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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 7 Day Weather Forecast
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NWS Forecast for Wilkes Barre PA
National Weather Service Forecast for:
Wilkes Barre PA
Issued by: National Weather Service Binghamton, NY |
| Updated: 1:14 am EDT Aug 26, 2026 |
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Overnight
 Patchy Fog
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Wednesday
 Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny
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Wednesday Night
 Mostly Cloudy
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Thursday
 Partly Sunny then Chance T-storms
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Thursday Night
 Showers
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Friday
 Partly Sunny
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Friday Night
 Partly Cloudy
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Saturday
 Sunny
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Saturday Night
 Mostly Clear
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| Lo 56 °F |
Hi 81 °F |
Lo 64 °F |
Hi 83 °F |
Lo 63 °F |
Hi 81 °F |
Lo 57 °F |
Hi 81 °F |
Lo 60 °F |
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
Overnight
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Patchy fog. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Calm wind. |
Wednesday
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Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 81. Calm wind. |
Wednesday Night
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Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight. |
Thursday
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. South wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. |
Thursday Night
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Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 2am. Low around 63. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. |
Friday
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Partly sunny, with a high near 81. |
Friday Night
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Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. |
Saturday
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Sunny, with a high near 81. |
Saturday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 60. |
Sunday
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Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. |
Sunday Night
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Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. |
Monday
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Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. |
Monday Night
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Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. |
Tuesday
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A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 40%. |
Forecast from NOAA-NWS
for Wilkes Barre PA.
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Weather Forecast Discussion
407
FXUS61 KBGM 260437
AFDBGM
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
1237 AM EDT Wed Aug 26 2026
.WHAT HAS CHANGED...
The potential for severe thunderstorms has increased for
Thursday.
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.KEY MESSAGES...
1) Brief high pressure over the region today with quiet weather,
but showers and thunderstorms return Thursday into Friday. Some
storms could be severe.
2) High pressure and dry conditions return for the weekend.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
KEY MESSAGE 1...
High pressure builds into the region today with seasonable
temperatures and mostly sunny skies.
The next system to impact the area will be on Thursday. Warm
southwesterly return flow will increase moisture and
temperatures out ahead of an approaching cold front Thursday. A
few showers will be possible as a warm front glides through from
southwest to northeast on Thursday morning. There should be
plenty of time for instability to build up by Thursday afternoon
after early morning showers. Latest model soundings are showing
decent instability with CAPE of 1500+ J/kg and 30+ knots of 0-6
km bulk shear. Timing of the surface cold front is looking to be
late afternoon to early Thursday evening, so the timing should
maximize instability during the peak heating of the afternoon.
SPC currently has a slight risk for severe thunderstorms across
a large portion of the CWA.
WPC has also highlighted our area under a marginal risk for
flash flooding. Overall the threat for flash flooding is
looking low. PWATs are not too out of the ordinary, at only 1 to
2 standard deviations above normal and storms should be
progressive.
Showers may linger into the overnight hours Thursday into Friday
morning as the front slowly pushes through and exits the region
early Friday morning.
KEY MESSAGE 2...
High pressure builds in behind the exiting cold front on Friday.
This should make for an excellent weekend with highs in the mid
to upper 70s on Saturday and into the low 80s on Sunday. The
next chance for showers will come on Monday as another front
sags south out of Canada.
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.AVIATION /04Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
The last of the showers have moved out of the region. Conditions
will be VFR this evening, though there is potential for fog at
all terminals late tonight and early Wednesday morning.
Visibilities would be reduced and the highest confidence for IFR
restrictions is at ELM and RME. Conditions may be slow to
improve in the morning with all terminals returning to VFR by
14z. Winds will become lighter later this evening and remain
calm through the end of this TAF period.
Outlook...
Wednesday Night through Thursday morning...Mainly VFR,
restrictions possible with morning fog.
Thursday Afternoon through Friday...Potential restrictions with
an incoming frontal system bringing showers and thunderstorms.
Friday Night through Sunday...Mainly VFR.
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.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...None.
NY...None.
&&
$$
DISCUSSION...MPK/MWG
AVIATION...BTL
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