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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: 2:30 am EDT Aug 6, 2026 |
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Overnight
 Slight Chance Showers
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Thursday
 Mostly Sunny then Showers Likely
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Thursday Night
 Chance T-storms then Patchy Fog
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Friday
 Slight Chance Showers and Patchy Fog then Chance T-storms
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Friday Night
 Showers Likely and Patchy Fog
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Saturday
 Patchy Fog then Chance T-storms
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Saturday Night
 Chance T-storms then Partly Cloudy
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Sunday
 Sunny
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Sunday Night
 Mostly Clear
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| Lo 70 °F |
Hi 88 °F |
Lo 72 °F |
Hi 87 °F |
Lo 70 °F |
Hi 86 °F |
Lo 69 °F |
Hi 86 °F |
Lo 68 °F |
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
Overnight
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A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%. |
Thursday
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Heat index values as high as 95. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. |
Thursday Night
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and midnight. Patchy fog between 3am and 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. |
Friday
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A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 87. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. |
Friday Night
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 7pm and 2am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. |
Saturday
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 40%. |
Saturday Night
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Chance of precipitation is 30%. |
Sunday
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Sunny, with a high near 86. |
Sunday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 68. |
Monday
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Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. |
Monday Night
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A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Chance of precipitation is 40%. |
Tuesday
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A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Chance of precipitation is 50%. |
Tuesday Night
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A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 30%. |
Wednesday
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Partly sunny, with a high near 82. |
Forecast from NOAA-NWS
for Wilkes Barre PA.
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Weather Forecast Discussion
878
FXUS61 KBGM 060518
AFDBGM
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
118 AM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026
.WHAT HAS CHANGED...
Continue to adjust dewpoints for today and Friday, otherwise,
no major changes to the forecast package.
&&
.KEY MESSAGES...
) Scattered showers and thunderstorms return to the region on
Thursday and Friday. Temperatures will remain near average but
humidity will increase.
2) Active weather with temperatures near normal expected across the
region this weekend and into next week.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
KEY MESSAGE 1...
The weather pattern is setting up to allow a parade of shortwave
troughs to push through the area from Thursday into the weekend,
bringing scattered rain showers and thunderstorm chances into next
week.
The first shortwave will arrive Thursday morning as SSW winds push
humid air into the region. Surface heating combined with dewpoints
in the low 70s will allow CAPE values to climb into the 1500-2000
j/kg range in the afternoon across much of the region. Bulk shear
values look weak, but enhanced mid-level winds associated with the
aforementioned trough will allow for the development of marginally
organized storm clusters/linear segments. Isolated wind damage will
be possible, especially east of the Finger Lakes where shear looks
to be a little stronger. These storms should fizzle out by the mid-
evening hours. To go along with the isolated wind damage threat,
heavy rain is expected to develop as PWATs climb to the 2in range
across much of the area. We are not seeing much threat for training
or very slow moving storms, but with the recent heavy rains, flash
flood guidance is pretty low and a 30 min period of heavy rain could
cause flash flooding issues, especially across the Southern Tier,
NEPA and Catskills.
Friday will see another shortwave move through that should kick off
a line of showers and storms with heavy rain that could lead to
flash flooding. The severe threat looks lower for Friday as bulk
shear is in the low 20kts across the area with CAPE in the 1000-1500
j/kg, but an isolated storm could become severe with damaging winds
as the main threat.
Temperatures will be slightly above normal Thursday and Friday and
with the increased humidity, the heat index is expected to rise into
the low to mid 90s in our valleys both afternoons.
KEY MESSAGE 2...
The weather pattern is not progged to change much this weekend and
into next week, with the Bermuda High sitting out near Bermuda,
keeping our winds mostly SSW while a strong ridge remains out west
and a broad trough sits over central Canada. The positioning of
these features puts mostly zonal flow overhead with a cavalcade of
weak shortwaves moving through the pattern. This keeps rain and
thunderstorm chances active into next week, but severe chances look
low as the parameters are currently lacking for a severe weather
outbreak. Isolated periods of heavy rain will be possible this
weekend, although PWATs look to fall below 1.5in by Saturday so
widespread heavy rain does not look likely. But given our low FF
Guidance numbers, a heavy downpour could cause some flooding
issues.
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.AVIATION /06Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
MVFR to Fuel Alt restrictions are expected at AVP, BGM, and ELM
tonight. All terminals should be VFR by 12 to 14z. Scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected this afternoon.
Most guidance does not have much for restrictions, so
conditions were kept at VFR from 18z onward though restrictions
will be possible with any shower or storm that passes directly
over a terminal. Winds will be light throughout this period,
though could become gusty within the vicinity of showers and
storms that develop.
Outlook:
Thursday night through Monday...Unsettled with repeating times
of showers and scattered thunderstorms and associated
restrictions.
&&
.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...None.
NY...None.
&&
$$
DISCUSSION...JTC
AVIATION...KL
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