Cloudy. Rain likely...mainly after midnight. Mild with lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Monday
Periods of rain. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely in the evening... tapering to just a chance of rain and snow showers after midnight. Little or no snow accumulation. Cooler with lows in the lower 30s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
Tuesday
Partly sunny. A chance of rain and snow showers in the morning...then scattered rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
Today is the final day of Pennsylvania severe weather awareness week... and of National flood safety awareness week.
We have covered various topics relating to severe weather and weather safety.
Our final topic today is... Skywarn severe weather spotters.
Each year... a dedicated group of volunteer weather spotters... known as Skywarn... provide National Weather Service offices across the country with important... eyewitness... information about tornadoes... flash floods and damaging thunderstorms.
Skywarn spotters are people with an interest in the weather... and an interest in helping others.
By far... the largest number of Skywarn spotters are ham radio operators. Amateur radio emergency groups and amateur radio clubs relay important information to emergency management and to the National Weather Service by radio.
National Weather Service offices operate a Skywarn radio station whenever tornado or severe thunderstorm watches or warnings are in effect across the commonwealth. Volunteers at the National Weather Service office broadcast radar information about the location of possible tornadoes and severe thunderstorms. At the same time... they solicit reports from Skywarn volunteers and other citizens in the areas of concern.
While Doppler weather radars can help meteorologists identify rotating thunderstorms... Skywarn spotters can help to pinpoint places where a tornado may form... even before a tornado touches ground. Skywarn spotters are also essential to confirm that tornadoes have touched down... to report on the extent of damage... and to provide added details of a threat to a community.
To our many friends in the Skywarn program... we at the National Weather Service say... thank you for your great help.
Again... as a part of emergency preparedness... the Pennsylvania emergency management agency... County emergency managers... and those of US at the National Weather Service want you to know about the fine help that ham radio and other volunteer Skywarn spotters provide to the commonwealth.
Be prepared for the ravages of this severe weather season... and consider becoming a Skywarn spotter.