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  • 5 days ago | wtae.com | Jill Szwed

    Happy Mother's Day! It will be another beautiful day with sunshine and slightly warmer temperatures. The dry weather extends into the start of the new work week. Daily shower chances are on tap through Friday. Beautiful Mother's DayNot quite as chilly to start with wake up temperatures in the 40s. Sunshine, maybe some passing clouds for Mother's Day across western PA. Temperatures will tick a little higher into the upper 70s by the afternoon.

  • 6 days ago | wtae.com | Jill Szwed

    No weather worries this Mother's Day weekend. Western PA will enjoy sunshine and warming temperatures all weekend long. Speedy warm up from a frosty startMaybe the only hiccup in another otherwise lovely weekend are the temperatures this morning. A Frost Advisory remains in effect for the entire Pittsburgh area through 8 AM. It will be a speedy warm up through the afternoon. After starting in the 30s and 40s, highs will top off into the lower 70s. That's about 10 degrees warmer than yesterday.

  • 1 week ago | wtae.com | Jill Szwed

    On May 7, 1925, the world's first planetarium opened in Munich, Germany, to great wonder and acclaim. Fourteen years later, a similar stargazing facility would open in Pittsburgh. The planetarium accelerated space curiosity and exploration worldwide. At the beginning, the cosmos was viewed using gigantic telescopes. The one at Pittsburgh's Buhl Planetarium was a Zeiss II Sky Projector.

  • 1 week ago | wtae.com | Jill Szwed

    The future of Pittsburgh International Airport is not just as a transportation hub, but an energy hub too. In 2021 the airport flipped the switch on the first-of-its-kind microgrid, utilizing power from natural gas-fired generators and over 10,000 solar panels. You can see the solar array every time you drive I-376 to and from the airport. The solar field sits on top of an old landfill - land that otherwise couldn't be re-developed.

  • 1 week ago | wtae.com | Jill Szwed

    Runners of the Pittsburgh Marathon and the cheering squads are dealing with ongoing sprinkles and light showers this morning. Activity will wrap up by mid-morning. Today will remain an Impact Day with another batch of showers and isolated storms popping up late this afternoon. Marathon Day begins with showersDrizzle and a few light showers are still hanging around, and the course is wet as the Pittsburgh Marathon gets underway this morning.

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Jill Szwed
Jill Szwed @JillSzwedWTAE
14 May 25

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

Jill Szwed
Jill Szwed @JillSzwedWTAE
13 May 25

Date and opponent set for the Steelers' game in Ireland https://t.co/7dKTsT9MIR

Jill Szwed
Jill Szwed @JillSzwedWTAE
12 May 25

Happy Monday, Pittsburgh! #sunrise @WTAE https://t.co/w2n48tU7We