Western PA: Dry this weekend, more rain next week
River levels area-wide will recede today.
EVERYBODY. I’M ANDREW STOCKEY AND THAT’S PITTSBURGH’S ACTION SPORTS. I MEAN, DON’T GET ME WRONG, I LOVE SOME FIREWORKS, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE COLD FOR THOSE TONIGHT. JUST LIKE THOSE EARLY GAMES. THE PIRATES WHENEVER THEY HAVE FIREWORKS IT’S LIKE, OH, I LOVE TO SEE IT, BUT IT’S MAYBE A LITTLE CHILLY THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON, BUT WE’RE GOING TO WARM THINGS UP BEFORE THE WEEKEND IS DONE. IT LOOKS GREAT OUTSIDE, BUT THERE’S A BRISK BREEZE FOR US AS WE WORK THROUGH THE SATURDAY, SO A HIGH OF ONLY 45. WE CONTINUE OUR DRY TREND SUNDAY TEMPERATURES, HOP, SKIP AND A JUMP CLOSER TO 60. SO WITH ALL THIS DRY TIME, A LOT OF OUR RIVERS, CREEKS, LOCAL RUNS WILL BE ABLE TO RECEDE. IN FACT, THE OHIO RIVER IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH ALREADY BACK BELOW ACTION STAGE. SO A GOOD SIGHT TO SEE COMING OFF OF ALL THAT HEAVY RAIN THAT WE DEALT WITH THURSDAY NIGHT INTO YESTERDAY MORNING. BUT THERE’S MORE RAIN IN TOWN ON TAP AS WE GO INTO EARLY APRIL. THESE ARE RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH THE COURSE OF NEXT WEEK FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, ANOTHER 1 TO 2IN OF RAIN WILL FALL. MOST OF THAT COMING WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY. UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE PIRATES HOME OPENER. SO WE COULD HAVE AT LEAST TWO MORE IMPACT DAYS AS WE FAST FORWARD INTO THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT WEEK. A FEW MORE 30S. SO STARTING TO SHOW UP. CERTAINLY A GOOD SIGN, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE SUNSHINE OVERHEAD. 30 ALREADY IN BUTLER, KITTANNING, GREENSBURG AND WASHINGTON. YOU’RE ABOVE FREEZING IN MORGANTOWN AND MORE THAN LIKELY WITH OUR NEXT CHECK WITH THE TOP OF THE HOUR. OBSERVATIONS WILL ALSO BE AROUND 30 IN PITTSBURGH. HERE’S YOUR 4-DAY PLUS 4 MORE FORECAST BRISK FOR TODAY. A HIGH OF ONLY 45, BUT IT’S GOING TO LOOK GREAT. PLENTY OF BLUE SKIES. YOU NEED THE SHADES, BUT ALSO A COUPLE OF WARM LAYERS TO GET OUT AND ABOUT. TODAY, 60 AS WE WIND DOWN THE FINAL WEEKEND OF MARCH, WARM UP CONTINUES THROUGH THE FINAL DAYS OF THE MONTH, ALSO WITH SOME VERY ISOLATED SHOWERS. BETTER CHANCE FOR RAIN COMING IN ON WEDNESDAY. AND AS I MENTIONED AGAIN ON FRIDAY, PERFECTLY NOW FOR THESE EARLY DAYS OF APRIL, OVER TO SATELLITE AND RADAR THROUGH THE MORNING. BEEN TRACKING A HANDFUL OF FLURRIES AND SNOW SHOWERS. THOSE ARE BASICALLY DONE. A FEW MORE CLOUDS TRYING TO EDGE IN ACROSS MERCER AND VENANGO COUNTIES, AND WE STILL COULD SEE A FEW MORE OF THOSE PASSING CLOUDS THROUGH THE START OF THIS MORNING. YOU CAN SEE SOME OVERHEAD IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH, BUT OVERALL, NICE TO SEE THINGS ARE BRIGHTENING UP HERE AS WE’RE GETTING THE WEEKEND UNDERWAY. MORE BLUE SKIES EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE IS IN CONTROL ALL WEEKEND LONG, BUT SOME CLOUDS WILL NUDGE IN WITH A BIT OF A WIND SHIFT TOMORROW. NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE CLOUDS TOMORROW, EVEN MOST OF MONDAY. YOU MAY NOTICE A FEW STRAY SHOWERS TRYING TO CREEP IN AS WE GO THROUGH THE SECOND HALF OF THE AFTERNOON, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE’RE KEEPING RELATIVELY DRY STRAIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THAT WOULD ALL CHANGE WEDNESDAY AGAIN, WHICH COULD BE UPGRADED TO AN IMPACT. A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE AREA, NOT ONLY BRINGING RAIN BUT POTENTIALLY SOME THUNDERSTORMS TOO. SO WE’LL BE BRINGING YOU UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND ON THAT. THAT BOUNDARY COMES BACK ON FRIDAY, AND WE COULD SEE SOME RAINDROPS LEADING UP TO FIRST PITCH OF THE PIRATES HOME OPENER. SO AGAIN, ANOTHER DAY T
Western PA: Dry this weekend, more rain next week
River levels area-wide will recede today.
Updated: 9:57 AM EDT Mar 28, 2026
High water, including river levels, continue receding today. It will be a dry final weekend of March with a good amount of sun. That sunshine will be the only thing warm about today’s forecast.Drying out after the heavy rain We will only reach the middle 40s Saturday despite mostly sunny skies. A brisk afternoon breeze will add to the chilly feeling. Sunday will also be dry with a mix of clouds and sun and highs returning to 60 degrees.More rain next weekAfter taking a break this weekend, rain returns to the picture as soon as Monday with stray late-day shower. The shower chance continues on Tuesday with our best chance at rain likely on Wednesday as a cold front passes. We may have to watch for a few storms as the front moves through Western PA.The Pirates home openerAnother system arrives late Thursday into Friday to bring rain again. Showers may end in the nick of time for first pitch of the Pirates home opener Friday afternoon. Another one to two inches of rain could fall next week. We will have to monitor our streams, creeks and rivers again.TODAY: Mostly sunny but brisk. High: 45°.TONIGHT: Increasing clouds and staying chilly. Low: 30°.SUNDAY: Milder with clouds and sun. High: 60°, low: 47°.MONDAY: Mostly cloudy with stray showers late. High: 64°, low: 56°.TUESDAY: Warmer with isolated showers. High: 74°, low: 57°.
PITTSBURGH —
High water, including river levels, continue receding today. It will be a dry final weekend of March with a good amount of sun. That sunshine will be the only thing warm about today’s forecast.
Drying out after the heavy rain
We will only reach the middle 40s Saturday despite mostly sunny skies. A brisk afternoon breeze will add to the chilly feeling. Sunday will also be dry with a mix of clouds and sun and highs returning to 60 degrees.
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Dry all weekend long with improving temperatures by Sunday.
More rain next week
After taking a break this weekend, rain returns to the picture as soon as Monday with stray late-day shower. The shower chance continues on Tuesday with our best chance at rain likely on Wednesday as a cold front passes. We may have to watch for a few storms as the front moves through Western PA.
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Another one to two inches of rain is possible next week. Most of the rain will fall on Wednesday and Friday.
The Pirates home opener
Another system arrives late Thursday into Friday to bring rain again. Showers may end in the nick of time for first pitch of the Pirates home opener Friday afternoon. Another one to two inches of rain could fall next week. We will have to monitor our streams, creeks and rivers again.
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April showers waste no time next week with another one to two inches of rainfall for the Pittsburgh area.
TODAY: Mostly sunny but brisk. High: 45°.
TONIGHT: Increasing clouds and staying chilly. Low: 30°.
SUNDAY: Milder with clouds and sun. High: 60°, low: 47°.
MONDAY: Mostly cloudy with stray showers late. High: 64°, low: 56°.
TUESDAY: Warmer with isolated showers. High: 74°, low: 57°.