Ephrata, PA Weather

Lancaster County5:28 PM EDT40.18°N, 76.18°WElevation 361 ft

Current conditions

Sunny
61°
Sunny
Feels like 61°
High 63°·Low 36°
WindS 1 mph
Humidity42%
Dew point38°
Cloud cover2%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:26 AM
Sunset6:14 PM

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

Forecast

10-day

  • Saturday

    Widespread frost before 9am. Sunny, with a high near 63. Northeast wind around 1 mph.

  • Saturday Night

    Patchy frost after 4am. Clear, with a low around 36. East wind around 1 mph.

  • Sunday

    Patchy frost before 9am. Sunny, with a high near 65.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 day ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 61°
  2. 6 PM Clear 57°
  3. 7 PM Clear 52°
  4. 8 PM Clear 47°
  5. 9 PM Clear 44°
  6. 10 PM Clear 42°
  7. 11 PM Clear 40°
  8. Sun12 AM Clear 39°
  9. 1 AM Clear 38°
  10. 2 AM Clear 38°
  11. 3 AM Clear 38°
  12. 4 AM Patchy Frost 37°
  13. 5 AM Patchy Frost 37°
  14. 6 AM Patchy Frost 36°
  15. 7 AM Patchy Frost 36°
  16. 8 AM Patchy Frost 37°
  17. 9 AM Sunny 42°
  18. 10 AM Sunny 49°
  19. 11 AM Sunny 55°
  20. 12 PM Sunny 59°
  21. 1 PM Sunny 62°
  22. 2 PM Sunny 63°
  23. 3 PM Sunny 65°
  24. 4 PM Sunny 65°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Clear Clear42°
  2. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny33°61°
  3. TodayOct 24 Widespread Frost then Sunny Widespread Frost then Sunny36°63°
  4. SunOct 25 Patchy Frost then Sunny Patchy Frost then Sunny38°65°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny46°69°
  6. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny42°66°
  7. WedOct 28 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny44°63°
  8. ThuOct 29 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny66°
  9. FriOct 30 Cloudy Cloudy48°70°
  10. SatOct 31 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy43°60°

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

58
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Forecast

  • SatModerate (60)
  • SunModerate (75)
  • MonModerate (53)

Susquehanna Valley, PA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:26 AM
Sunset 6:14 PM
Daylight 10 h 47 min (−2 min 29 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 98% lit
Moonrise 5:04 PM Moonset 5:38 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low62° / 42°
Month to date1.88 in (normal 2.97 in)

Reading Regional Airport, records since 1949. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in CTP, issued 3 hrs ago

What Has Changed

* No significant changes

Key Messages

1) Dry forecast holds for the next 6-7 days

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1: Dry forecast holds for the next 6-7 days

We don't see any new evidence in our suite of model guidance to deviate away from our existing rain-free forecast.

A large high pressure system at the surface, along with a ridge axis aloft, will keep the Commonwealth rain-free through the early part of the upcoming work week. We do expect a cold front to drop southward across the region Monday night into early Tuesday, but with only shallow moisture levels to work with, just some patchy cloudiness and no rainfall are the expectations.

After a brief shot of seasonably cool air Tuesday into Wednesday, a warming trend is likely later in the week, along with continued rain-free conditions. At least southern portions of the Commonwealth should pop back into the 70s as we approach next weekend.

Aviation

Few changes at all to the going package. We did note some return of Atlantic moisture around 9H into the southern tier tonight, and could make SCT-BKN clouds (MVFR/FL020-030) along and S of the MD border. But, the chcs are even lower that they (if they form) would impact any of our terminals. We did mention MVFR- level SCT clouds (not cigs) at JST and AOO.

The only risks for IFR would be fog/low clouds in the usual places (IPT and BFD) overnight/early morning due to radiational/river valley fog. IPT is more likely than BFD to have IFR clouds/fog (60% chc for a few hours late tonight), but IFR cannot be totally ruled out at BFD (30% chc for a brief period).

High pressure will keep things stable until Monday. That is when a cold front drops in from the NW and ushers in a new, just as dry, airmass. Little fanfare (no precip, low clouds, wind, nor visby issues) is expected as it moves across the CWA. Many times, dry fronts are windy fronts. But, it doesn't look to be the case this time. We go right back to nice flying conditions for several more days after the front.

Mon-Thu...VFR prevailing conditions.

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