Halloween 2019: Some Susquehanna Valley communities change trick-or-treat night due to weather forecast WGAL News 8 Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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BOROUGH. KATELYN SMITH, WGAL NEWS 8. MATT: A BIG CHANGE FROM WHERE WE WERE 24 HOURS AGO. WE HAD A LOT OF 70’S FOR OUR TEMPERATURES, BUT AROUND NOON YESTERDAY, NOT THE CASE ANYMORE. AT 20 TO 25 DEGREE DROPPING DIFFERENCES IN THOSE TEMPERATURES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, IT IS PRETTY COOL FOR THE EARLY AFTERNOON. MAINLY THE UPPER 40’S ACROSS THE REGION, NEAR 50 IN A FEW SPOTS, LEWISTOWN SITTING AT 59 DEGREES CURRENTLY. LEBANON, 45, AND THAT IS WHERE WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK, WHERE WE DO HAVE SOME CLOUDS TO TALK ABOUT. SUNSHINE PEEKING THROUGH THOSE CLOUDS HERE AND THERE, AND WE EXPECT THE CLOUDS TO FILTER OUT AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE LATER PARTS OF THE AFTERNOON. OFF AS WELL. IT IS BREEZY RIGHT NOW, 10 TO 20 MILES PER HOUR OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AND THAT IS A VERY CLASSIC SET UP TO BRING DOWN THESE CLOUDS OFF THE GREAT LAKES. IF YOU LIVE NORTHWEST OF HARRISBURG YOU ARE USED TO THIS, BUT THIS IS CLOUDY INTO OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES. THOSE CLOUDS TRYING TO RETRIEVE A LITTLE BIT. TILL FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THE RAINFALL IN SOME OF THE SEVERE WEATHER WE SAW YESTERDAY, AND IN THE FORM OF RIVERS BEING ON THE HIGH SIDE. THE CREEK HERE IN FLOOD STAGE FROM HERSHEY THROUGH HARPER’S TAVERN, THROUGH FORT INDIANTOWN GAP. THE NORTHERN END OF THAT STEM IS IN MODERATE FLOOD STAGE, CRESTIN NOW AND WILL BE FALLING OUT OF FLOOD STAGE LATER ON TONIGHT AND AS WE GO INTO TOMORROW. WE WILL KEEP YOU UP-TO-DATE ON THAT. FEELING THE EFFECTS, A LOT OF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM YESTERDAY. SUNSHINE AND A FEW CLOUDS FOR THE REST OF YOUR AFTERNOON, THE CLOUDS WILL FIZZLE OUT. WINDY AND COOLER, NEAR 50, LOW 50’S WILL BE COMMON. THIS EVENING FOR TRICK-OR-TREATERS, HEADED BACK OUT FOR SCHEDULED TRICK-OR-TREATING FROM YESTERDAY, THE WIND WILL BE A FACTOR TO START FROM 6:00 TO 8:00 THIS EVENING, AND CONTINUING TO FALL WITH WIND SPEEDS OVERNIGHT. CHILLY AND WE HAVE A FREEZE WATCH, WITH LOWS DROPPING BELOW FREEZING IN MANY PLACES TONIGHT. LOW 50’S FOR THOSE HIGHS. IT WAS A SOGGY HALLOWEEN, TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THAT SMASHED THE OLD HALLOWEEN RECORD. THIS IS THE WETTEST HALLOWEEN WE HAVE SEEN IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. THOSE RECORDS GO BACK TO THE LATE 1800S. SINCE SEPTEMBER 1 WE WERE IN A DEFICIT, BUT NO LONGER THE CASE. 2.5 INCHES AND A SURPLUS SINCE SEPTEMBER 1, AND LOOK AT THE NUMBER FOR THE YEAR. EIGHT INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR TOTAL PRECIPITATION. UPPER 40’S AND A BG-TIME COOLDOWN ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. SO FAR HERE TODAY. THE CLOUDS WILL BE DOING THAT FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON UNTIL THEY RETREAT UPSTATE. COLD TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT. A DYING FRONT WILL BE TRACKING ON SUNDAY, AND IT WILL GIVE US A DOSE OF BREEZY WINDS ON SUNDAY. MOST DAYS LOOK SUNNY, BUT SUNDAY WILL FEATURE SOME BREEZE TO GO ALONG WITH THE COOL TEMPERATURES. WE HAVE A FREEZE WATCH UP, FREEZE WARNINGS FOR CHESTER COUNTY AND POINT EASTBOUND, SO WE WILL PROBABLY BE SEEING THAT HARD FREEZE IN MANY SPOTS. GOING INTO THE WEEKEND WITH UNSEASONABLY COOL TEMPERATURES, THEY STAY NEAR THE FREEZING MARK AS WELL AND INTO THE EXTENDED FORECAST, A LITTLE WARM UP TO 60 ON VOTING DAY, TUESDAY, AND COOLING BACK DOWN. IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A HUG

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