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<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNo white Christmas for Western PA this year. Temperatures will be in the 40s to near 50 for Christmas Day with rain and ice for the day after Christmas.Mild ChristmasTemperatures for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will be in the 40s with mostly cloudy skies. We will flirt with 50 on Christmas Day after some light rain showers Christmas morning. Rain looks to be possible on 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. with clouds lingering through the day.Impact Day Friday: Rain and iceOur next major system is here Friday as precipitation starts in the late morning. We will see precipitation start as rain in locations south of Pittsburgh. The city could see a brief period of wet snow or freezing rain before we are all rain. North and east of the city, precipitation will start as freezing rain or sleet and remain icy through the day, potentially seeing significant ice through the day. A Winter Storm Watch has been issued for Armstrong, Clarion, Fayette (Laurel Highlands), Forest, Indiana, Westmoreland (Laurel Highlands), and Venango Counties from Friday morning through Saturday morning.By the end of precipitation Saturday morning, some locations could see near a half inch of ice, which would be enough to cause major travel problems and snap tree limbs from the weight of the ice. Mild Weekend, Colder Next WeekTemperatures will be warm through the weekend with highs in the middle 50s on Sunday with rain showers returning. The rain will usher in a cold blast to end 2025 as highs drop below freezing to close out the year with a flurry chance on Monday.TODAY: Mostly cloudy. High: 43\u00b0.TONIGHT: Cloudy with showers by sunrise. Low: 34\u00b0.CHRISTMAS DAY: Early morning rain showers then cloudy. High: 48\u00b0, low: 30\u00b0.FRIDAY – IMPACT DAY: Rain showers for the city and south, wintry mix north and east. High: 47\u00b0, low: 36\u00b0.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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No white Christmas for Western PA this year. Temperatures will be in the 40s to near 50 for Christmas Day with rain and ice for the day after Christmas.<\/p>\n
Mild Christmas<\/p>\n
Temperatures for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will be in the 40s with mostly cloudy skies. We will flirt with 50 on Christmas Day after some light rain showers Christmas morning. Rain looks to be possible on 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. with clouds lingering through the day.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning rain showers, otherwise cloudy and mild for Christmas Day.<\/p>\n
Impact Day Friday: Rain and ice<\/p>\n
Our next major system is here Friday as precipitation starts in the late morning. We will see precipitation start as rain in locations south of Pittsburgh. The city could see a brief period of wet snow or freezing rain before we are all rain. North and east of the city, precipitation will start as freezing rain or sleet and remain icy through the day, potentially seeing significant ice through the day. <\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWinter Storm Watch for counties north and east of Pittsburgh from\u00a0Friday morning to Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
A Winter Storm Watch has been issued for Armstrong, Clarion, Fayette (Laurel Highlands), Forest, Indiana, Westmoreland (Laurel Highlands), and Venango Counties from Friday morning through Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPotentially significant ice accretion for locations north and east of Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n
By the end of precipitation Saturday morning, some locations could see near a half inch of ice, which would be enough to cause major travel problems and snap tree limbs from the weight of the ice. <\/p>\n
Mild Weekend, Colder Next Week<\/p>\n
Temperatures will be warm through the weekend with highs in the middle 50s on Sunday with rain showers returning. The rain will usher in a cold blast to end 2025 as highs drop below freezing to close out the year with a flurry chance on Monday.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA warm Christmas with rain and wintry mix on\u00a0Friday. Much colder to end 2025.<\/p>\n
TODAY: Mostly cloudy. High: 43\u00b0.
TONIGHT: Cloudy with showers by sunrise. Low: 34\u00b0.
CHRISTMAS DAY: Early morning rain showers then cloudy. High: 48\u00b0, low: 30\u00b0.
FRIDAY – IMPACT DAY: Rain showers for the city and south, wintry mix north and east. High: 47\u00b0, low: 36\u00b0. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No white Christmas for Western PA this year. Temperatures will be in the 40s to near 50 for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5527,33738,22186,31820,2443,11955,3509,10253,73,75,74,2822,27499,19038],"class_list":{"0":"post-69364","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-christmas","9":"tag-christmas-day","10":"tag-christmas-eve","11":"tag-freezing-rain","12":"tag-ice","13":"tag-impact-day","14":"tag-mild","15":"tag-pawx","16":"tag-pittsburgh","17":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","18":"tag-pittsburgh-news","19":"tag-rain","20":"tag-sleet","21":"tag-winter-storm-watch"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69364","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=69364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}