>> FROM THE OUTREACH STUDIOS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE AT PENN STATE, THIS IS "WEATHER WORLD".

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>> GOOD EVENING I'M ROB LYDICK ALONGSIDE CHRISTIAN WELCOME TO "WEATHER WORLD" ON THIS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2025.

ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH WE ARE TRACKING YET ANOTHER WINTER STORM WITH SOME IMPACTS.

>> SEEMING LIKE ONE AFTER THE OTHER COMING THROUGH TONIGHT IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE AND A SYSTEM TOMORROW BRINGING IMPACTS AS WELL.

>> A STEADY DIET OF STORMS WE'LL HEAR MORE DETAILS FROM COLLISIONIAN IN A MINUTE.

ON TONIGHT'S SHOW FEBRUARY IS TRIVIA MONTH ON "WEATHER WORLD" WE WILL REVEAL WEEK ONE ANSWERS LATER IN THE SHOW AND A QUESTION COMING YOUR WAY IN JUST A MINUTE.

FIRST, HERE IS CHRISTIAN.

>> THANK YOU, ROB.

AND LIKE WE MENTIONED A JAM-PACKED WEEK IN TERMS OF WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE STATE.

INCLUDING IN THE SHORT-RANGE FORECAST.

MANY OF THAT WINTER WEATHER ONGOING INTO TUESDAY EARNING AND WE CAN LOOK AT ALTOONA, THE PENN STATE SATELLITE CAMPUS SEEING INTO THE AFTERNOON TODAY, A WALL OF WHITE COME IN ACROSS THE STATE.

GENERALLY AROUND THE 1:00 P.M.

HOUR BRINGING IN LOWER VISIBILITIES AND THAT CONTINUED ACROSS THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND INTO THE EVENING.

IN SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA A LOT OF CHILLY TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE STATE.

A COLD AIR-MASS THAT SUNK DOWN ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH AND IT WAS A CHILLY MORNING ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE STATE SOME AREAS GETTING INTO THE LOWER TEENS FOR THE LOW TEMPERATURES.

WE CAN SEE HAVEN'T MOVED THAT MUCH.

MOST AREAS TOPPING AROUND THE FREEZING MARK.

DELAWARE VALLEY 35°.

IF WE SWITCH OVER TO THE SATELLITE-RADAR, WE CAN SEE THE SNOW AND THE PRECIPITATION TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A LOT OF THOSE COOLER TEMPERATURES.

AND WE CAN SEE THE PRECIPITATION NOT HEAVY BUT BRINGING LIGHTER SNOWS ACROSS THE AREA TO THE SOUTH OF THE PA TURNPIKE AND WE'LL SEEN THE SEE THE WAVES OF SNOW THROUGHOUT THE EVENING TONIGHT AS WE HEAD INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

TO OUR SOUTH THE SYSTEM IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST THAN ACROSS JUST OUR COMMONWEALTH VIEW ON THE RADAR.

WE CAN SEE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION ECHOS IN VIRGINIA AND PORTIONINGS OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL.

WE WILL SEE THAT MOVE ALONG WITH WAVES THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF PENNSYLVANIA OF THAT SNOWFALL THROUGHOUT TONIGHT.

WE ARE TRACKING ANOTHER SYSTEM THAT WILL BEGIN TO FORM OVER PORTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND THE SEEDS OF IT HERE IN WESTERN KANSAS AND THAT WILL BEGIN TO FORM AS EARLY AS TONIGHT AND TRACK TOWARDS THE WEST AND THAT WILL BE A SYSTEM ON THE HEELS OF THIS TONIGHT AS WE GO INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AND INTO EARLY THURSDAY FOR US ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.

THERE'S PLENTY OF ONGOING ACTION AS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH ALERTS IN THE UNITED STATES INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST.

THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST AND COLD AIR AND NICE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT DEFINING THIS SEEING THIS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND HIGH TEMPERATURES ONLY REACHING INTO THE LOWER NEGATIVE NUMBERS CLOSE TO ZERO IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS OF THE UNITED STATES.

A LOT OF COLD AIR THAT THE WINTRY WEATHER IS ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

WE CAN SEE ON THE EVENING SURFACE MAP THIS SYSTEM THIS EVENING, MOVE OFF TOWARDS THE EAST.

AND THAT WILL GENERALLY CLEAR OUT CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE EARLY AFTERNOON TOMORROW BEFORE THE NEXT SYSTEM BRINGS A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION ON WEDNESDAY EVENING AND INTO THURSDAY.

THURSDAY NIGHT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH CHANGING OVER TO RAIN AND WE'LL SEE THAT CLEAR OUT AS WE GO INTO THURSDAY EVENING.

WITH HIGH PRESSURE AND COOLER CONDITIONS COMING BEHIND THAT.

WE CAN TIME THIS OUT ON THE HIGH RESOLUTION FORECAST.

WAVE OF PRECIPITATION AND LIGHT SNOWFALL IN THE EVENING COMMUTE TONIGHT.

AND THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE DAY TOMORROW, CLOUDY CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON AND THE NEXT SYSTEM COMES IN WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH WINTRY PRECIPITATION HIGHLIGHTED IN THE NORTHEASTERN AREA OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY WITH RAIN AND COOLER CONDITIONS BEHIND THAT.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLACED ADVISORIES ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE CAN SEE TONIGHT SNOWY FOR SOME ESPECIALLY TO THE SOUTH OF THE PA TURNPIKE 1-3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED.

WE CAN LOOK AT A SNOW MAP AND WE'RE SEEING 1-3 INCHES TO THE SOUTH OF THE TURNPIKE WITH 2-4 INS IN THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE INCLUDING THE PHILLY METRO AREA.

AND WEDNESDAY INTO THE LATER AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHEN WE WILL SEE A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION COME IN.

ESPECIALLY INSIDE THE WHITE CONTOURS WHERE WE CAN SEE THE MOST WINTRY PRECIPITATION INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY CAUSING TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES TOMORROW EVENING.

THIS WILL MOVE OUT THURSDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA BRINGING IN DROPPING TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND GENERALLY COOLER AND WINDIER CONDITIONS INTO THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY.

A RECAP OF TRIVIA ANSWERS COMING UP NEXT.

>> CALLING ALL TRIVIA PLAYERS TONIGHT'S QUESTION INVOLVES A FRISKY FRONT.

IN DECEMBER OF 2024 ONE OF THE GREAT LAKES EXPERIENCED AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL FRONTAL PASSAGE CAUSING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO ISSUE WARNINGS FOR A VARIETY OF HAZARDS.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS DID NOT HAVE A WARNING ISSUED FOR IT?

KEEP YOUR ANSWERS CLOSE AND COME BACK TOMORROW NIGHT FOR MORE TRIVIA RIGHT HERE ON "WEATHER WORLD".

>> FEBRUARY IS TRIVIA MONTH HERE ON "WEATHER WORLD" AND EACH TUESDAY WE TAKE TIME TO REVEAL THE ANSWERS TO THE PREVIOUS WEEK'S QUESTIONS.

TONIGHT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT QUESTIONS ONE-FIVE FROM KYLE THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE CLIMATOLOGIST THAT WE HAVE 200 FOLKS WHO ARE COMPETING ALREADY IN THIS YEAR'S CONTEST.

WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU LET'S LOOK AT QUESTION ONE.

IN 2024 THE PUNXSUTAWNEY GROUND-HOG CLUB SPORTED NEW ATTIRE THE COMPANY THAT PRODUCED THIS ATTIRE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DRESSING ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS EXCEPT YOUR CHOICES WERE... AND THE CORRECT ANSWER FOR QUESTION ONE WAS A, ABRAHAM LYNDON.

MARISA FERGER WENT TO PUNXSUTAWNEY FEATURE IN THE SUMMERTIME, SHE MET BIG CHILL AND BIG CHILL PART OF THE INNER CIRCLE TOLD HER THEY GOT NEW HAT AS PART OF THE 2024 ATTIRE.

THE HATS PROVIDED BY CHRISTIE'S OF LONDON WHEN YOU GO TO WEBSITE YOU WILL SEE FAMOUS FOLKS WHO SUPPORT THEIR HATS.

PRINCE ALBERT WAS FEATURED AND DON FROM THE GODFATHER, INDIANA JONES HARRISON FORWARD.

A WAS THE CORRECT ANSWER FOR QUESTION ONE.

MOVING ON TO QUESTION TWO.

IN TERMS OF THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS FROM DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY, WITH AT LEAST ONE INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS HAS HAD THE BIGGEST DECREASE FROM THE WINTERS OF THE 60s AND 70s TO THE LAST 20 WINTERS.

YOUR OPTIONS WERE... AND THE CORRECT ANSWER FOR QUESTION TWO WAS C HARRISBURG.

THIS WAS A QUESTION TAKEN FROM A WEATHER-WISE THAT JON NESE DID IN JANUARY OF 2024.

YOU SEE ALL OF THE STATS AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAYS IN METEOROLOGICAL WINTER WITH AN INCH OR MORE OF SNOW COVER.

60s IN THE BLUE DIGITS.

AND 70s.

BUT THE LAST 20 WINTERS IN THE ORANGE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE DECREASE BUT THE BIGGEST PERCENTAGE OCCURRED IN HARRISBURG ABOUT 43% DECREASE.

THAT IS WHY THAT WAS THE ANSWER HARRISBURG FOR QUESTION TWO.

QUESTION THREE TWO FARMERS WERE FOUND GUILTY OF CROP INSURANCE FRAUD BY TAMPERING WITH AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SITE INSTRUMENTATION THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THEY WERE AFFECTED BY...

THIS WAS REALLY A TALE.

THE CORRECT ANSWER FOR QUESTION THREE WAS B, DROUGHT.

SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT NEWS OUTLETS REPORTING THIS THIS TOOK PLACE IN COLORADO OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS.

BUT RIGHT AROUND 2017 THE COLORADO SUN HAVING THIS HEADLINE, WRECKED RAIN GAUGES, WHISTLE BLOWERS AND MANHUNTS WE SAW JAIL TIME OCCUR WITH SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE INVOLVED.

COLORADO RANCHER SENTENCED AFTER TAMPERING WITH RAIN GAUGES.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE INSTRUMENTATION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM SITES AND IN 2017 SOME OF THE DIGITS RESULTING IN FALSE INSURANCE CLAIMS TOTALING OVER $3 MILLION.

HOW THEY DID THIS, THIS WAS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE RAIN GAUGES LOOKS LIKE AND A PHOTO FROM 2017 WHERE YOU SEE SILICON CAULKING PUT IN THE RAIN GAUGE.

DROUGHT WAS THE CORRECT ANSWER FOR QUESTION THREE.

QUESTION FOUR DURING THE 2024 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON HUNTERS NOTICED THAT FLOCKS OF BIRDS COULD BE SEEN IN THE HOO EYE OF A STORM.

THE SAME SYSTEM WAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR PRODUCE SNOW REPORTS.

WHICH HURRICANE WAS IT?

THE CORRECT ANSWER WAS D, MILTON.

SO A REMINDER MILT TO BE DID IMPACT FLORIDA IN OCTOBER OF 2024.

LOOK AT THE INFRARED SATELLITE AND THE HURRICANE HUNTER REPORTS COMING IN THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THOSE MESSAGES SEEING SUSTAINED MODERATE AND SEVERE TURBULENCE IN THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST EYE WALLS AND AFTER THIS WE SEE OBSERVED FLOCKS OF BIRDS WITHIN THE EYE OF THE STORM.

ALSO FROM THE SAME SYSTEM WE SEE ON OCTOBER 10TH, A REPORT FROM THE TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DOWN HERE REPORTING LIGHT SNOW.

THAT IS WHY MILTON WAS THE CORRECT ANSWER FOR QUESTION FOUR.

AND FINALLY TONIGHT QUESTION FIVE A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE CAPTIVATED MILLIONS OF FOLKS INCLUDING THE "WEATHER WORLD" TEAM BACK IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR.

WHICH CURRENT OR FORMER "WEATHER WORLD" METEOROLOGIST WHO TRAVELED TO THE PATH OF TOTALITY WAS UNABLE TO VIEW THE ECLIPSE BECAUSE OF CLOUD COVER?

AND THE CORRECT ANSWER FOR QUESTION FIVE WAS B, PAUL KNIGHT.

THE TEAM REALLY DID TRAVELING ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO SEE THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE AND SNAPSHOTS OF FRED ON THE SHORES OF LAKE ERIE.

SOME CLOUD COVER THAT CLEARED OUT HE WAS ABLE TO SEE THE ECLIPSE.

MARISA FERGER AND JON NESE WERE ABLE TO SPOT THE ECLIPSE IN OHIO.

BEN REPPERT IN MEETVILLE PENNSYLVANIA AND THE "WEATHER WORLD" PERSON NOT ABLE TO SEE THE ECLIPSE PAUL KNIGHT AND HIS WIFE IN TEXAS.

I TALKED ABOUT THIS ON THE DAY AFTER THE ECLIPSE.

PAUL KNIGHT THE ANSWER FOR QUESTION FIVE.

SO REMINDER AS FAR AS THE CONTEST IS CONCERNED THIS YEAR YOU NEED TO HAVE 10 OR MORE CORRECT ANSWERS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PRIZE DRAWING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE ON MARCH FOUR.

THOSE PRIZED INCLUDE A METEOROLOGY TEXTBOOK AND MUG FOR THIRD PLACE.

SECOND PLACE IS A "WEATHER WORLD" SWAG COLLECTION A FLEECE BEANIE, MUG AND UMBRELLA ALL UP FOR GRABS.

AND THEN THE GRANDS PRIZE THE AMBIENT WI-FI WEATHER STATION AND A "WEATHER WORLD" UMBRELLA DONATED BY A LONG TILE VIEWER.

AS OF 5:00 P.M. FRIDAY UNTIL 7:00 P.M. MONDAY GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO GET IN YOUR ANSWERS TO THE WEEK TWO QUESTIONS AND GOOD LUCK TO EVERYBODY COMPETING THIS YEAR.

AND WE WILL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT WITH A RECAP OF THE SHORT-RANGE FORECAST.

>> SNOW SOME RAIN AND A POTPOURI OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

TONIGHT WE WILL BE SEEING SNOW SHOWERS IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE DATE SOUTH OF THE TURNPIKE THEY WILL BE SEEING UP TO 1-3 INCHES OF SNOW THAT IS WERE ADVISORIES ARE POSTED THERE.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE RANGING FROM THE UPPER TEENS MAYBE TO THE 30s ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.

WEDNESDAY IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH.

I EXPECT POTPOURI OF PRECIPITATION IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IS GOING TO BE SEEING RAIN TO START AND TO END THE STORM.

IF YOU GO SOUTHEAST THEY ARE EXPECTING RAIN FROM THIS STORM AS WELL.

CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA I CAN EXPECT THEM TO SEE WINTRY PRECIPITATION MIX IN WITH RAIN I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF YOU SAW A COATING OR ONE INCH OF SNOW IN THOSE AREAS.

I EXPECT A LOT OF THE RAIN TO COME THROUGH AND MAINLY END WITH RAIN.

GOING INTO THURSDAY THAT COLD FRONT WILL BE PASSING THROUGH I EXPECT A LOT OF THE TEMPERATURES TO BE MORNING HIGHS IN THE STATE.

AND RAIN TO END OFF THE DAY ON THURSDAY AS WELL.

THAT SHOULD LEAD INTO FRIDAY WHERE WE'LL SEE NICE CONDITIONS AND MAYBE SNOW ON SATURDAY.

>> STAY WEATHER AWARE WITH THE TRAVELING OUT AND ABOUT.

AND STAY WITH US TOMORROW NIGHT WE WILL LOOK OUT A MONTH AND THIS MONTH'S EDITION OF FINAL WATCH AND JON NESE WILL TAKE US OUT TO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT MONTH.

WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.

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