Weather leads to dozens of school delays in Western Pennsylvania on Tuesday
ASHLEY. SO SAD WE WON’T GET TO SEE IT. WHAT AN EXCITING THING THAT IS TO TO SEE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE GOT AN IMPACT DAY WITH LOW VISIBILITY. WE ALSO HAVE SOME ISOLATED FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SHOWERS, SO ELEVATED SURFACES, BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES COULD BE A LITTLE TRICKY FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. AND THAT HEAVY RAIN IS COMING IN FOR THE EVENING DRIVE, AND IT’S GOING TO START AS EARLY AS KIDS ARE COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL. RIGHT NOW, OUR TEMPERATURES ARE SITTING NEAR THE FREEZING MARK OF 32 DEGREES IN PITTSBURGH. CRANBERRY AND BUTLER, 33, MONROEVILLE 34. WASHINGTON. WAYNESBURG. SO A LITTLE BIT WARMER THE FURTHER SOUTH. AND THAT’S WHERE WE’RE NOTICING THE TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BIT WARMER. THE GROUND TEMPERATURE STILL ON THE COLDER SIDE ABOUT 28 TO 33 DEGREES. AND THAT’S INCLUDING NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. SO INTO THE WEXFORD PINE TOWNSHIP AREA, EVEN CLIPPING NEAR HAMPTON ALONG ROUTE EIGHT. YOU MAY NOTICE AGAIN THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THAT FREEZING RAIN. VERY LIGHT, BUT VERY ISOLATED, STILL COULD PACK A PUNCH. IF YOU ARE HEADING OUT THE DOOR THIS MORNING, WE ARE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT MIXING IN INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY ALONG 79 TO 79. THE TURNPIKE AGAIN. ROUTE EIGHT EVEN NEAR 28. BUTLER, SEEING A FEW SNOWFLAKES FLYING AROUND IT, IS COLDER NORTH OF 422. AND THEN WE’RE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THAT WARMER AIR SURGE INTO ARMSTRONG, INDIANA. LAWRENCE AND BEAVER COUNTY. STILL SOME LIGHT RAIN INTO THE CITY OF WASHINGTON EXTENDS DOWN INTO WAYNESBURG AND UNIONTOWN. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR COUNTIES WHO HAVE THE BETTER POTENTIAL TO SEE THE FREEZING RAIN NORTH AND EAST OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, THAT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL 10 A.M. SO LET’S TIME IT ALL OUT HERE. WE ARE GOING TO WARM UP AFTER 10:00. WE’LL ALL SEE SOME VERY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS. 11 12:00 A BIT OF A BREAK FOR SOME OF US FROM THE RAIN. IT IS SHORT LIVED. BY 2:00 3:00 INTO THE AFTERNOON AGAIN AS KIDS ARE COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL. AS YOU’RE GETTING READY TO HEAD HOME FROM WORK, THIS IS WHEN WE WILL HAVE THE HEAVIEST OF RAINFALL MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. IT’S GOING TO SLOWLY TAPER OFF AFTER 8:00 9:00 TONIGHT. WE’LL STILL HAVE SOME OF THAT HEAVY RAIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 INTO THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. WEDNESDAY, THOUGH, DOESN’T LOOK TOO BAD FOR A LOT OF US. SOME DRIER TIMES THROUGH THE DAY. STILL COULD SEE SOME OF THOSE SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING SOUTH OF I-70. AND THEN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AFTER 10:00 AND INTO THURSDAY, WE’LL HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. WE ARE WARMING UP VERY SPRING LIKE UPPER 60S LOW TO MID 70S HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK WITH RAIN CHANCES HEADING INTO THE START OF NEXT WEEK, IT’S GOING TO BE VERY SOGGY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE VISIBILITY IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE THROUGH THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING EXTENDING INTO TOMORROW. WE’RE ALREADY SEEING DOWN ABOUT 3 TO 4 MILE VISIBILITY IN MOST SPOTS, SO OVERALL WE ARE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE BREAK AROUND LUNCHTIME AND THEN THE HEAVIEST OF RAIN COMING IN WILL WARM UP INTO THE 50S. BUT THE RAIN UNFORTUNATELY WILL PLAGUE THE AREA AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK AND EXTENDING INTO OUR WEEKEND. NOW, TOMORROW DOES LOOK LIKE ONE OF THE BETTER DAYS. SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS EARLY SOUTH OF I-70, BUT THROUGH THE DAY IT LOOKS TO STAY DRY. THEN LATE NIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY RAIN. WE WILL HAVE SOME ISOLATED STORMS TRYING TO DEVELOP SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDE
Weather leads to dozens of school delays in Western Pennsylvania on Tuesday
Updated: 8:17 AM EST Mar 3, 2026
Weather was a factor as some school districts in western Pennsylvania called for two-hour delays Tuesday morning.The Uniontown Area School District announced on social media that they were delayed due to inclement weather.Other districts with delays included Apollo-Ridge and Knoch.A full list of school delays can be found here. The Pittsburgh’s Action Weather forecast called for rain and isolated freezing rain in the morning, transitioning to all rain later, with heavier rain in the afternoon.The threat of freezing rain prompted a winter weather advisory for the Laurel Highlands and locations north of Pittsburgh through 10 a.m.Severe weather alerts: Get FREE alerts to your phone or emailInteractive radar: Track rain moving through your areaLearn how to enable automatic weather alerts on the WTAE app
UNIONTOWN, Pa. —
Weather was a factor as some school districts in western Pennsylvania called for two-hour delays Tuesday morning.
The Uniontown Area School District announced on social media that they were delayed due to inclement weather.
Other districts with delays included Apollo-Ridge and Knoch.
A full list of school delays can be found here.
The Pittsburgh’s Action Weather forecast called for rain and isolated freezing rain in the morning, transitioning to all rain later, with heavier rain in the afternoon.
The threat of freezing rain prompted a winter weather advisory for the Laurel Highlands and locations north of Pittsburgh through 10 a.m.