{"id":266382,"date":"2026-08-16T11:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T11:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266382\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T11:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T11:40:13","slug":"pittsburgh-weather-tropical-like-downpours-possible-during-repeat-rounds-of-rain-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266382\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Weather: Tropical-like downpours possible during repeat rounds of rain on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 Localized flooding will be a concern again today with repeated rounds of showers and storms expected. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">With near record levels of moisture available, any storm that develops this afternoon could produce tropical-like downpours. The heaviest rain is likely to develop after 3 p.m. and wrap up sometime this evening. Pockets of 1 to 2 inches of additional rain are expected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/track-rain-using-our-interactive-radar\/OLMHULIIJFD5HDHGCVTKKPXOKA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/track-rain-using-our-interactive-radar\/OLMHULIIJFD5HDHGCVTKKPXOKA\/\">&gt;&gt; TRACK THE STORMS &lt;&lt; <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">A couple of strong storms are possible, too, with the main threat being strong wind gusts, although an isolated tornado can\u2019t be ruled out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Spotty off-and-on showers are expected Monday, although additional rainfall amounts should be light. Humidity levels will drop throughout the day with sunshine and much more comfortable weather back Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">We\u2019ll see another round of showers Wednesday afternoon into Thursday, although dry and less humid air looks to return Friday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 Localized flooding will be a concern again today with repeated rounds of showers and storms expected.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[117,73,75,74,116],"class_list":["post-266382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-extended-forecast","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-wpxi-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}