Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 7 Day Weather Forecast

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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
144 PM EDT Sat Oct 17 2026

.WHAT HAS CHANGED...
No major changes were made to the forecast.

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.KEY MESSAGES...
1) Cold with below freezing temperatures across the entire
region.

2) High pressure builds into the region Sunday with drier and
warmer conditions expected for this week and into next weekend.

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.DISCUSSION...
KEY MESSAGE 1...

Skies will clear and winds will ease tonight with high pressure
moving overhead. The clear skies and light winds will allow for
efficient radiational cooling and the first hard freeze of this
season is expected for the entire region. The only active
growing season counties are Luzerne and Lackawanna, so a Freeze
Warning is in effect for them through tomorrow morning.

Low temperatures will be in the 20s across the region.


KEY MESSAGE 2...

High pressure will stay over the region through the week and
into next weekend. A coastal low will develop well of the North
Carolina Coast tomorrow and remain off the coast through most
of the work week. This system is expected to pose no impacts at
all for our area and models have trended the track further out
to sea, with high pressure stiff arming precipitation
associated with the low and keeps it off the coast. Gradual
warm air advection after tonight will help temperatures get back
to or even a little above seasonable normals by Monday.
Temperatures will vary little after Sunday with highs
consistently in the 60s and lows in the 30s and 40s. Some valley
locations will approach the 70s for daytime highs during the
midweek period.

Also, this pattern is perfect for river valley fog to develop
each night.

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.AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Mainly VFR conditions are expected through the next 24 hours (at
least through 18Z Sunday). There is a small chance for patchy
freezing fog/mist at KELM late tonight/early Sunday morning, but
this was not included in the TAF there for now. Current thinking
is that the airmass will be too dry for fog formation. If
confidence increases in seeing fog/freezing fog, it may be added
in the upcoming 00Z TAF issuance.

Gusty northwest winds (occasional gusts up to 20kts) are
expected to continue this afternoon, before becoming light and
variable tonight.

Outlook...

Sunday through Thursday...Mainly VFR.

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.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...Freeze Warning from 1 AM to 9 AM EDT Sunday for PAZ044-047.
NY...None.

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DISCUSSION...BTL/MPK
AVIATION...BJG