Tropical rain is set to arrive Sunday for the Pittsburgh area.
Isaias is now a major hurricane after strengthening to a Category 3 Friday morning. Landfall is anticipated tonight with maximum winds above 110 mph near Pensacola, Florida.
Western Pennsylvania comes into the conversation with the remnants of the storm on a fast track northeastward over the weekend. Sunday will be a soggy one, making it an an Impact Day.
Major Hurricane Isaias makes landfall tonight
Isaias is on track to make landfall as a Category 3 or high-end Category 2 hurricane tonight near Pensacola, Florida. The Gulf Coast is bracing for very heavy rain, storm surge and damaging winds. Winds will likely exceed 100 mph at landfall.
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Hurricane Isaias makes landfall Friday night near the Alabama-Florida border.
The storm will weaken over the land. The track takes Isaias through Alabama Saturday before reaching parts of Appalachia by Sunday afternoon.
How will Isaias impact the Pittsburgh area?
The remnants of Isaias will race northward throughout the weekend. The rainbands will spread soggy conditions to parts of the Midwest, the Ohio Valley and eventually the Northeast. In Western Pennsylvania, the impacts will be between Sunday morning and Monday morning.
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Sunday morning is the wettest part of the Impact Day.
Impact Day Sunday for tropical rain
The steadiest and heaviest rain will fall Sunday morning. We are expecting a few lulls Sunday afternoon before the rain lightens up entirely overnight.
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Off and on rain for Sunday afternoon.
Around an inch of rain is expected for most neighborhoods. Locally higher amounts are possible, especially south of Pittsburgh closer to the circulation of the remnant system.
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The remnants of Isaias will drop around an inch of rain for the Pittsburgh area.
This is a drawn-out rain event. The ground handle this amount of rain with no problem. So the flooding threat is low. Downpours could result in brief ponding.
While the weather is beautiful, clear leaves, sticks and other yard debris from storm drains.