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WEATHER
[ Thursday, Mar. 20, 2003 ]
partly sunny
Today's University Park forecast

A low pressure system will be passing the state to the south which is carrying a lot of moisture. Thursday will start of with light showers early and cool. There will be heavy rain with a chance of flooding Thursday night. There is a chance that a thunderstorom could form in this system. The rain will continue through the early hours of Friday morning. After having a cool day Thursday, the temperatures will rise to the mid 60’s once again on Friday. The weekend looks to be slightly cooler with the sun peaking out during the day.

-- Prepared by the Campus Weather Service


Today: Showers early with heavy rain late. High 42
Tonight: Heavy rain with chance of flooding. Low 40
Tomorrow: Showers early. High 63, Low 41
Saturday: Cloudy with chance of shower. High 49, Low 34
Sunday: Partly sunny and breezy. High 54, Low 35
Monday: Partly sunny. High 59, Low 43

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).


Big Ten Forecast

Station High/Low Weather
Illinois 64/43 Showers
Indiana 68/47 Showers
Iowa 50/33 Showers
Michigan 59/44 Showers
Michigan State 62/46 Showers
Minnesota 39/27 Showers
Northwestern 61/42 Showers
Ohio State 62/46 Showers
Purdue 65/47 Showers
Wisconsin 58/38 Showers



Previous Day Summary

Tuesday

High: 58
Low: 39
Rain or Total Liquid Equivalent: 0.00
Temperature Departure: 11.81 degrees
Record Precipitation: 1.32" (1936)

Moon Phases

Mar 25: Last quarter
Apr 1:
New Moon
Apr 9:
First quarter
Apr 16:
Full moon

Pennsylvania Extremes

This section shows the temperature and precipitation extremes for the previous date in Pennsylvania as of 7 am yesterday.

Tuesday
Maximum high temperature:
70 degrees at Indiana and Philadelphia
Minimum low temperature: 34 degrees at Williamsport
Maximum rain or liquid equivalent: 0.01" at Harrisburg and york


Almanac

Today
Normal high: 47 degrees
Record high: 74 degrees in 1945
Normal low: 28 degrees
Record low: 5 degrees in 1993


Monthly Climate Summary

(Data valid through 7 a.m. yesterday)
March precipitation: 0.93 inches
Normal March precip: 3.37 inches
March temp. departure: -1.90 degrees


Sun Data

Sunset today: 6:24 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow: 6:13 a.m.


Credits:

Brian Miller
Comments and suggestions concerning the content of this page can be e-mailed to: ejs225@psu.edu.


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