Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service State College PA 743 PM EST Fri Mar 3 2017 .SYNOPSIS... A cold front with snow squalls is sweeping southeast across Central Pennsylvania this afternoon. High pressure will build across the region this weekend, then off the east coast early next week. Low pressure will track north through the Great Lakes by the middle of next week, with a trailing cold front pushing through Pennsylvania. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/... Dangerous snow squall event still in progress across central PA as fractured line of heavier snow showers and squalls drops southward across central and through south central and southeast PA. CAMs indicating CAPES exceeding 200 J/KG early this afternoon...diminishing and fracturing as the line tracks east of the area by late afternoon and evening.