Severe Weather Alert: Heavy rain, storms head into Pittsburgh
COMMUNITIES. IT’S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING DAY. WE’RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING ACTUALLY. YEAH. YOU KNOW, IT’S ALREADY WARM AND MUGGY AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. THEY DO HAVE THE CHANCE TO TURN SEVERE. THAT’S WHY WE DID MAKE IT A SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY. BUT THAT’S GOING TO BE MAINLY FOR THE AFTERNOON. AND AS WE GET INTO TONIGHT, RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOTICING THESE CLOUDS CONTINUING TO INCREASE AND SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS ALREADY DEVELOPING. THIS IS ALL AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT OF VERY LIGHT TO IMPACTING PORTIONS OF GREENE COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE RAIN STILL INTO EASTERN PARTS OF OHIO, HEADING INTO THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. WHAT WE’RE WATCHING IS STILL THAT COLD FRONT. THAT’S JUST WELL WEST OF SOUTHWEST OF SAINT LOUIS AND EVEN CHICAGO. AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO OUR AREA. SO WE’RE LOOKING AROUND ONE 2:00. WE’LL START TO SEE THIS FIRST LITTLE WAVE AHEAD OF THIS WARM FRONT, AND THEN WE’LL BE IN WHAT WE CALL THE WARM SECTOR. ALL THAT WARM, HUMID AIR JUST GETS KIND OF TRAPPED INTO OUR AREA BETWEEN THE WARM FRONT AND COLD FRONT. AND AS THAT COLD FRONT APPROACHES, AS WE GET LATER TONIGHT AFTER THE SUN SETS, WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS TO TURN SEVERE. I DO THINK HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES FOR US, AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN’T RULE OUT LARGE HAIL AND LIGHTNING. ALSO STILL A THREAT FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO. BUT AGAIN, THE HEAVY RAINFALL LOOKS TO BE THE BIGGEST STORM THREAT AND WHERE YOU SEE AS DARKER SHADE OF GREEN, THAT’S WHERE WE HAVE A BETTER CHANCE FOR SOME OF THOSE ISOLATED RISKS FOR STRONG STORMS. SO AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY, WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN EMBEDDED AS EARLY AS ONE 2:00. THIS IS AHEAD OF THAT WARM FRONT I JUST SHOWED YOU, LAWRENCE BEAVER, WASHINGTON, ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 INTO GREENE AND FAYETTE COUNTY. THAT MOVES THROUGH. THINGS WILL QUIET DOWN A SMALL LITTLE BREAK BETWEEN THE FIRST LITTLE WAVE AND THEN INTO THE SECOND. SEVEN, 8:00 WE’RE GOING TO START TO SEE THE ONSET OF THIS AGAIN, AND ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CITY GETTING AFTER THE SUN SETS. THAT’S WHEN WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR SOME OF THOSE STORMS TO REALLY TURN SEVERE AROUND MIDNIGHT. MOST OF IT WILL BE EAST, BUT IT’S THIS LINE WILL BE WATCHING AROUND 2:03 A.M., PASSING THROUGH GREENE, FAYETTE, EVEN DOWN INTO PRESTON. TUCKER AND GARRETT COULD HAVE SOME AGAIN, POCKETS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE CHANCE FOR A STRONG TO SEVERE STORM BY THE TIME YOU WAKE UP AND GET GOING RELATIVELY QUIET FOR A LOT OF US WILL STILL HAVE SOME RAIN INTO WESTMORELAND AND FAYETTE COUNTY. CLOUDS WILL BREAK A LITTLE BIT. SOME SUNSHINE, SHORT LIVED LITTLE WAVE OF ENERGY WILL COME IN THURSDAY AROUND 2:00, BRINGING SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS TO THE AREA BETWEEN 2 AND 5, AND THEN THINGS QUIET DOWN AGAIN THURSDAY EVENING. FRIDAY IS NOT A WASHOUT OF A DAY. VERY ISOLATED AND SPOTTY WITH THE SHOWERS. I THINK IT’S DEFINITELY A SAFE BET TO KEEP YOUR OUTDOOR PLANS, BUT WHAT YOU’LL NOTICE IS A BIG COOLDOWN HEADING OUR WAY, SO IT IS A SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY TODAY. SCATTERED RAIN AND SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPING, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND GETTING CLOSER TO MIDNIGHT. WE’LL BE INTO THE LOW 80S TODAY. STILL VERY MUGGY. THOSE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE AGAIN BETWEEN 12 AND 3:00 IN THE MORNING. TEMPS WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE MID 60S AND NOTICE IT’S A PRETTY STRONG FRONT. HOW IT DROPS OUR TEMPERATURES HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. WE’RE GOING TO STAY IN THE LOW TO MID 70S. THERE’S STILL A CHANCE FOR A SPOTTY SHOWER ON SUNDAY. SATURDAY LOOKS LIKE THE DRIEST DAY OF THE WEEKEND AGAIN. VERY ISOLATED ON FRIDAY. I DON’T THINK MOST OF US WILL EXPERIENCE THE RAIN THEN WE’RE GOING TO STAY IN THE
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Severe Weather Alert: Heavy rain, storms head into Pittsburgh
We are tracking a Severe Weather Alert Day with Pittsburgh’s Action Weather meteorologist Ashley Dougherty.In the Certified Most Accurate Forecast, Dougherty said heavy rainfall is the biggest storm threat, with pockets of heavy rain expected as early as 1 p.m.The rain will move through, providing a break through the afternoon before returning after sunset.Those storms could bring severe weather such as heavy rain, damaging winds, hail. Severe weather is expected to linger into early Thursday, with a line of storms south of the city. By 7 a.m. those storms should mostly clear from the area.
PITTSBURGH —
We are tracking a Severe Weather Alert Day with Pittsburgh’s Action Weather meteorologist Ashley Dougherty.
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In the Certified Most Accurate Forecast, Dougherty said heavy rainfall is the biggest storm threat, with pockets of heavy rain expected as early as 1 p.m.
The rain will move through, providing a break through the afternoon before returning after sunset.
Those storms could bring severe weather such as heavy rain, damaging winds, hail. Severe weather is expected to linger into early Thursday, with a line of storms south of the city.
By 7 a.m. those storms should mostly clear from the area.
