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[ Friday, March 5, 2004 ]
Today's University Park forecast
Overnight showers will taper off during the day across most of the region. However, the rain returns for the evening and may be heavy at times in some locations. A cold front swings through on Saturday changing any lingering rain showers to snow showers by days end. This frontal passage signals a pattern change as temperatures return to seasonable levels. A clipper swings through late Sunday touching off a few snow showers. Monday looks decent with a snow shower poss. early.
-- Prepared by the Campus Weather Service
The CWS Forecast
Today: Mostly cloudy and warm with a.m. sct. showers. High 62
Tonight: Mostly cloudy with periods of rain. Low 49
Tomorrow: Rain tapering to a few snow showers. High 52
Tomorrow Night: Some clearing, colder with a flurry. Low 30
Sunday: A.M sun/P.M. clouds. High 44
Sunday Night: Cloudy with sctattered snow showers. Low 30
Monday: Becoming partly sunny. High 42
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 | 59/34 | Cloudy |
| Indiana | 67/39 | Cloudy |
| Iowa | 44/29 | Showers |
| Michigan | 64/34 | Showers |
| Michigan State | 59/34 | Showers |
| Minnesota | 37/23 | Cloudy |
| Northwestern | 53/30 | Cloudy |
| Ohio State | 72/42 | Showers |
| Purdue | 67/36 | Cloudy |
| Wisconsin | 43/24 | Cloudy |
Previous Day Summary
Wednesday
High: 48
Low: 38
Rain or Total Liquid Equivalent:
0.08"
Temperature Departure: 10.88 degrees
Moon Phases
March 6: Full Moon
March 13: Last quarter
March 20: New Moon
March 28: First
quarter
Pennsylvania Extremes
This section shows the temperature and
precipitation extremes for the previous date in Central
Pennsylvania as of 8 am yesterday.
Wednesday
Maximum high temperature: 60° F at Hanover
Minimum low temperature: 28° F at Kane
Maximum rain or liquid equivalent:
.26" at White Haven
Almanac
Today
Normal high: 41 degrees
Record high: 73 degrees in 1974
Normal low: 24 degrees
Record low: 3 degrees in 1926
Monthly Climate Summary
(Data valid through 8 a.m. yesterday)
March precipitation: .08
inches
Normal March precipitation:
3.37 inches
March temperature departure:
13.36 degrees
Sun Data
Sunset today: 6:08 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow: 6:37 a.m.
| Credits: |
Matt Steinbugl |
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