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: 3:27 pm EDT Aug 12, 2025 |
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This Afternoon
 Hot
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Tonight
 Mostly Clear then Patchy Fog
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Wednesday
 Chance T-storms and Patchy Fog then Showers Likely
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Wednesday Night
 Showers Likely and Patchy Fog
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Thursday
 Chance T-storms
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Thursday Night
 Mostly Clear
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Friday
 Sunny
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Friday Night
 Mostly Clear
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Saturday
 Sunny
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Hi 92 °F |
Lo 70 °F |
Hi 90 °F |
Lo 69 °F |
Hi 86 °F |
Lo 64 °F |
Hi 89 °F |
Lo 65 °F |
Hi 89 °F |
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This Afternoon
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Sunny and hot, with a high near 92. Heat index values as high as 95. Calm wind. |
Tonight
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Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 70. Calm wind. |
Wednesday
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 2pm and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 95. Light southwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. |
Wednesday Night
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Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. |
Thursday
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A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. Light northwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 50%. |
Thursday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 64. |
Friday
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Sunny, with a high near 89. |
Friday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 65. |
Saturday
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Sunny, with a high near 89. |
Saturday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 67. |
Sunday
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Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. |
Sunday Night
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Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. |
Monday
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A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Chance of precipitation is 30%. |
Forecast from NOAA-NWS
for Wilkes Barre PA.
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Weather Forecast Discussion
683
FXUS61 KBGM 121835
AFDBGM
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
235 PM EDT Tue Aug 12 2025
.SYNOPSIS...
Increasing clouds with humid conditions can be expected tonight
before a cold front moves in on Wednesday bringing occasional
showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening. High
pressure builds back in for the end of the week and into the
weekend.
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.DISCUSSION...
Increasing dewpoints tonight will set the moisture stage ahead
of an approaching cold front on Wednesday. Upper level forcing
looks fairly weak tomorrow as supporting trof shears away to the
north and east taking best PVA with it. Bulk shear will be
limited within this scenario, but sufficient moisture and
residual heating will provide average instability values across
the region between 1000-1500 J/kg. CAPEs will be skinny along
with elevated warm cloud layer depths and anomalous PWAT values
approaching 2 inches. Thus...atmospheric ingredients will be in
place for locally torrential downpours. WPC has enveloped the
area within a marginal ERO which is fine atmospherically,
however, after prolonged dryness it will take upwards of 3
inches of rainfall to trigger significant flash flooding of
small streams. Intense rates could have more of an impact in
urbanized areas which will need monitoring tomorrow.
Behind the front...high pressure with drier air returns into the
weekend with temperatures above normal during the days and
average to cool at night. Highs will likely approach 90 or
higher again for urban areas and in the valleys by Saturday and
Sunday. A little early to be thinking about a heat risk, but
overall the humidity and temperature tandem does not look
critical at this time.
The next system bringing any chance for precipitation again
enters the picture between Sunday and Monday with models showing
subtle differences in timing. EC and GFS models suggest similar
wind shifts on Sunday but it looks like the GFS wants to slow
southward progression out of CNY/NEPA on Monday whereas the EC
has a stronger high and southerly push. Tropical system
approaching the East Coast will potentially begin influencing
the pattern across the eastern seaboard by late Tuesday and the
position of the lingering stationary front just to our south
will become important to monitor.
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.AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
VFR is expected into Wednesday afternoon. Cumulus development
between FL050-070 this afternoon should dissipate around sundown
with loss of heating. An approaching cold front will bring some
mid cloud development later tonight and Wednesday morning. Also
expecting some shower development toward the end of the forecast
period primarily west of a line from SYR-ITH-ELM prior to 18Z.
Late night MVFR fog could affect AVP where skies remain the
clearest and dewpoints increase the most. Confidence is medium-
high. ELM may stay out of fog development as clouds increase
keeping the temp/dewpt spread apart. Confidence for no fog there
is medium thus have left mention out of TAF for now.
Outlook...
Wednesday...Occasional showers and thunderstorms associated
with a cold front may lead to restrictions.
Thursday through Saturday...Mainly VFR.
Sunday...VFR/MVFR with a chance of showers/t-storms along
another frontal passage.
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.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...None.
NY...Air Quality Alert until 11 PM EDT this evening for NYZ062.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...JAB
DISCUSSION...JAB
AVIATION...JAB
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