Flash Flood Warning — Dauphin County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA 7:00 AM Heat Advisory — Huntingdon, PA, Mifflin, PA, Juniata, PA, Fulton, PA, Franklin, PA, Perry, PA, Dauphin, PA, Lebanon, PA, Cumberland, PA, Adams, PA, York, PA, Lancaster, PA 7:00 PM Areal Flood Watch 11:00 PM

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Last updated: 4:49 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
21°C
Feels like 23°
Rain
▲ 30°  /  ▼ 20°
Wind
4 mph SE
Humidity
97%
Dew Point
20°
Pressure
29.61 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
89%
Sunrise
6:34 AM
Sunset
7:33 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Lancaster is currently rain at 21°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 62% around 6 AM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2692 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:34AM · Sunset: 7:33PM.

Alerts

Flash Flood Warning
Dauphin County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA
Expires 7:00 AM
Heat Advisory
Huntingdon, PA, Mifflin, PA, Juniata, PA, Fulton, PA, Franklin, PA, Perry, PA, Dauphin, PA, Lebanon, PA, Cumberland, PA, Adams, PA, York, PA, Lancaster, PA
Expires 7:00 PM
Areal Flood Watch
Expires 11:00 PM
54 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
21°
59%
6 AM
20°
62%
7 AM
21°
27%
8 AM
22°
29%
9 AM
23°
28%
10 AM
24°
25%
11 AM
26°
35%
12 PM
27°
35%
1 PM
29°
29%
2 PM
29°
34%
3 PM
30°
41%
4 PM
30°
41%
5 PM
29°
50%
6 PM
28°
54%
7 PM
27°
54%
8 PM
26°
58%
9 PM
25°
60%
10 PM
24°
56%
11 PM
24°
50%
12 AM
23°
46%
1 AM
23°
37%
2 AM
23°
38%
3 AM
23°
34%
4 AM
23°
35%
7-Day Forecast
Today
30° 20°
Partly Cloudy with a 59% chance of rain.
Fri
31° 19°
Partly Cloudy with a 49% chance of rain.
Sat
24° 15°
Mostly Cloudy.
Sun
24° 13°
Mostly Clear.
Mon
26° 14°
Clear.
Tue
27° 13°
Clear with a 22% chance of rain.
Wed
27° 17°
Rain, 41% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 21° Rain 59% 4 mph SE 97%
6 AM 20° Mostly Cloudy 62% 2 mph SSW 96%
7 AM 21° Partly Cloudy 27% 4 mph SSW 96%
8 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 29% 5 mph SSW 91%
9 AM 23° Mostly Clear 28% 6 mph SW 87%
10 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 25% 6 mph WSW 82%
11 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 35% 7 mph WSW 78%
12 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 35% 7 mph WSW 72%
1 PM 29° Mostly Clear 29% 8 mph W 67%
2 PM 29° Mostly Clear 34% 8 mph W 68%
3 PM 30° Mostly Clear 41% 7 mph W 69%
4 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 41% 6 mph WNW 70%
5 PM 29° Partly Cloudy 50% 5 mph WNW 72%
6 PM 28° Partly Cloudy 54% 3 mph W 76%
7 PM 27° Partly Cloudy 54% 4 mph SW 78%
8 PM 26° Partly Cloudy 58% 4 mph SSW 82%
9 PM 25° Partly Cloudy 60% 5 mph S 85%
10 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 56% 5 mph S 88%
11 PM 24° Mostly Cloudy 50% 5 mph SSW 90%
12 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 46% 5 mph SW 92%
1 AM 23° Mostly Cloudy 37% 5 mph WSW 94%
2 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 38% 6 mph W 94%
3 AM 23° Drizzle 34% 6 mph WNW 93%
4 AM 23° Drizzle 35% 8 mph WNW 93%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/3
Partly Cloudy
59%
20°
30°
Fri
9/4
Partly Cloudy
49%
19°
31°
Sat
9/5
Mostly Cloudy
18%
15°
24°
Sun
9/6
Mostly Clear
15%
13°
24°
Mon
9/7
Clear
8%
14°
26°
Tue
9/8
Clear
22%
13°
27°
Wed
9/9
Rain
41%
17°
27°
Thu
9/10
Drizzle
43%
16°
32°
Fri
9/11
Drizzle
44%
12°
26°
Sat
9/12
Drizzle
51%
12°
25°
Sun
9/13
Drizzle
60%
17°
28°
Mon
9/14
Drizzle
60%
16°
28°
Tue
9/15
Clear
25%
14°
26°
Wed
9/16
Drizzle
60%
13°
26°
Thu
9/17
Drizzle
60%
14°
26°
54
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
54 AQI 10.9 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
37 AQI 41 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 54 Moderate 37 54
Fri 46 Good 44 46
Sat 44 Good 37 44
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Thu Sep 3, 08:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE39 J/kg
MLCAPE139 J/kg
MUCAPE906 J/kg
SBCIN-301 J/kg
MLCIN-163 J/kg
Lifted Index-0.8
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear44 kt
0–1 km Shear16 kt
Eff. Shear45 kt
0–1 km SRH126
0–3 km SRH156
Eff. SRH142
Storm Motion302° @ 29 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell3.0
K-Index35.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.92 in
0–3 km LR3.8 °C/km
700–500 LR6.7 °C/km
Total Totals52.0
LCL992 hPa
LFC575 hPa
EL472 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,475 ft