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5 days ago |
wtae.com | Jill Szwed
Smoke from Canadian wildfires is once again blanketing the skies of Western Pennsylvania. The latest plume is aloft with only cosmetic impacts. More smoke is forecast to blow in Tuesday through early Wednesday.Lofted wildfire smoke is nothing new. Several plumes have tracked across our region over the past few summers. Impacts vary depending on the thickness and proximity to the surface of the smoky layer.What can we expect?Smoke creates a hazy, milky-looking sky during the day.
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1 week ago |
wtae.com | Jill Szwed
Bye, bye May and the cool and rainy weather. Hello June, sunshine, and warmer days. Summer is finally on the way to western PA!Pattern flip to sunshine and a warming trendThe calendar flip coincides with a weather pattern flip. A pleasant Sunday is on tap with mostly sunny skies. Temperatures will climb into the mid and upper 60s with a little breeze.It won't be long before a summer-like feeling arrives in Western PA. After the 60s over the weekend, highs skip ahead into the lower 80s by Tuesday.
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1 week ago |
wtae.com | Jill Szwed
May is going out feeling like April with morning showers, unseasonably cool temperatures, and breezy conditions. A warming trend will begin tomorrow with a summer-like feeling building across western PA. Impact Day: Wet morning, cooling breeze laterSpotty showers are re-developing this morning. A cold front is on the way and will sweep out the last of the showers by 1 PM. We will stay dry for the remainder of the day.
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1 week ago |
wtae.com | Jill Szwed
May 31 is an infamous weather day around western Pennsylvania. The 1889 Johnstown Flood killed 2,209 people, and a macroburst carved a path of destruction across Allegheny and Westmoreland counties on this date. This year commemorates 40 years since Pennsylvania's strongest and deadliest tornado outbreak. Remembering the 1985 tornado outbreak: See video from the WTAE archives in the video player aboveBig, strong, violent tornadoes don't happen that often in the Great Lakes or Northeast regions.
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2 weeks ago |
wtae.com | Jill Szwed
High temperatures will gradually tick up through the 60s over the holiday weekend. Conditions will stay dry with increasing amounts of sunshine. Not quite as cool this afternoonA tad chilly and certainly refreshing to kick off this Sunday. Patchy fog will linger through 8 AM or 9 AM. A few hours of sunshine are on tap before a deck of clouds roll in this afternoon. There won't be any showers to spoil your afternoon plans. Skies will clear out again this afternoon.
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Key takeaways through Friday - the pattern remains unsettled BUT there will still be a good amount of dry time for a lot of the area. Isolated showers or storms fire up between 3 PM and sunset. More activity develops overnight Thursday into Friday morning. #pittsburgh @WTAE https://t.co/CzoiDNmmZU
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