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[Thursday,
April 5, 2001 ] Today's
University Park forecast
Today
will turn out to be another beautiful spring day with
plenty of sunshine and temperatures rising into the 50s
once again as high pressure drifts over the region.
Showers will arrive on Friday as a disturbance
approaches. High temperatures will slowly warm over the
next few days as milder air from the south spreads over
Happy Valley. Showers are possible again early next week.
--Prepared by the Campus Weather Service
Five-day
forecast
Today: Sunshine and a few clouds. High
56.
Tonight: Turning out mostly cloudy. Low 40.
Tomorrow: Cloudy with showers. High 60.
Thursday night: Lingering showers. Low 44.
Saturday: Intervals of clouds and sunshine. High
62, low 46.
Sunday:Warm with the chance of showers. High 64,
low 48.
Monday: Mostly cloudy and not as mild; showers
possible. High 58, low 44.
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 | 61/37 MC | 60/41 MC |
| Altoona | 57/42 PS | 62/46 MC |
| Bradford | 54/39 MC | 58/43 MC |
| Erie | 52/43 MC | 64/47 MC |
| Harrisburg | 60/41 MC | 63/45 MC |
| Johnstown | 57/45 MC | 62/49 MC |
| Philadelphia | 63/42 PS | 64/46 MC |
| Pittsburgh | 63/47 MC | 69/51 MC |
| Scranton | 56/33 MC | 60/47 MC |
| Williamsport | 60/36 MC | 60/40 MC |
Big Ten
Universities Forecast
| University | High/Low | Weather |
| Illinois | 71/60 | Cloudy |
| Indiana | 71/57 | Cloudy |
| Iowa | 63/51 | Cloudy |
| Michigan | 57/46 | Cloudy |
| Michigan St | 59/46 | Cloudy |
| Minnesota | 46/39 | Cloudy |
| Northwestern | 61/51 | Cloudy |
| Ohio State | 66/53 | Cloudy |
| Purdue | 71/57 | Cloudy |
| Wisconsin | 58/48 | Cloudy |
Highlight
While the calendar said it was Spring, an unprecedented April blizzard struck the Northeast on this date in 1982. Snowfall totals ranged from one to two feet in Massachusetts and Connecticut, with 26 inches reported in Maine. New York City alone received 12 inches. The storm also produced thunderstorms, and winds gusted from 70 to 80 m.p.h.
Did You
Know?
Tuesday and Wednesday were the 27th anniversary of the deadliest tornado outbreak in U.S. history. 148 tornadoes struck 13 states in the Southeast and Ohio Valley, lasting 16 hours. 5000 people were injured, and 330 were killed.
Almanac
Today
Normal high: 52 degrees
Record high: 81 degrees in 1910
Normal low: 33 degrees
Record low: 17 degrees in 1898
Monthly
Climate Summary
(Data valid through 8
a.m. yesterday)
April precipitation: 0.27 inches
Normal April precipatition: 3.30 inches
April temperature departure: -4.41
Sun
Data
Sunset today: 7:41p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow: 6:47 a.m.
| Credits Megan Woodhead Greg Martin John Mathues
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