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[Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2000 ]
Today's University Park
forecast
A weak low-pressure system that ushered in clouds and light rain to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
yesterday will move eastward allowing for a few peeks of
sunshine. Temperatures higher than the average for this
time of year will persist to the start of the weekend,
when a cold front sweeps through the Atlantic seaboard.
--Prepared by the Campus Weather Service
Five-day
forecast
Today: Decreasing clouds. High 63.
Tonight: Partly cloudy; morning fog. Low 48.
Tomorrow: Limited sunshine. High 66.
Tomorrow night: Patchy clouds with some valley
fog. Low 50.
Friday: Increasing clouds with a chance of showers
late. High 68, low 51.
Saturday: Cooler with patchy drizzle. High 58, low
39.
Sunday: Clearing skies. High 60, low 37.
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 | 67/43 MS | 70/45 MS |
| Altoona | 63/51 MC | 66/48 MC |
| Bradford | 60/45 MC | 64/47 CY |
| Erie | 65/56 MC | 69/58 MC |
| Harrisburg | 68/47 PS | 72/49 MS |
| Johnstown | 62/55 MC | 65/52 MC |
| Philadelphia | 71/53 SU | 73/50 MS |
| Pittsburgh | 69/53 CY | 74/48 MC |
| Scranton | 66/51 PS | 69/46 PS |
| Williamsport | 68/46 PS | 70/44 PS |
Big Ten
Universities Forecast
| University | High/Low | Weather |
| Illinois | 73/57 | Cloudy |
| Indiana | 72/58 | Mostly cloudy |
| Iowa | 72/57 | Cloudy, drizzle |
| Michigan | 68/55 | Cloudy |
| Michigan St | 66/53 | Mostly cloudy |
| Minnesota | 70/56 | Cloudy, drizzle |
| Northwestern | 68/57 | Cloudy, drizzle |
| Ohio State | 74/55 | Cloudy, drizzle |
| Purdue | 73/58 | Mostly cloudy |
| Wisconsin | 71/56 | Cloudy, drizzle |
Highlight
On this day in 1948, a temperature inversion developed
in the Monogahela River valley and lasted nearly a week.
In Donora, Pennsylvania, a yellow smog thickened until
visibility dropped to a few inches. Two United States
Steel Corporation plants continuously spewed smoke and
other pollutants into the air. This severely sickened
more than half the population of the community, and
caused twenty deaths--the first in this country
officially attributed to air pollution. This tragedy
provided the impetus for Congress to pass the Clean Air
Acts of 1963 and 1970.
Fall
Foliage
Fall foliage has reached its peak in north-central parts of the Commonwealth and will be reaching its peak just about everywhere else in Pennsylvania this coming week.
Almanac
Today
Normal high: 58 °F
Record high: 78 °F in 1963
Normal low: 38 °F
Record low: 23 °F in 1969
Monthly
Climate Summary
(Data valid through 8
a.m. yesterday)
October precipitation: 2.72 inches
Normal October precip: 2.90 inches
October temp. departure: + 1.1 F°
Sun
Data
Sunset today: 6:16 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow: 7:35 a.m.
| Credits Drew Frey Steven Merkel Anneliese Sherer Jacob Petre
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