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[Monday, Sept. 25, 2000 ]
Today's University Park
forecast
A
vigorous low pressure system skirting to the south of
Pennsylvania will keep Happy Valley damp and unseasonally
cool early this week. For the remainder of the work week,
dry conditions will prevail as a series of high pressure
areas dominate our weather. Expect a continuation of
below normal temperatures to end this first full week of
autumn.
--Prepared by the Campus Weather Service
Five-day
forecast
Today: Mostly cloudy with PM showers........
High 59.
Tonight: Rain likely....... Low 44.
Tomorrow: Rain ending; some PM sun....... High
56.
Tomorrow night: Chilly with clearing skies.....
Low 42.
Wednesday: Increasing clouds late....... High 62,
Low 42.
Thursday: Breezy and cooler with decreasing
clouds... High 54, Low 36.
Friday: Mostly sunny........... High 59, Low
39.
Regional
temperature map
Legend:
SU(Sunny), PS(Partly Sunny), MC(Mostly Cloudy),
CY(Cloudy), HZ(Hazy), RN (Rain), RS (Rain/Snow),
SH(Showers), SN (Snow), SF (Snow Flurries), I(Ice), TS
(Thunderstorms).
Pennsylvania
Cities Forecast
| City | Today's
High/Low Weather |
Tomorrow's
High/Low Weather |
| Allentown | 63/49 MC | 59/46 RN |
| Altoona | 59/45 MC | 56/43 RN |
| Bradford | 57/41 PS | 54/39 RN |
| Erie | 60/47 PS | 57/43 RN |
| Harrisburg | 64/51 MC | 59/47 RN |
| Johnstown | 58/44 CY | 54/43 RN |
| Philadelphia | 63/53 CY | 60/48 RN |
| Pittsburgh | 60/47 CY | 58/45 RN |
| Scranton | 60/43 PS | 55/44 RN |
| Williamsport | 62/46 PS | 58/44 RN |
Big Ten
Universities Forecast
| University | High/Low | Weather |
| Illinois | 56/42 | Cloudy |
| Indiana | 55/44 | Rain |
| Iowa | 61/41 | Partly Sunny |
| Michigan | 57/42 | Mostly Cloudy |
| Michigan St | 56/41 | Mostly Cloudy |
| Minnesota | 63/43 | Mostly Sunny |
| Northwestern | 58/43 | Mostly Cloudy |
| Ohio State | 61/48 | Rain |
| Purdue | 54/41 | Rain |
| Wisconsin | 61/42 | Partly Sunny |
Highlight
An early season snowstorm left thousands of motorists
stranded on Interstate 80 east of Laramie, Wyoming. Some
places in Wyoming, Montana, and Utah received up to
18”of snow this past weekend. This same storm
dropped a trace of rain on Dallas, Texas, ending an 84
day dry spell there.
UV Index
The UV Index is a measure of the predicted ultraviolet radiation reaching the surface. Today's UV Index is: 3. It will take approximately 45 minutes to sunburn.
Guide to the UV
Index:
0 to 2 Minimal UV Radiation Exposure
3 to 4 Low UV Radiation Exposure
5 to 6 Moderate UV Radation Exposure
7 to 9 High UV Radiation Exposure
>10 Very High UV Radiation Exposure
Almanac
Today
Normal high: 68 degrees
Record high: 89 degrees in 1970
Normal low: 48 degrees
Record low: 33 degrees in 1974
Monthly
Climate Summary
(Data valid through 8
a.m. yesterday)
September precipitation: 1.54 inches
Normal September precip: 3.40 inches
September temp. departure: + 0.34 degrees
Sun
Data
Sunset today: 7:03 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow: 7:03 a.m.
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- Campus weather service
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