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  • 1 week ago | wtae.com | Jill Szwed

    We are putting the "sun" in Sunday! Sunshine returns this afternoon with milder temperatures. A few showers will cross the area while you're sleeping. More rain and possible thunderstorms arrive for the Monday evening commute, making it an Impact Day.Sunshine returns with milder temperaturesThere was a good amount of clearing overnight so we are starting off frosty with patchy fog, especially in valley locations. Clouds will continue to erode with high pressure in the neighborhood.

  • 1 week ago | wtae.com | Jill Szwed

    Clouds hang tough today with isolated showers backing in from the east. Sunshine and milder temperatures return to wrap up the weekend. More showers and possible storms for Monday evening. Clouds for all, isolated showersThe weekend looks mainly dry. So don't let the mention of showers change your plans. An upper-level low remains our key weather feature. Clouds continue to blanket western Pennsylvania. There will be a few isolated showers today, especially for areas east of the city.

  • 2 weeks ago | wtae.com | Jill Szwed

    The steady and heavy rain is wrapping up. Spotty light showers will linger throughout the day. Next we turn our attention to the rivers. Levels will rise through Monday morning and result in minor flooding.Flood Watch and river floodingMost of the Pittsburgh area remains under a Flood Watch through 8 or 9 AM. Low-lying and poor drainage areas may be flooded following the rounds of heavy rain.Impact Days will cover today and tomorrow for rising river levels.

  • 2 weeks ago | wtae.com | Jill Szwed

    The active pattern continues this weekend with rounds of rain and a few thunderstorms. A Flood Watch is in effect for Allegheny County and areas to the south. River flooding issues arise into early next week. Impact weekend: Rounds of rain, thunder mixed inA warm front lifts through the areas this morning. It should settle closer to I-80 by lunchtime. After that we will see some dry time through this evening. Showers return with a cold front tonight through early Sunday morning.

  • 3 weeks ago | wtae.com | Jill Szwed

    You don't have to travel to Washington, D.C., and certainly not to Japan to see a springtime tradition.Since 2009 the Pittsburgh Sakura Project has planted 10 varieties of Japanese cherry blossoms in groves around the Boathouse in North Park. Fumio Yasuzawa founded the group as a way to give back to his new hometown of Pittsburgh. The Japanese sakura, or cherry blossom, is a sign of fleeting beauty just like the spring season.

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Jill Szwed
Jill Szwed @JillSzwedWTAE
6 Apr 25

Impact Days ⚠️ for river flooding. Gloomy and chilly ☁️ today. Wet flakes ❄️ sneak in tonight and again Mon evening. Rain return Thursday ☔️ #tweetcast #pittsburgh @WTAE https://t.co/fninBOkg13

Jill Szwed
Jill Szwed @JillSzwedWTAE
5 Apr 25

Busy weekend ⚠️ with off and on rain ☔️ Some of the heaviest rain 🌧️ falls overnight. River flooding 🌊 threat for the first half of next week. #impactday #pittsburgh @WTAE https://t.co/mA3dNnvsmg

Jill Szwed
Jill Szwed @JillSzwedWTAE
5 Apr 25

No rest in the active pattern over the weekend. A heavy rain threat turns into a river flooding concern. #impactdays #pittsburgh @WTAE https://t.co/zg7AL7pvOc