There are no weather worries as you head to the polls today. It will be a bright, brisk, and breezy day around western Pennsylvania. We are tracking two shower chances for the second half of the week – a brief clip of isolated showers late Wednesday afternoon, then more widespread rain that prompts an Impact Day on Friday.Bright but brisk Election DaySeasonal and dry this Election Day. Temperatures are starting in the upper 30s. Readings will jump into the mid and upper 50s under plenty of sunshine this afternoon. Numbers will slide back into the 40s by the time the polls close at 8 p.m. It will turn breezy again this afternoon. A few gusts between 20 and 25 mph are possible.Isolated showers late WednesdayA weak and fast-moving system will bring some weather changes. We will wake up to sunshine ahead of increasing clouds into the afternoon. It will be a windy and warmer day with highs in the lower 60s and gusts peaking around 35 to 40 mph.A quick dose of light showers arrives after 4 p.m. Areas to north – like Mercer, Venango, and Clarion counties – will see the rain first. Isolated showers will race southward toward Pittsburgh between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. The system exits through the Laurels by 8 p.m. Any rainfall will be less than a tenth of an inch.Impact Day Friday for more rain by late-dayQuiet & dry conditions return Thursday with temperatures dipping back into the mid 50s. Friday will be another warm day ahead of a better rain potential courtesy of a swift cold front. This prompts an Impact Day for Friday evening. The timing of the rain will impact high school football playoff games and other evening plans. The rain will dry up early Saturday morning.Temperatures will take a big slide into early next week with our first flurries of the season possible late Sunday night into early Monday AM.TODAY: Bright, brisk, and breezy with 20-25 mph gusts. High: 57°.TONIGHT: Mainly clear and crisp. Low: 40°.WEDNESDAY: Windy and warmer with increasing clouds. Isolated late-day showers. High: 64°, low: 39°.THURSDAY: Cooler with sun and clouds. High: 53°, low: 38°.

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There are no weather worries as you head to the polls today. It will be a bright, brisk, and breezy day around western Pennsylvania. We are tracking two shower chances for the second half of the week – a brief clip of isolated showers late Wednesday afternoon, then more widespread rain that prompts an Impact Day on Friday.

Bright but brisk Election Day

Seasonal and dry this Election Day. Temperatures are starting in the upper 30s. Readings will jump into the mid and upper 50s under plenty of sunshine this afternoon. Numbers will slide back into the 40s by the time the polls close at 8 p.m.

election day: bright but brisk for western pa

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Hang onto your voting sticker – the brisk afternoon breeze could blow it away. 

It will turn breezy again this afternoon. A few gusts between 20 and 25 mph are possible.

Isolated showers late Wednesday

A weak and fast-moving system will bring some weather changes. We will wake up to sunshine ahead of increasing clouds into the afternoon. It will be a windy and warmer day with highs in the lower 60s and gusts peaking around 35 to 40 mph.

election day: bright but brisk for western pa

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Isolated showers will race through the Pittsburgh area between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Wednesday.

A quick dose of light showers arrives after 4 p.m. Areas to north – like Mercer, Venango, and Clarion counties – will see the rain first. Isolated showers will race southward toward Pittsburgh between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. The system exits through the Laurels by 8 p.m. Any rainfall will be less than a tenth of an inch.

Impact Day Friday for more rain by late-day

Quiet & dry conditions return Thursday with temperatures dipping back into the mid 50s. Friday will be another warm day ahead of a better rain potential courtesy of a swift cold front. This prompts an Impact Day for Friday evening. The timing of the rain will impact high school football playoff games and other evening plans. The rain will dry up early Saturday morning.

Temperatures will take a big slide into early next week with our first flurries of the season possible late Sunday night into early Monday AM.

election day: bright but brisk for western pa

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Wednesday’s shower chance is less impressive than Friday’s, which has prompted an Impact Day for the evening hours. The first real deal chill and flakes are possible by Monday.