND 30 DEGREES ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS...AND THE LOWER TO MID 30S OVER THE RIDGE AND VALLEY REGION. COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE IN STORE FOR FRIDAY WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE MID 30S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...TO THE MID AND UPPER 40S THROUGHOUT THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. IMPROVING CONDITIONS...WITH SLOWLY MODERATING TEMPERATURES AND DECREASING WIND WILL OCCUR THIS WEEKEND. $$ LAMBERT