Cold Snap with Dangerous Wind Chills on the Way to Pittsburgh
YEAH, IT’S JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO TUMBLE. SO WE’RE GOING TO NOTICE IT, ESPECIALLY STARTING TODAY. AND AGAIN WE ALREADY NOTICING THOSE TEMPERATURES REAL FEEL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. BREEZY TODAY WINDY TOMORROW. PLUS WE GOT SOME SNOWFLAKES COMING IN. COULD SEE ABOUT AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION TOMORROW. THEN A SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY ON TUESDAY. DANGEROUS COLD WHEN OUR WIND CHILLS WILL BE SUBZERO. WE’RE LOOKING 1020 AND INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS, 30 BELOW. AND IT’S NOT JUST IN THE MORNING. IT’S GOING TO BE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY. 18 DEGREES RIGHT NOW IN PITTSBURGH FEELS LIKE IT’S TEN. THOSE WINDS ARE OUT OF THE WEST, RELATIVELY LIGHT, ABOUT SIX MILES PER HOUR. WE’RE STILL SEEING A FEW FLAKES AROUND, BUT NOTICE OUR WIND CHILLS AGAIN. ACTUAL TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY INTO THE 20S, BUT FEELS LIKE IT’S 16. IN GREENSBURG AND UNIONTOWN, 19 IN WASHINGTON. FOUR’S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE IN NEW CASTLE, SIX IN BUTLER AND NINE INTO INDIANA. SO HERE’S THE BREAKDOWN THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. STILL SOME EARLY MORNING SNOW SHOWERS. A LOT OF THOSE ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE OUT, BUT YOU’RE GOING TO NOTICE A LIGHT COATING TO A HALF AN INCH ON THE GROUND. SO ANYTHING LEFT UNTREATED, ESPECIALLY THOSE SECONDARY ROADS, SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAYS ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE TRICKY THIS MORNING. THE TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET. THEN THEY REBOUND ON WEDNESDAY, BUT WE’LL HAVE SOME CHANCE FOR SOME SNOW SHOWERS COMING IN MIDWEEK AND KEEP OUR EYE ON A CHANCE FOR SOME MORE SNOW SHOWERS HEADING INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. A LOT OF THAT STEADIER SNOW HAS MOVED OUT, BUT AGAIN, WE STILL HAVE A FEW FLURRIES LINGERING INTO PARTS OF WESTMORELAND, A LITTLE BIT INTO ALLEGHENY, SOUTHERN BEAVER AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. THAT WILL BE THE TREND THROUGH THE DAY. A FLURRY OR TWO, A FEW PEEKS OF SUNSHINE. REALLY NOT TOO BAD, AT LEAST WITH THE SNOW. BUT THAT COLD AIR CONTINUES TO USHER IN. WE’RE GOING TO SEE SOME FLAKES DEVELOPING AS WE GET INTO TOMORROW. SOME SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS NORTH AND EAST AROUND 7:00. AFTER 9:00, WE’LL START TO SEE THIS RAMP UP A LITTLE BIT. KEEP IN MIND IT’S NOT A LOT OF ACCUMULATION, BUT STILL COULD MAKE THINGS SLICK AND SOME LOWER VISIBILITY IN AND OUT QUICKLY. BY THE TIME WE GET INTO THE EVENING, THINGS WILL QUIET DOWN FOR US, AND THEN THAT COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE IN MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY. HERE’S HOW MUCH SNOW WE’RE EXPECTING TOMORROW. LIKE I SAID, MOST OF US AROUND AN INCH LOCALLY COULD SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE. THOSE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WE SEE AROUND 2 TO 3IN WHEN MOST OF US SEE AROUND AN INCH. THERE’S YOUR FOUR DAY PLUS FOUR MORE FORECAST. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY TOMORROW. AGAIN, WE ARE EXPECTING THOSE LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO START. LATE MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER. UPPER TEENS AND LOW 20S. STILL GOING TO FEEL LIKE WE’RE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. MOST OF THAT SNOW COMING IN EARLY AFTERNOON AROUND LUNCHTIME SHOULD BE OUT OF HERE FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE. AND THEN AS WE GET INTO TUESDAY, IT’S OUR SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY. WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS THE PAST FEW DAYS. WE’RE LOOKING AROUND 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO, WIND CHILLS PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY LONG, AND FROSTBITE. KEEP IN MIND CAN CAN OCCUR WITHIN 30 MINUTES, SO YOU REALLY WANT TO LIMIT YOUR TIME OUTDOORS. AS WE GET INTO OUR TUESDAY, WE’LL BACK UP INTO THE 30S WITH SNOW CHANCES COMING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. RIGHT NOW LOOKS LIKE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY AND THEN THE WEEKEND. NO, WE’RE NOT EXPECTING FOUR FEET OF SNOW LIKE SOMEONE ON THE INTERNET SAID AGAIN, WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS ALL MORNING LONG, BUT WE ARE GOING TO SEE A CHANCE FOR SOME SNOW. WEATHER MODELS ARE NOT AGREEING ON THE DAY AND HOW MUCH IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE NOTHING WE CAN’T HANDLE, BUT WE’LL BE FINE TUNING IT THRO
Cold Snap with Dangerous Wind Chills on the Way to Pittsburgh
Updated: 7:25 AM EST Jan 18, 2026
The cold returns as we close out the weekend. Frigid air settles in Monday night, prompting a Severe Weather Alert Day on Tuesday.First wave of cold Sunday and MondayCold air spills into the area for Sunday and Monday as highs stay in the teens. Some light snow showers will cross the area on Monday that may drop another half an inch to inch of snow. The wind will pick up late Monday as wind chills drop into the single digits during the day and subzero at night.Frigid air and brutal wind chills Tuesday – Alert DayTemperatures will keep dropping Monday night as we wake up around 4° Tuesday morning. Highs will struggle back to the teens, but it won’t feel like that at any point in the day. With winds gusting to 30 mph, wind chills will stay subzero through the day.Tuesday is a Severe Weather Alert Day as wind chills will likely reach 10 below zero and stay subzero through the day. Wind chills could be as cold as 30 below zero in the Laurel Highlands.Improving temperatures late weekTemperatures will improve as we head through the end of next week. Highs will climb above freezing as early as Wednesday. We are watching the potential for a little more snow Wednesday and Thursday. We drop temperatures again heading into next weekend.TODAY: Colder with mostly cloudy skies. High: 24°, low: 16°.MLK DAY: A few snow showers. Mostly cloudy and windy. High: 23°, low: 4°.TUESDAY: Severe Weather Alert Day. Morning wind chills as low as -10° to -30°. Sub-zero feels continue through the afternoon. High: 16°, low: 8°.
The cold returns as we close out the weekend. Frigid air settles in Monday night, prompting a Severe Weather Alert Day on Tuesday.
First wave of cold Sunday and Monday
Cold air spills into the area for Sunday and Monday as highs stay in the teens. Some light snow showers will cross the area on Monday that may drop another half an inch to inch of snow. The wind will pick up late Monday as wind chills drop into the single digits during the day and subzero at night.
Frigid air and brutal wind chills Tuesday – Alert Day
Temperatures will keep dropping Monday night as we wake up around 4° Tuesday morning. Highs will struggle back to the teens, but it won’t feel like that at any point in the day. With winds gusting to 30 mph, wind chills will stay subzero through the day.
Tuesday is a Severe Weather Alert Day as wind chills will likely reach 10 below zero and stay subzero through the day. Wind chills could be as cold as 30 below zero in the Laurel Highlands.
Improving temperatures late week
Temperatures will improve as we head through the end of next week. Highs will climb above freezing as early as Wednesday. We are watching the potential for a little more snow Wednesday and Thursday. We drop temperatures again heading into next weekend.
TODAY: Colder with mostly cloudy skies. High: 24°, low: 16°.
MLK DAY: A few snow showers. Mostly cloudy and windy. High: 23°, low: 4°.
TUESDAY: Severe Weather Alert Day. Morning wind chills as low as -10° to -30°. Sub-zero feels continue through the afternoon. High: 16°, low: 8°.