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[ Tuesday, December 9, 2003 ]
Today's University Park forecast
Today will be a dreary day as clouds will prevail in advance of an approaching system. This coming system will feature primarily showers tomorrow and a cold rain, tomorrow night. However, there may be a brief period of freezing drizzle late tonight and a few snow showers as the system winds down on Thursday afternoon. This system will have moved out by Friday leaving sunnier skies but still cool temperatures. Highs this week will struggle to reach much above 40.
-- Prepared by the Campus Weather Service
The CWS Four-Day Forecast
Today: Cloudy and cool. High 37
Tonight: Spotty freezing drizzle
possible. Low 31
Tomorrow: Showers possible early,
becoming likely late. High 43
Tomorrow Night: Breezy with rain likely.
Low 39
Thursday: Rain ending, a snow shower
possible late. High 41
Thursday Night: Chance of flurries. Low
30
Friday: Mostly sunny. High 38
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).
Health Report
Pollen count
Today’s pollen count: Low
Tomorrow: Low
Predominant pollen: None
UV index
Today’s UV index: Minimal
Minutes till skin damage: 60+
Air quality
Today: Good
Previous Day Summary
Sunday
Sunday
High: 32
Low: 18
Rain or Liquid Equivalent: Trace
Temperature Departure: -7.58 deg.
Record Precipitation: 0.68” (1974)
Moon Phases
December 16: Last quarter
December 23: New Moon
December 30: First quarter
January 7: Full Moon
Pennsylvania Extremes
This section shows the temperature and
precipitation extremes for the previous date in Central
Pennsylvania as of 8 am yesterday.
Sunday
Maximum high temperature: 36° F at White Haven
Minimum low temperature: -4° F at Kane
Maximum rain or liquid equivalent: 0.60” at White Haven
Almanac
Today
Normal high 39 deg.
Record high 64 deg. in 1946
Normal low 26 deg.
Record low -1 deg. in 1917
Monthly Climate Summary
(Data valid through 8 a.m. yesterday)
December precipitation: 0.84
inches
Normal December precipitation:
2.84 inches
December temperature departure:
-4.62 degrees
Sun Data
Sunset today: 4:44 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow: 7:25 a.m.
| Credits: |
Nick Sette |
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