00:00 - From the band family studios in the department of

00:04 - meteorology and atmospheric science at penn state

00:07 - this

00:08 - is whether world.

00:20 - Evening everyone and welcome to the world on this Monday may fourth may the fourth be

00:24 - with you twenty twenty six on robotic drawn alongside Quinn mulhern and

00:28 - Gwen out there today if you are wearing your star wars gear it was a good day to be

00:32 - outside yeah it was a beautiful day out there just a few puffy cumulus clouds but

00:36 - are some rain on the way so

00:37 - we're going to have to take advantage of today

00:39 - some changes on the way we'll get those details coming

00:41 - up in your short range forecast and just a little bit

00:43 - also coming up on the show later tonight I'll have the extended forecast that will

00:47 - take us through the upcoming weekend which includes mother's day

00:50 - but first it's a ma

00:51 - hey you're here on whether Rodgers morose or

00:52 - verger with this week's hashtag headlines.

01:04 - I'm Marissa burger and this is hashtag headlines

01:07 - our weekly look at what's been trending in weather and climate news

01:11 - will begin tonight with

01:12 - hashtag nsf

01:14 - in another blow to American science all twenty two members

01:17 - of the board that oversees the national science foundation

01:21 - were notified by email on April twenty fourth that they were quote

01:24 - to terminated effective immediately.

01:27 - The board members were made up of scientists from academia

01:30 - national labs

01:32 - nonprofits and industry

01:34 - the national science board was created in nineteen fifty

01:37 - by congress to oversee the national science foundation

01:40 - also known as nsf a board's role is to advise the president and congress and matters

01:45 - of science and engineering officials say that nsf work quote

01:49 - continues uninterrupted and quote

01:51 - however compared to this time last year

01:54 - only forty one percent of funding has been disbursed

01:57 - and compared to two years ago only thirty one percent

02:00 - this funding provides research Grant money in

02:03 - science math and engineering across the u s each year

02:06 - congress approved the funding in this year's

02:08 - budget and the president signed it into law

02:11 - yet most of the money is not actually flowing to nsf

02:14 - leading to most proposed scientific projects being in a state of limbo

02:18 - this is already having an impact in our department here at penn state

02:22 - where lack of funding is impacting grants tied to

02:24 - faculties salaries and graduate students support.

02:28 - Hashtag recent rainfall.

02:31 - Most of us have heard the saying April showers bring may flowers but this past.

02:35 - April's rain brought some improvements drought conditions

02:38 - in parts of the keystone state as well

02:40 - on Friday the Pennsylvania department of environmental

02:43 - protection's commonwealth drought task force

02:45 - announced that drought watches are no longer in effect for twenty two counties above

02:50 - normal rainfall in western and northern Pennsylvania is partially to thank

02:54 - however dry conditions still exist across much of southern and eastern Pennsylvania

02:59 - as well as the susquehanna valley

03:02 - drought watches are still hoisted in many of those locations

03:05 - while five counties

03:06 - Adams Chester cumberland Franklin and fulton

03:10 - are still currently in a drought warning

03:12 - residents in the affected areas should pay attention

03:15 - to water restrictions for the foreseeable future.

03:18 - Hashtag captured from space

03:20 - a space junkie captured mesmerizing photos and video of space junk last weak

03:26 - astronaut Chris Williams is currently serving as a

03:29 - flight engineer and expedition seventy four member

03:32 - aboard the international space station or iss

03:35 - last Thursday he was looking out the window for

03:38 - the latest supply vehicle to come to the ship

03:40 - instead he caught a glimpse of a bright object

03:42 - that grew in length and then broke into pieces

03:46 - a fifteen second video shows streaks of bright

03:48 - light flying in tandem throughout the sky

03:51 - Williams noted that it was likely some sort of space

03:53 - junk breaking up as it entered earth's atmosphere

03:56 - he also stated that it was quote

03:58 - quite a light show

04:00 - Williams has also been experimenting with long exposure photography

04:03 - recently capturing orbital motion in the form of city lights

04:07 - as well as lightning from thunderstorms

04:10 - if you'd like to see Williams captivating images

04:13 - you can find his profile on x.

04:15 - At astro underscore Chris w

04:19 - and those are this week's hashtag headlines

04:21 - your Pennsylvania short range forecast is coming up next.

04:39 - And.

04:47 - Well as Marisa alluded to in hashtag headlines some of us have finally had some

04:52 - drought relief with some recent rainfall

04:54 - I would expect that to be more of the case as we go through

04:57 - the middle part of this week but today

04:59 - clear skies for many across the state taking a

05:01 - look at this time lapse from penn state Dubois

05:04 - you'll notice that clear sky persist or much of the middle to late afternoon before a

05:08 - few bubbly cumulus clouds popped up

05:10 - and as we did those cumulus clouds pop up that's typically a sign that we may have

05:14 - some instability beginning to build

05:16 - which could yield a chance for a few showers

05:18 - and maybe even a few thunderstorms as well

05:20 - as we go through tonight it gets that just a

05:22 - moment but looking at the temperature right now

05:24 - as a four thirty

05:25 - across the state

05:27 - many of us are hovering in the low to mid

05:28 - seventies it feels like a very beautiful day

05:31 - out there across Pennsylvania that's quickly going to

05:33 - change as we bring that rain associate with a cold front

05:36 - as we go into tonight and the next few days but

05:39 - generally just a few puffy cumulus clouds showing up on satellite none of these have

05:43 - any re rainfall associated with them

05:45 - but as I alluded to come today I think that's going to be changing

05:48 - looking at national temps will notice that our warm air is displaced

05:51 - well across the southern united states with our cold front draped across the great

05:55 - lakes forty two degrees in international falls right now that's feeling

05:59 - much more like a late winter or early spring

06:02 - meanwhile in Chicago on the warm side of the

06:04 - you're at seventy eight and it's where we have the front president

06:07 - that we do have a few showers popping up along that front

06:10 - and further south we have a few more of those heavier showers and even a few

06:13 - thunderstorms across the Ohio river valley

06:16 - and as we push towards the northeast from that complex of showers you'll even notice

06:20 - a few of those clouds popping up over northern Ohio

06:23 - and I think those are going to be the seeds for

06:24 - the storms that were going to be experiencing

06:26 - later tonight and into the days to come

06:29 - so timing all of this our low pressure system which is bringing all of that weather

06:33 - is going to be hovering over Ontario and it's going to

06:36 - slowly move off towards the northern east and the cold front

06:39 - will begin to slowly move across the great lakes

06:41 - and with that and because it's a slow moving front

06:44 - we're going to be dealing with some prolonged periods of rain and that's going to add

06:47 - up which will be very beneficial for some of our drought relief

06:50 - and so Tuesday we're going to be dealing with those

06:52 - showers especially across Northwestern Pennsylvania

06:55 - but as we get into Wednesday it's going to be more

06:57 - so widespread across the majority of the state

06:59 - especially in the southeast where we need it for

07:02 - the our drought relief

07:03 - so looking at tonight I I think that there will be a few of these showers and

07:06 - thunderstorms popping up mainly across western Pennsylvania

07:09 - but as we go through the night I would expect a few of those isolated downpours to

07:14 - impact eastern Pennsylvania as well

07:16 - and come tomorrow I think north western Pennsylvania you're the ones that are going

07:19 - to be socked in with those clouds

07:21 - in dealing with some of those heavier showers

07:22 - and thunderstorms whereas eastern penciled aimia

07:25 - maybe just a few increasing clouds and some spotty showers but the Wednesday

07:29 - as the cold front encroaches on Pennsylvania

07:31 - many of us are going to be experiencing that rainfall and that's going to add up

07:35 - for many across the state you can look at what this

07:38 - graph model is producing for rainfall

07:40 - and you'll notice that it's the Northwestern portions where we could see upwards of

07:43 - an inch and a half of re rainfall

07:45 - across the southeast although it's not the rainfall

07:48 - that totals that we're seeing across Northwestern Pennsylvania we will at least have

07:52 - some beneficial totals

07:54 - of around a half to three quarters of an inch of rainfall

07:57 - by the time we reach Wednesday evening

08:00 - so timing everything out for the rest of tonight

08:02 - just a few overnight showers across the state mainly occur

08:05 - Northwestern Pennsylvania where we may be

08:06 - experiencing some of those rumbles of thunder as well

08:09 - lows will generally be in the mid fifties for most

08:11 - and then tomorrow as the frog gets a little bit closer

08:14 - I think we're going to increase the chance for a few of those showers and

08:17 - thunderstorms across Northwestern Pennsylvania once again

08:20 - he could see where we had those clouds is going to be cooler as well with

08:22 - temperatures in the upper sixties

08:24 - whereas it is for summer like across southeastern Pennsylvania

08:27 - and we're going to be staying dry for the most part as well with temperatures

08:31 - probably touching eighty across the lower susquehanna valley

08:34 - just a few passing clouds but Wednesday is going to be

08:37 - the widespread much needed rainfall for the southeast

08:40 - as our cold front sweeps across Pennsylvania we're going to bring the clouds we're

08:43 - going to keep temperatures lower as well Jenna really in the mid sixties for most

08:47 - and I think with the widespread rain we're going

08:49 - to see storm tolls of a half an inch to even

08:51 - an inch and a half as well so we'll be back in a moment with more.

09:15 - And.

09:23 - The extended forecast will take us through the tail

09:25 - end of this work week and into the upcoming weekend

09:28 - it really won't be feeling like early bay across the commonwealth no big heats on the

09:33 - way and several opportunities for precipitation and

09:36 - abound more on that in just a moment first we'll take a look at the water vapor

09:39 - satellite imagery to get that sense of the steering winds aloft and

09:42 - one thing we saw last week and I think we'll see again as we go through this period

09:46 - an upper level low kind of spinning over Hudson bay and we'll see a series of

09:50 - ripples of energy kind of rotating through the northeastern us

09:53 - with a pattern like this that really won't

09:55 - be the conducive for big heat to develop here

09:58 - in fact if there's an area that will see above

10:00 - average temperatures through most of this period

10:02 - is going to be

10:03 - the American west once again seeing above

10:05 - average highs going into the upcoming weekend

10:08 - meanwhile you see this trough that kind of locks in

10:10 - across the eastern us as we begin the period on Thursday

10:14 - we'll see the storm system exiting off.

10:16 - Again will put us in emotion here are a few

10:19 - ripples of energy kind of passing through as we go into the upcoming weekend

10:22 - and eventually early next week so keeping things

10:24 - unsettled I think we will see many dry moments in there

10:27 - but hard to really have a completely dry day

10:30 - with a pattern like this and hard to get any big heat to build here

10:33 - with a pattern like this as well.

10:35 - Taking a long day by day our precipitation tracker

10:37 - will stick with the European model and as I mentioned

10:40 - the storm system that you heard about from Quinn will be exiting off tour east on

10:43 - Thursday that's the cold front so if you have leftovers possible

10:47 - or starting here Thursday morning at five am

10:49 - notice we see the freeze line showing up in

10:51 - the northwest plateau I think we once again have

10:53 - the chance for some freeze frost conditions and

10:56 - parts of the app alleghenies and across

10:58 - the northern tier of Pennsylvania maybe more

11:00 - opportunities across the northwest plateau

11:03 - even going into the upcoming weekends will keep those blankets handy

11:06 - for your plants.

11:08 - As we go into Thursday if you chances are there for

11:10 - some spotty showers I think we'll hold onto that chance on

11:13 - Friday afternoon as well a few spotty thundershowers notice

11:16 - not a

11:17 - wash out but also still seeing unsettled conditions here

11:20 - as we go into the upcoming weekend I think we

11:22 - will have a more widespread chance of some showers

11:25 - for Saturday as a

11:26 - kind of a storm system passes through next one begins to

11:29 - gear up will see the arrival of precipitation Sunday afternoon

11:33 - more widespread has begun to early next week in fact some models hinting at the patel

11:37 - fuel for a coastal storm to develop

11:39 - that could bring some heavier rain to southeast Pennsylvania

11:42 - of course it would be much needed rainfall with a recent drought conditions there

11:45 - so the extended forecast shows limited sunshine on Thursday some spotty showers

11:49 - frost freeze conditions likely as we start the day on Friday

11:53 - clouds increasing there with an isolated afternoon

11:55 - thunder shower breezy going into the weekend

11:58 - off and on showers for Saturday probably a more

12:00 - widespread chance of those with some breaks of sun

12:03 - possible late in the day temperatures to below average on Saturday a little closer to

12:06 - seasonable for mother's day on Sunday

12:09 - more rain by early next week that your extended

12:11 - forecast for back and just a moment with more

12:14 - and.

12:24 - Well after a beautiful Monday across the commonwealth we're really going to begin to

12:28 - introduce some of our shower and even a few thunderstorm chances as well for tonight

12:32 - that's mainly going to be the case across Northwestern

12:34 - Pennsylvania closer to the vicinity of where are

12:37 - approaching cold front is

12:39 - and with that we will see a few showers across eastern and central Pennsylvania as

12:43 - well although I would not expect them to be be as widespread

12:46 - generally lows will be in the mid fifties for tonight

12:48 - and then as the cold front approaches on Tuesday we will begin to introduce

12:52 - a few of those heavier showers and thunderstorms

12:55 - across Northwestern Pennsylvania as well

12:57 - temps are going to be a little bit lower up there as well with

13:00 - generally topping out in the upper sixties

13:02 - well

13:03 - across southeastern Pennsylvania we're going to be field more summer-like and dry

13:06 - with temperatures in the eighties

13:08 - and Wednesday that's gonna be our most active

13:10 - day of the period as our cold front approaches

13:12 - and as the cold front approaches we will begin

13:14 - to bring in some of that more widespread rain

13:17 - and I'll tell you what Rob.

13:19 - Cross southeastern Pennsylvania we really need this

13:21 - rain so I think that's going to be a huge benefit

13:23 - especially

13:24 - ones that have for sure

13:25 - taste of summer on the way for tomorrow I think if I need to do any yard work

13:28 - tomorrow is probably the day to get that in because

13:30 - Wednesday looks like a wash out that's right

13:32 - all right well

13:33 - thank you so much for the forecast tonight and thank you for tuning in

13:36 - we'll see you back here tomorrow with a new edition of the weather wonderful

13:39 - have a good night.