Pittsburgh Weather: Steady rain arrives this afternoon, greening up yards, crops
The rain will be nice and much-needed.
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The rain will be nice and much-needed.
While the rain by itself probably won't constitute a 'drought buster', conditions will help to make this rain a 'soaking' shower with little in the way lost due to downpours or evaporation.
After 21 days of no measurable rain at the airport, we have recorded 0.02 inches of rain, with more showers and even a few storms on the way later tonight.
We will still have a Code Yellow air quality status for Sunday for some of the haze and smoke in the upper levels of the atmosphere.
The interesting week continues, with several unusual things all coming together, giving us mets plenty of things to discuss.
This is such an interesting week.
Relief from the heat finally arrived with the cold front Saturday, and the high Sunday was 10 degrees cooler than Saturday in Pittsburgh.
After the driest May in Pittsburgh since 1986 and 12 days with no rain, we finally saw a few raindrops today and a few strong storms across the region.
The hottest temperatures of the year are expected to arrive tomorrow afternoon.
We could be looking at one of the hottest stretches of weather on record for the period starting yesterday and going through June 7.
Overnight into Memorial Day, showers will linger south, and clouds clear through the day, leaving us with a dry, sunny, and hot day with highs in the low 80s.
Saturday has been gorgeous, with highs in the mid-70s with plenty of sunshine. Clouds will increase by the evening.
Smoke from the Western Canada wildfires is leading to high particulate levels in the upper atmosphere and haze across our region.
It's going to be a sunny day with blue skies across Western Pennsylvania.
Clouds will gradually break overnight, giving us a pleasant evening and eventually partly cloudy skies by morning.
The best chance for rain occurs from noon to around 6 p.m.
Highs today should remain in the mid-70s, but if anything today will actually be more pleasant than yesterday
Get the latest weather updates from First Alert Meteorologist Ron Smiley!
After a sunny Sunday, we'll watch a few clouds roll in overnight, but temperatures will be cooler, with lower humidity levels.
After a damp and dreary Saturday, we'll see showers ending north to south this evening and dry conditions overnight.
We are just a little over a week into May, and it's already been a heck of a month.
A few isolated showers are moving out to our east this evening, and we'll be in for a mild, quiet Sunday night.
Storm chances will peak tonight around 8 p.m.
Get the latest on the weather with Mary Ours' full forecast!
Saturday afternoon brings heavy winds and possible severe storms.
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