Pittsburgh Weather: A partly cloudy Tuesday with hints of sunshine

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Lastly, the sunshine is again in the present day and tomorrow! Get pleasure from it whereas it lasts.

• Day by day common Excessive: 39° Low: 26°
• Dawn: 7:40 a.m. Sundown: 4:57 p.m.

FIRST ALERT: Friday for rain switching over to snow impacting vacation journey. Saturday for unfavorable wind chills all day.

AWARE: Bitter chilly temperatures this weekend. Highs within the teenagers and lows within the single digits. Wind chills are within the negatives throughout morning hours.

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Afternoon highs might be within the mid to higher 30s in the present day then low 40s tomorrow! Morning lows might be within the low 20s, so it’s going to nonetheless really feel chilly. Wednesday is the primary official day of winter, and we’ll be about on common with the temperatures.

We are going to see moisture lifting into the world Thursday. The onset of this precipitation might be a combination in lots of spots due to the nice and cozy entrance, however there could possibly be some freezing rain within the ridges. That’s the reason the Nationwide Climate Service has a winter storm watch in play for Garrett County on Thursday. This specific winter storm watch is just for the freezing rain potential Thursday.

First Alert Climate Day is about for Friday. Winds choose as much as presumably 50 mph gusts. Rain begins within the early morning for everybody then switches to snow by the late morning.

Snow will start to build up Friday. That rain will hinder snow totals although, so there are nonetheless no actual numbers on that but. Any snow that sticks to the bottom ought to final by way of Christmas Day. Temperatures plummet all through the day from the 30s/40s all the way down to the kids/single digits. So on condition that setup, flash freezing will probably occur Friday afternoon from the moist areas turning to slick ice. So, please be very cautious in case you are headed out Friday for any vacation journey!

Christmas weekend might be unseasonably chilly. First Alert Climate Day was issued for Saturday as a result of it’s going to nonetheless be very windy and lightweight snow ultimately tapers off all through the day. Morning temps might be within the single digits/teenagers however wind chills might be between 0 and -20°. Afternoon highs will solely be within the teenagers with wind chills nonetheless within the negatives since winds may nonetheless be gusty as much as 45 mph.

On Christmas Day, it’s going to be cloudy with winds calming down however nonetheless a bit breezy. Morning temps might be within the single digits with damaging wind chills then afternoon highs within the mid-teens. So, costume in plenty of additional layers if you need to be outdoors this weekend or transfer any out of doors plans indoors!

Temperatures will begin to come again up subsequent week as we exit the deep freeze.

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