Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 7 Day Weather Forecast

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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
124 AM EDT Sat Aug 1 2026

.WHAT HAS CHANGED...
Minor adjustments to timing of the incoming showers and
thunderstorms on Sunday were made. Timing adjustments to linger
showers and storms longer on Monday were also made. PoPs are
increasing for the middle of the week as well, especially Wednesday
and Thursday with deep moisture and plenty of instability likely to
be in place.

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.KEY MESSAGES...
1) High pressure will keep conditions mainly dry today with a mix of
filtered sun and clouds.

2) The weather pattern turns unsettled Sunday and into Monday with
locally heavy rainfall possible as a slow moving frontal boundary
moves through the region.

3) A warm and humid pattern will persist Tuesday through Friday next
week, with chances for a showers or thunderstorms each day.

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.DISCUSSION...
KEY MESSAGE 1...

Some early morning valley fog is expected again today, as
temperatures dip down into the mid-50s to mid 60s at daybreak. High
level cirrus clouds will continue to overspread the area from west
to east through the day, with GFS soundings showing the saturated
cloud layer mainly between 20k to 35k feet agl, so a potentially
rather thick layer. There also looks to be some scattered mid level
cumulus clouds developing this afternoon closer to the 5-7K feet agl
level. All in all, expect a mix of clouds and some filtered sunshine
today. There looks to be enough sunshine and southerly warm air
advection to boost high temperatures into the low and mid-80s. Dew
points hold in the low to mid 60s, so it will feel slightly humid
out there this afternoon. The 00z 3km NAM (which has been over done
with low level moisture lately) is showing a few pop up showers or
t`storms over the Catskills and eastern Susquehanna region later
this afternoon, but most other CAMs are not showing this. Decided to
hold PoPs below mentionable levels (10% or lower) today; so overall
expecting a dry day areawide.

Tonight will be mainly cloudy, and still generally dry. Can`t rule
out a few isolated to scattered showers though as the next system
gradually approaches from the west. With more clouds around, the
patchy fog will be more limited, likely only over the Catskill
valleys.

KEY MESSAGE 2...

A more established southerly flow of moisture will take hold
over the area on Sunday. A warm front pushes through in the
early morning, with a chance for a few showers along and behind
this frontal boundary. Otherwise, it is looking mostly cloudy
and humid on Sunday. The best instability looks to generally
remain south and west of our forecast area, closer to the mid
and upper level low/trough for most of the day. Late in the day,
shower and thunderstorm chances to begin to increase as PWATs
jump up to 1.75 inches over our Finger Lakes and Central NY
regions. MLCAPE is expected to remain 500 J/kg or less over our
CWA and deep layer shear is trending lower (under 25 kts for
Central NY, up to 40 kts in NE PA). So at this time, not seeing
a widespread severe thunderstorm threat, but some of the showers
and storms could certainly produce heavy rainfall. As the
trough and associated area of low pressure gradually shifts
north and east toward our area, chances for rain and embedded
thunderstorms increases Sunday night. PWATs rise between 1.8 to
2.0 inches overnight as well, and warm cloud layer depth
increases to nearly 12k feet. This would increase rainfall
efficiency due to the warm rain processes. It`s too early to pin
down exact rainfall amounts in this convective type of pattern,
near the mid/upper level low.

Ensemble guidance is trending slower with the main frontal passage,
as a piece of the upper level trough and low continue to spin over
the Appalachians into Monday. There is uncertainty on just when a
west-northwest wind shift will occur (with a frontal passage) that
would start to decrease the moisture and instability levels. It
appears much of Central NY and especially NE PA will remain under
and moist and unstable atmosphere on Monday. The latest model
guidance is showing PWATs between 1.75 to 2.0 inches lingering
through at least the first half of Monday, before gradually
decreasing from NW to SE later in the day. With this slower trend,
kept likely PoPs for showers and thunderstorms (with a mention of
heavy rain) over most of the forecast area into Monday afternoon.
The likely PoPs fade to high chance back toward Syracuse, Penn Yan
and Hornell where drier air may try to work in later Monday.
Temperatures Sunday and Monday will be in the mid-70s to low 80s for
highs, with overnight lows in the 60s. Surface dew points will be 65-
70 Sunday, rising into the upper 60s to mid-70s on Monday...this
will make it feel very muggy and humid. With this type of air mass
in place there remains a marginal to slight risk for excessive
rainfall and isolated flash flooding Sunday afternoon through Monday
for most of the area.

KEY MESSAGE 3...

It now appears the remnant upper level low may stall over the
Tennessee Valley Tuesday, before lifting back north and east toward
our area mid week. Depending on the exact position of this feature
and timing, our forecast area may see a brief drier reprieve on
Tuesday. This will depend on how far south the front makes it late
Monday into Monday night. By Tuesday night and Wednesday it looks
like moisture and instability levels will be increasing once again.
This will keep showers likely and a chance for thunderstorms in the
forecast Wednesday and Thursday, tapering to scattered showers and
storms for the end of the upcoming week. Despite the showers and
possible thunderstorms around, it will still be partly sunny, warm
and humid much of the week. Highs will be in the 80s, lows in the
60s and afternoon dew points in the mid-60s to mid-70s each day.

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.AVIATION /06Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
Conditions are expected to be mainly VFR throughout the next 24
hours. There is a chance for IFR fog at ELM between 08z and
12z, though there is uncertainty on timing. Winds will be
southerly between 5 and 10 kts.

Outlook:

Sunday through Sunday night...Rain and restrictions likely,
with a chance of thunderstorms, as a moist frontal system passes
through the region.

Monday through Wednesday...Chances for scattered showers and
isolated thunder; associated restrictions.

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.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...None.
NY...None.

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DISCUSSION...MJM
AVIATION...BTL