There are currently no active warnings or advisories for Wilkes-Barre - Scranton, Wilkes-Barre / Scranton International Airport, .
Hazardous Weather Outlook
1129 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
A WARM FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHWARD BACK INTO THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH SCATTERED STORMS FORMING BY 3 OR 4 PM. A FEW OF
THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...HAIL...OR HEAVY
RAINFALL.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
ON MEMORIAL DAY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE.
A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH ISOLATED
STRONG...GUSTY WINDS...OR HAIL.
UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER IS ALSO EXPECTED ON MEMORIAL DAY. THE
COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 80S TO NEAR 90 AND
MODERATELY HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICES NEAR
90 IN MANY AREAS...WITH LOWER TO MID 90S POSSIBLE IN URBANIZED
AREAS. NOW MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO THINK ABOUT PRECAUTIONARY
MEASURES, SUCH AS INSTALLING AC UNITS FOR THE SUMMER. ALSO...WITH
MONDAY BEING A HOLIDAY...PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
SHOULD BE SURE TO DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.
LATE TUESDAY A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA BRINGING MORE
WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD APPROACH SEVERE THRESHOLDS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
There are currently no Special Weather Statements Wilkes-Barre - Scranton, Wilkes-Barre / Scranton International Airport, .
Shortterm Forecast
NYZ022-PAZ038-039-043-044-047-048-072-272300-
BRADFORD-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE-STEUBEN-SUSQUEHANNA-
WYOMING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORNING...HONESDALE...MONTROSE...
SCRANTON...TOWANDA...TUNKHANNOCK...WILKES BARRE
436 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012
.NOW...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER IN NEW YORK. A BRIEF
HEAVY DOWNPOUR AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 PM.
Partly Cloudy
