Aviation Forecasts and Information Page - NWS State College PA

.AVIATION /12Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
VFR conditions will continue at all Central PA airfields through
the mid morning hours, with a weak surface ridge drifting east 
over the Susq Valley and eastern PA. 

A cold front extending from near KCLE to KERI and KELM at 10Z
will drift south across the CWA during the late morning and 
afternoon hours, preceded by a round of showers and maybe a few
rumbles of thunder across the Western Mtns and Laurel Highlands
between 12-15Z with just isolated to scattered light showers 
further east afterward. 

LLWS will be the primary impactful factor during takeoff and FAP
with a west to west-northwest low level jet of 35 to 40 kts
affecting Central PA and Susq Valley airfields through the
12-14Z Wed period.

There will be a slight window at JST/AOO where there could be a
couple hours of relatively dry conditions during the early to
mid afternoon before another round of showers moves through late
this afternoon/early this evening - along and just to the north
of the slow moving cold front. 

Elsewhere, expect VFR this afternoon/tonight at KIPT/KMDT and 
KLNS as winds veer to the northwest behind the aforementioned
cold front with low end VFR- MVFR cigs across the Central and 
Western Mtns, trending down into the MVFR range late today and 
tonight.


Outlook...

Thu...Morning rain across S PA moves northward throughout the 
afternoon and evening hours. Restrictions possible.

Fri...Higher chances of SHRA with isolated TSRA. Restrictions
increasingly likely. 

Sat...Lingering SHRA across N/W PA with some -SHSN mixing in
early Saturday morning. Restrictions likely at airfields that
mix over to SHSN. Precipitation tapers off by sunrise, VFR
prevails with gusty winds. 

Sun...AM fog possible; otherwise, VFR conditions prevail.

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