Pittsburgh: Alert Day Sunday afternoon

Pittsburgh: Alert Day Sunday afternoon

Pittsburgh: Alert Day Sunday afternoon

Scattered robust storms Late PM Sunday – damaging winds are the highest risk.

YOU BETTER DO IT EARLY TOMORROW. THE FIRST HALF, THREE QUARTERS OF THE DAY, TOMORROW MORNING, MIDDAY, EARLY AFTERNOON. YOU’RE GOING TO BE OKAY. IT’S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PRETTY COMFORTABLE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WISE, 75 DEGREES OR SO TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THEN LATER IN THE DAY IS WHEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL START DEVELOPING AND MOVING ACROSS THE AREA, WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS POSSIBLE IN SPOTS. AND WE’RE LOOKING AT, ON AVERAGE, ABOUT A HALF OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN ANY GIVEN SPOT FROM 4:00 TOMORROW AFTERNOON THROUGH ABOUT 11:00 OR MIDNIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT. THERE COULD BE SOME ISOLATED SPOTS TO SEE HIGHER AMOUNTS PROJECTING, MAYBE UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN THE GREENSBURG AREA. STILL SHOULD BE. NOT AN AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT IS NOT ABLE TO BE HANDLED, BUT NONETHELESS, THERE WILL BE ANYWHERE FROM A HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH OF RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA BEFORE ALL IS SAID AND DONE. 75 THE HIGH TOMORROW, THE SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY WITH THE AFTERNOON SHOWER, THUNDERSTORM CHANCE. ANY ONE OF THOSE THUNDERSTORMS ON THE STRONGER SIDE COLD FRONT WILL THEN COME THROUGH. SHOULD CLEAR OUT BY MONDAY MORNING WITH ANY MORNING CLOUDS GIVING WAY TO AFTERNOON SUNSHINE AND SHOULD SEE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE THROUGH MID WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES MODERATING BACK NEAR 60 BY WEDNESDAY. RIGHT NOW, TEMPERATURES IN MOST PLACES ON EITHER SIDE OF 50 DEGREES. IT’S 55 IN MONROEVILLE, 53 IN BUTLER WON’T BE MUCH ADDITIONAL DROP IN THOSE TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT SHOULD BE IN THAT LOW 50 DEGREE RANGE TO START THE DAY TOMORROW, AND THEN SURGING BY NOON TIME WITH THE SOUTHWESTERLY WIND 66 DEGREES AGAIN 75 IN THE AFTERNOON. WITH SOME OF THOSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP BY 4:00. FOR AREAS NORTH AND THEN STARTING TO DRIFT FURTHER SOUTH AS WE APPROACH FIVE AND 6:00, SHOULD BE CLOSER TOWARD THE PITTSBURGH AREA. AGAIN, THE MAIN THREATS GUSTY WINDS, HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD BE SOME AREAS THAT SEE SOME SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED HAIL AND OF COURSE, LIGHTNING WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM IS ALWAYS A CONCERN. 730 TOMORROW MORNING AGAIN, PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. FAST FORWARD AHEAD TO ABOUT FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON. ACTIVITY AT THAT POINT SHOULD BE NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80, THEN STARTING TO DRIFT A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH, COMING CLOSER TOWARD THE PITTSBURGH AREA BETWEEN ABOUT 530 AND 6:00. AND THEN AS WE HEAD TOWARD 8:00, 9:00 IN THE EVENING, THE SEVERE THREAT WILL FIZZLE, BUT THEY’LL STILL BE SOME POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. YOU CAN SEE BY 2 A.M. THINGS WRAPPING UP AND APPROACHING MONDAY MORNING. SOME LINGERING CLOUDS TO START, BUT DRY SKIES EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, BUT COOLER TEMPERATURES. AS I MENTIONED, WE GO FROM 75 TOMORROW TO 47 ON MONDAY. TEMPERATURES THEN BEGIN TO REBOUND 58 BY WEDNESDAY. A FEW SHOWERS ON THURSDAY, 62 DEGREES. AND THEN WE’LL SEE ANOTH

Pittsburgh: Alert Day Sunday afternoon

Scattered robust storms Late PM Sunday – damaging winds are the highest risk.

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Updated: 11:27 PM EDT Mar 21, 2026

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An enormous spring surge in temperatures tomorrow, with the mercury rising into the mid 70s. Sunday is a Severe Weather Alert Day for late afternoon and night scattered extreme thunderstorms. The fundamental risk from any robust t’storm is damaging winds temporary downpours and remoted giant hail.Weekend heat up Temps preserve rising tomorrow…the day will begin with temps within the low 50s and finish with afternoon highs within the mid 70s by 3/4pm. The solely exception might be alongside Interstate 80 the place highs could stay within the 60s with clouds and rain arriving slightly sooner.Severe Weather Alert Day SundayA chilly entrance will strategy Western PA throughout the late afternoon and early night time-frame. The most energetic hours for rain and thunderstorms will probably be between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. The earliest risk is north of I-80 the place showers and storms could arrive round 3:30-4pm. The showers and t’storms will drift south and may arrive within the locaol space between 5-6pm. Areas south of I-70 will probably see their possibilities improve after 6pm. Damaging wind gusts and heavy downpours are the first considerations.The stronf t’storm risk will fizzle by 9pm…however showers will linger within the space till about 2am, earlier than ending altogether. We ought to be drying out properly forward of the Monday morning commute.More seasonal subsequent weekMore seasonal air blows in behind Sunday’s cool entrance. Monday would be the coolest day of the upcoming work week with highs solely within the higher 40s. High temperatures will average again into the 50s Tuesday and Wednesday. Milder temperatures and some shwoers return Thursday with one other passing entrance.TONIGHT: Fair skies and gentle. Low: 51°.SUNDAY – Severe Weather Alert Day: Breezy and heat. Late day showers or t’storms. High: 75°.MONDAY: AM clouds/ PM Sun. Cooler. High: 47°.TUESDAY: Sunny skies. High: 51°

An enormous spring surge in temperatures tomorrow, with the mercury rising into the mid 70s. Sunday is a Severe Weather Alert Day for late afternoon and night scattered extreme thunderstorms. The fundamental risk from any robust t’storm is damaging winds temporary downpours and remoted giant hail.

Weekend heat up

Temps preserve rising tomorrow…the day will begin with temps within the low 50s and finish with afternoon highs within the mid 70s by 3/4pm.

pittsburgh: weekend warm up, alert day sunday afternoon

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Comfortable temperatures for the primary full day of spring across the Pittsburgh space. 

The solely exception might be alongside Interstate 80 the place highs could stay within the 60s with clouds and rain arriving slightly sooner.

Severe Weather Alert Day Sunday

A chilly entrance will strategy Western PA throughout the late afternoon and early night time-frame. The most energetic hours for rain and thunderstorms will probably be between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.

pittsburgh: weekend warm up, alert day sunday afternoon

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Scattered extreme thunderstorms are attainable late Sunday, particularly from Pittsburgh to the West Virginia border.

The earliest risk is north of I-80 the place showers and storms could arrive round 3:30-4pm. The showers and t’storms will drift south and may arrive within the locaol space between 5-6pm. Areas south of I-70 will probably see their possibilities improve after 6pm. Damaging wind gusts and heavy downpours are the first considerations.

pittsburgh: weekend warm up, alert day sunday afternoon

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A stationary boundary sparks Sunday’s robust thunderstorm risk.

The stronf t’storm risk will fizzle by 9pm…however showers will linger within the space till about 2am, earlier than ending altogether. We ought to be drying out properly forward of the Monday morning commute.

pittsburgh: weekend warm up, alert day sunday afternoon

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Rain ends earlier than the Monday morning commute. Localized flooding is feasible.

More seasonal subsequent week

More seasonal air blows in behind Sunday’s cool entrance. Monday would be the coolest day of the upcoming work week with highs solely within the higher 40s. High temperatures will average again into the 50s Tuesday and Wednesday. Milder temperatures and some shwoers return Thursday with one other passing entrance.

pittsburgh: weekend warm up, alert day sunday afternoon

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A pointy quiet down settles in behind Sunday’s stronger storm risk.

TONIGHT: Fair skies and gentle. Low: 51°.
SUNDAY – Severe Weather Alert Day: Breezy and heat. Late day showers or t’storms. High: 75°.
MONDAY: AM clouds/ PM Sun. Cooler. High: 47°.
TUESDAY: Sunny skies. High: 51°

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