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WEATHER [Friday, Feb. 2, 2001 ]

Today's University Park forecast
snow A cold front will pass through Happy Valley today providing clouds and snow showers which may whiten the ground in a few locations. Clouds will break on Saturday with the arrival of high pressure as temperatures remain at near seasonable levels. Another storm system will bring a chance for more precipitation by the beginning of next week.

--Prepared by the Campus Weather Service

Five-day forecast


Today: Snow showers; blustery. High 30.
Tonight: Windy; decreasing clouds. Low 18.
Tomorrow: Becoming mostly sunny. High 32.
Tomorrow night: Increasing clouds. Low 22.
Sunday: More clouds than sun.. High 34, Low 28.
Monday: Chance of snow showers. High 32, Low 26.
Tuesday: A mix of sun and clouds. High 34, Low 24.

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 36/20 MC 36/18 MS
Altoona 32/15 SN 34/19 MS
Bradford 24/10 SN 26/14 MS
Erie 27/15 SN 29/19 MS
Harrisburg 37/24 MC 37/26 MS
Johnstown 27/9 SN 29/13 MS
Philadelphia 44/24 MC 40/22 MS
Pittsburgh 28/13 SN 30/17 MS
Scranton 35/20 SN 35/18 MS
Williamsport 33/19 SN 35/23 MS

Big Ten Universities Forecast


University High/Low Weather
Illinois 17/8 Sunny
Indiana 25/12 Partly Sunny
Iowa 15/13 Sunny
Michigan 25/11 Snow Showers
Michigan St 22/11 Snow Showers
Minnesota 16/14 Partly Sunny
Northwestern 19/12 Partly Sunny
Ohio State 27/14 Snow Showers
Purdue 22/11 Mostly Cloudy
Wisconsin 18/9 Partly Sunny

Weather Highlight


Today is the first official Groundhog Day of the 21st century. Many people have seen the movie, “Groundhog Day,” with Bill Murray, that was released in 1993. Since then, record crowds of as many as 30,000 people have made the trek to Gobbler’s Knob to see the famous tradition.

Ski Report


Ski Resort Trails Base (inches) Conditions
Tussey Mountain 5 24-48 Loose Granular
Blue Knob 34 35-45 Machine Groomed
Seven Springs 30 48-58 Packed Powder
Camelback 33 32-70 Wet Packed Snow
Wisp 23 36-62 Packed Powder
Montage 21 33-73 Loose Granular
Killington 198 35-75 Packed Powder
Snowbird, UT 82 79 Packed Powder


Almanac


Today
Normal high: 33 degrees
Record high: 65 degrees in 1989
Normal low: 16 degrees
Record low: -9 degrees in 1918

Monthly Climate Summary


(Data valid through 8 a.m. yesterday)
February precipitation: Trace
Normal February precip: 2.54 inches
February temp. departure: +12.35 degrees

Sun Data


Sunset today: 5:30 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow: 7:19 a.m.

Credits
Anneliese Sherer

Matt Borkowski

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