By MARK HANOK
The Susquehanna River
level will be unusually low
for the General Clinton Canoe
Regatta during Memorial
Day weekend.
April has been a sunny
month and the sun is high
in the sky with a high evaporation
rate this time of
year. This combined with
the record-breaking high
temperatures early this
week, and the river level
could actually be one of the
lowest on record by late
May - unless we are lucky
enough to get significant
rainfall.
That would require a
complete change in the
weather pattern and is not
likely.
As low pressure moves
to our west on Friday,
warmer air will return,
along with variable cloudiness,
some sunshine, and a
few showers.
Highs will be in the low
70s.
On Saturday, a cold
front will slide south of our
region, and after the chance
of a shower early in the
morning skies will become
partly sunny with a cooler
northwest flow, but highs
in the mid-60’s will still be
a few degrees warmer than
normal.
The front will move well
to the south on Sunday and
mild, dry air will take over
with partly to mostly sunny
skies and highs in the low
60’s.
As showers stay to the
south, look for another
partly sunny day on Monday
and Tuesday with highs
from 60 to 65 degrees.
Mark Hanok is an Otegobased
meteorologist.
