Today’s Impact Day is for rain showers arriving this morning. Area-wide rain will continue through 5 p.m. or 6 p.m. A few more showers will pop up Wednesday morning. Then, we are turning much colder for Thanksgiving Day.Impact Day: Rain could slow down travelThe first raindrops of this Impact Day arrives from the west during the typical morning commute. Rather quickly rain will overspread western Pennsylvania. If you are traveling today – be aware that the rain will not only be steady, but heavy at times during the early parts of the afternoon. The steady rain will continue through 5 p.m. or 6 p.m. Wet roads and reduced visibility can slow down traffic. Showers will taper off, temporarily, during the evening hours. Another round of spotty showers will cross before 1 p.m. Wednesday. Conditions will dry out for the second part of the day as our area turns colder.Much colder Thanksgiving DayPittsburgh’s high temperatures will slide about 20 degrees between Wednesday and Thanksgiving Day. And that doesn’t account for the wind that will make it feel like the 20s on Thanksgiving. A few wet flakes could fly by Wednesday and Thanksgiving nights for areas north of Pittsburgh and in the ridges. Black Friday and Small Business Saturday will be even colder. Western PA will stay dry with more sunshine on Friday.Watching a late-weekend storm systemThe Pitt game is looking dry but cold. The Steelers-Bills game Sunday afternoon could be a different story. We are watching another coast-to-coast storm system that could impact post-Thanksgiving travel on Sunday. The storm track is still up in the air. This will determine if the Pittsburgh area sees rain and/or snow. We will be closely monitoring the trends over the coming days. TODAY – Impact Day: Rain showers, could be heavy at times this afternoon. High: 55°.TONIGHT: Rain ends early, off and on isolated showers. Cloudy with patchy fog. Low: 48°.WEDNESDAY: Spotty showers before 1 p.m. Then some clearing. High: 57°, low: 28°.THANKSGIVING DAY: Much colder with clouds and passing flurries north. High: 35°, low: 26°.FRIDAY: Some sunshine, still cold. High: 33°, low: 23°.
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Today’s Impact Day is for rain showers arriving this morning. Area-wide rain will continue through 5 p.m. or 6 p.m. A few more showers will pop up Wednesday morning. Then, we are turning much colder for Thanksgiving Day.
Impact Day: Rain could slow down travel
The first raindrops of this Impact Day arrives from the west during the typical morning commute. Rather quickly rain will overspread western Pennsylvania. If you are traveling today – be aware that the rain will not only be steady, but heavy at times during the early parts of the afternoon. The steady rain will continue through 5 p.m. or 6 p.m. Wet roads and reduced visibility can slow down traffic.
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The rain will quickly become widespread by late-day morning. Pockets of heavier rain are possible.
Showers will taper off, temporarily, during the evening hours. Another round of spotty showers will cross before 1 p.m. Wednesday. Conditions will dry out for the second part of the day as our area turns colder.
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The rain will taper off this evening. A few more showers will pop up before lunchtime Wednesday.
Much colder Thanksgiving Day
Pittsburgh’s high temperatures will slide about 20 degrees between Wednesday and Thanksgiving Day. And that doesn’t account for the wind that will make it feel like the 20s on Thanksgiving. A few wet flakes could fly by Wednesday and Thanksgiving nights for areas north of Pittsburgh and in the ridges. Black Friday and Small Business Saturday will be even colder. Western PA will stay dry with more sunshine on Friday.
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Turning much colder for Thanksgiving Day with feels like temperatures in the 20s. The winter chill will linger into Saturday.
Watching a late-weekend storm system
The Pitt game is looking dry but cold. The Steelers-Bills game Sunday afternoon could be a different story. We are watching another coast-to-coast storm system that could impact post-Thanksgiving travel on Sunday. The storm track is still up in the air. This will determine if the Pittsburgh area sees rain and/or snow. We will be closely monitoring the trends over the coming days.
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Another storm system could impact your post-Thanksgiving travel with rain and/or snow for western PA on Sunday.
TODAY – Impact Day: Rain showers, could be heavy at times this afternoon. High: 55°.
TONIGHT: Rain ends early, off and on isolated showers. Cloudy with patchy fog. Low: 48°.
WEDNESDAY: Spotty showers before 1 p.m. Then some clearing. High: 57°, low: 28°.
THANKSGIVING DAY: Much colder with clouds and passing flurries north. High: 35°, low: 26°.
FRIDAY: Some sunshine, still cold. High: 33°, low: 23°.