Our mission
Every state deserves its own weather desk — the way big papers used to keep one on retainer. Our goal is to present Pennsylvania's weather the way a reference librarian would explain it to you: clearly, thoroughly, and without theatrics. No fear-baiting, no 10-day forecasts pretending to be certain about Day 14, no breathless "polar vortex" chyrons for a modest cold front.
Editorial philosophy
We publish three kinds of things: observations of what just happened, forecasts of what's likely to happen, and honest uncertainty bands for everything past 72 hours. When we're confident, we say so. When we're guessing, we admit it. The editorial voice is plain-English; data points are exact; and every page carries a timestamp so you know when it was last refreshed.
Forecast methodology
We do not run our own numerical weather prediction model. Instead, we surface the best available public forecasts:
- Primary model: the European Centre's IFS (HRES) blended with the US GFS, as distributed by Open-Meteo.
- Nowcasts (next 90 min): RainViewer's radar-motion extrapolation.
- Watches & warnings: the National Weather Service's authoritative alert feed, unfiltered.
- Marine: Open-Meteo Marine for wave models, NDBC 45142 for real-time Lake Erie observations.
- Tropical: the National Hurricane Center's CurrentStorms feed, straight from Miami.
Where we interpret the data (estimating fronts from pressure gradients, scoring severe potential from CAPE), we label it as such.
Accuracy notes
Model forecasts are skillful out to roughly Day 7; after that, confidence drops quickly. Our extended outlook shows this with shaded confidence bands. Historical records on the almanac page are calibrated climatology estimates, not NWS station archives — if you need official records, check your local forecast office at weather.gov.
No tracking, no accounts
This site does not use cookies, does not run analytics scripts, and has no server-side component. Every forecast is fetched from public APIs directly by your browser. Your location is never sent anywhere. See the privacy policy for the short version.
Who we are
A small editorial team based in the Commonwealth, with a soft spot for nor'easters, Lake Erie squalls, and the particular April morning when Pittsburgh and Philadelphia hit the exact same temperature for one hour.