Portage, PA 15946 Weather

Cambria County5:02 PM EDT40.37°N, 78.63°W

Current conditions

Sunny
56°
Sunny
Feels like 56°
High 56°·Low 38°
WindNW 10 mph gusts 18 mph
Humidity47%
Dew point36°
Cloud cover1%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:33 AM
Sunset6:26 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day
  • This Afternoon

    Sunny, with a high near 56. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph.

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 38. North wind 6 to 9 mph.

  • Friday

    Patchy frost between 8am and 9am. Sunny, with a high near 55. East wind around 6 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 5 hrs ago.

  1. Now Sunny 56°
  2. 6 PM Clear 54°
  3. 7 PM Clear 50°
  4. 8 PM Clear 47°
  5. 9 PM Mostly Clear 46°
  6. 10 PM Mostly Clear 45°
  7. 11 PM Mostly Clear 45°
  8. Fri12 AM Mostly Clear 44°
  9. 1 AM Mostly Clear 43°
  10. 2 AM Partly Cloudy 42°
  11. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 42°
  12. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 41°
  13. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 41°
  14. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 40°
  15. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 38°
  16. 8 AM Patchy Frost 38°
  17. 9 AM Sunny 41°
  18. 10 AM Sunny 45°
  19. 11 AM Sunny 49°
  20. 12 PM Sunny 52°
  21. 1 PM Sunny 54°
  22. 2 PM Sunny 54°
  23. 3 PM Sunny 55°
  24. 4 PM Sunny 55°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 22 Sunny Sunny38°56°
  2. FriOct 23 Patchy Frost then Sunny Patchy Frost then Sunny33°55°
  3. SatOct 24 Widespread Frost then Sunny Widespread Frost then Sunny34°55°
  4. SunOct 25 Widespread Frost then Sunny Widespread Frost then Sunny39°60°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny43°62°
  6. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny44°60°
  7. WedOct 28 Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy42°59°
  8. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy0.03 in43°65°
  9. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy34°47°
  10. SatOct 31 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny33°51°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

26
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • ThuGood (45)
  • FriGood (40)
  • SatGood (40)

Johnstown, PA reporting area · 2 hrs ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:33 AM
Sunset 6:26 PM
Daylight 10 h 52 min (−2 min 30 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 87% lit
Moonrise 4:29 PM Moonset 3:37 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low60° / 41°
Record high81° (2020)
Record low29° (1992)
Wettest1.56 in (1956)
Month to date2.03 in (normal 2.02 in)

Altoona Blair County Ap, records since 1948. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in CTP, issued 2 hrs ago

What Has Changed

* Freeze Watch issued for Friday night for Lancaster and Lebanon Counties.

Key Messages

1) Dry weather continues into the end of October.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1: Dry weather continues into the end of October.

A dry cold frontal passage this evening into tonight will barely be noticeable other than an increase in cloud cover along and behind the front. High pressure builds into the region again behind the front for tomorrow as a pronounced ridge develops over the eastern US. This will keep dry conditions around through at least the beginning of next week with seasonably warm days and chilly nights.

HREF probs of temperatures falling below freezing Friday night are around 50 percent for Lancaster and Lebanon Counties (the only zones where the growing season remains active). This is supported by the NAM MOS guidance which shows temperatures right around 32 in both of those counties. This information, combined with the very favorable set up for efficient radiational cooling, has given us enough confidence to issue a Freeze Watch for Friday night/Saturday morning.

Aviation

Outside of early morning river valley fog and areas of frost, expect solid VFR flying conditions for the vast majority of the time through the weekend and into next week.

A dry cold front will push south across PA later this afternoon and evening and bring an increase in the NNW wind with some minor gustiness into the teens (Central and West) and low 20s (KTS) across the Susq Valley and points East.

Later this evening and through the overnight hours, a SCT-BKN deck of post-frontal stratocumulus will overspread much of central Pennsylvania, with fewer clouds expected over the Lower Susquehanna Valley (KMDT/KLNS) as drier low-level air filters in overnight. The Northern Tier (KBFD) is moderately likely (40-50% chance) to see periods of MVFR ceilings through the night, with lower chances (mainly 15-25%) across the Laurels and central mountains (KJST/KAOO/KUNV/KIPT). Although this cloud deck may linger through the morning and bring intermittent MVFR ceilings over the southwestern airfields (KJST/KAOO) as the area of low-level moisture progresses southwestward, a return to prevailing VFR is otherwise favored.

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