Pittsburgh Weather

Warm Weather Has Syrup Flowing Early

... Laurel Highlands of Somerset and Fayette counties. Vermont is the biggest syrup-producing state, pouring about half a million gallons a year. Quebec is the largest producer of syrup in North America with production exceeding 6.5 million gallons. About 50 gallons of sap cooks down to produce 1 gallon of syrup. This is the second year in a row that the sap has started flowing in January, said Mr. Hess. In 2016 he tapped his maples on Jan. 20 and production continued into mid-March. He said this year the “spiles,” or tree taps, were drilled and went in a week earlier, and he’s hopeful the sap season will stretch out just as it did last year. And it could, based on Accu Weather’s long-term forecast for the Somerset area, which predicts nighttime temperatures will dip below freezing on up to 25 of the next 30 days, although on most nights just barely. “We just take it as it comes. If it would turn out like the long-range forecast, well, I just might run through all of this wood, and that would be a good thing,” Mr. Hess said, pointing to a neatly stacked floor-to-ceiling woodpile that fills a carport sized-structure next to the ...

Potential Exists For Big Snowfall This Weekend

... a big scary map, you probably will see their post soon enough. I wanted to try to jump out in front of the hysteria and talk about what we know and what we don’t know as of this morning. So, here’s what you need to know. There is the potential for a big snow over the course of the weekend.  At this point, it appears if we did see a big snow; the snow would start falling late on Saturday afternoon and would continue on Sunday. (Photo Credit: Pivotal Weather). What we don’t know is a lot longer than what we do know. This system bringing us snow will be in the form of a mid-level low. We cannot be sure the strength of the system this far out. Other things still not known are timing, potential moisture available and the exact track of the system. Even if this system is as potent as model data continues to show, the chance of it actually occurring (as data is showing) is still pretty low. Any posts that try to make a forecast with track and or snow totals more than three days out should be looked at skeptically. We will be ...

Weird Weather Impacts Some Plants, Wildlfie

... timed deep freeze. “People don’t think about it, but if insects come out early and get wiped out by a freeze, just about everything else gets hurt by that, one way or another,” he said. “In spring after about mid-April, the treetops are alive with tiny caterpillars waiting for migrating birds to come back. If they die off, what’s there to eat when insectivorous birds arrive?”. Photoperiod, the hours of light in a day, is the primary trigger for hormonal change in wildlife. Mr. Shalaway suggested temperature can apply subtle pressure to that trigger. “Already, I’ve had cardinals, chickadees, song sparrows, bluebirds, titmice, Carolina wrens. They think it’s spring,” he said. “These weird temperature variations can fool them, maybe get them to start nesting early, maybe even lay an egg. If they do, before the trees fill out, their nests are more visible to predators. ...

Winter Weather Advisory For Allegheny County

... A HALF IN PITTSBURGH, BUT THEN AS WE TAKE IT THROUGHTHE DAY ON WEDNESDAY THAT'S WHENWE'LL GET IT UP TO AROUND THREEINCHES IN PITTSBURGH. SO IT WILL BE A VERY SLOW STEADYSNOWFALL. THAT WE WILL BE ANTICIPATING. IF YOU GO UP TOWARDS BUTLER, KITTANNING, CLARION, WE'RETALKING ABOUT THREE TO SIXINCHES OF SNOW. THIS IS THE BAND WE'RE GOING TOBE GETTING ABOUT FOUR TO EIGHTINCHES OF SNOW. INDIANA, GREENSBURG, UNIONTOWN, MORGANTOWN GETTING CLOSE TOTHAT. AND IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONSTHAT'S WHEN YOU SEE THE BIGNUMBERS. SOMERSET COULD SEE 12 INCHES OFSNOW. DEEP CREEK, 12 TO 18 INCHES OFSNOW. SO 27 DEGREES WILL BE OURTEMPERATURE. AS WE HEAD THROUGH TOMORROWMORNING. WE WILL HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OFTWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW AS WEGO THROUGH THE DAY. AGAIN THAT WILL BE PRETTY STEADYLIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE DAY.31 DEGREES, CLOUDY WITH SNOWSHOWERS. ON WEDNESDAY WE'LL HAVESCATTERED SNOW SHOWERSESPECIALLY TO ARE THE FIRST HALFOF THE DAY, THEN WE ...

The Snow Forecast For Tuesday

... WE GET TO 8:00 A. M. THAT'S WHEN WE'LL HAVE THECHANCE FOR SNOW MOVING ACROSSMOST LOCATIONS. ESPECIALLY WESTERN PORTIONS, LOOKS LIKE YOU'LL BE GETTING CUTOUT OF SOME OF THIS SNOW AS ISMOVES IN. NOONTIME YOU CAN SEE STILL MOSTOF THE AREAS ARE GOING TO BESEEING SNOW AND THAT WILL BE THECASE ALSO AT 4:00 P. M. WE HAVE A CUTOFF THAT'S ABOUTFROM WASHINGTON AND NEW CASTTOMORROW THE WEST. EVERYBODY TO THE HE'S WILL BEGETTING IN ON THE SNOW TOTALS. WEDNESDAY, IT'S REALLY DOWNTOWARDS THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTVIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND THERIDGES WHERE WE WILL BE SEEINGSNOW. THEN WE TAKE IT THROUGH THE DAYAND WE'LL SEE SNOW BEGIN TO WINDDOWN. AS FAR AS HOW MUCH SNOW WE'REEXPECTING IN EACH TOWN AS WE GOTHROUGH TUESDAY, THE NEXT 24 HOURS OF COURSE, JUST ABOUT ANINCH AND A HALF IN PITTSBURGH, BUT THEN AS WE TAKE IT THROUGHTHE DAY ON WEDNESDAY THAT'S WHENWE'LL GET IT UP TO AROUND THREEINCHES IN PITTSBURGH. SO IT WILL BE A VERY SLOW STEADYSNOWFALL. THAT WE WILL BE ANTICIPATING. IF YOU GO UP TOWARDS BUTLER, KITTANNING, CLARION, WE'RETALKING ABOUT ...

Winter Weather Advisory Canceled; 2 To 3 Inches Of Snow Forecast For Pittsburgh Area

... onto trucks on Monday. Darrell Sap/Post-Gazette. Inbound traffic streams past a "Winter Weather Advisory" message flashing Tuesday morning on the Crosstown Lanes, which were clear of snow. Darrell Sap/Post-Gazette. Tuesday morning commuter traffic streams past a waiting Penn DOT truck mounted with its plow and loaded with salt for the impending snowstorm. A weather advisory was cancelled for the Pittsburgh area, which is now expected to get 1 to 3 inches of snow. Darrell Sap/Post-Gazette. Snow no show? The rush-hour commute was easy flowing in Pittsburgh Tuesday morning after snow that had been forecast to start falling overnight hadn't arrived yet. Ellen F. O'Connell/Hazleton Standard-Speaker via AP. Cars parked on East Green Street in Hazleton, Pa., are buried as heavy snowfall moves through the area leaving more than a foot of snow Tuesday. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The National Weather Service has dropped a winter weather advisory for Pittsburgh and the rest of southwestern Pennsylvania, as the track of a ...

Looming Winter Storm Has State & Local Officials Preparing For The Worst

... I laugh at the Pittsburghers. I put on Facebook to my son today, ‘Uh oh, bread, milk and toilet paper,” said Kay Yot, of Beechview. KDKA’s Julie Grant Reports. Once the kitchen cupboards and fridge are stocked, it’s time to think about the driveway and sidewalks. “There are people that didn’t pick up ice melter that thought they were done for the season. You definitely don’t want to be out of it. It’s easier to pick it up tonight than tomorrow,” said Brett Satterfield, the manager at Rollier’s Hardware in Mount Lebanon. Ben Litman, of Mount Lebanon, said, “We have some salt at home, but you never know if its going to be enough, so I bought more.”. “We are icing the walks tonight before we go to bed for the snow that’s scheduled,” Tracy Dunglinson, also of Mount Lebanon, said. But Dunglinson’s kids were just hoping for a snow day. As a result of the expected weather, our park will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, March 14. We will reopen Wed. March 15 at 9 am. ...

Big Weather Changes Precede Game

... than 30 mph.”. The best chance for storms will be Saturday between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. The good news is that the storms will move out before the game begins. However, even though the heavy rain will have wrapped up, an isolated shower is not out of the question. Isolated flurries are more likely due to the colder air wrapping in. On top of that, fans will feel a big difference when it comes to the temperature. After a high in the 70 s Friday, temperatures will start to fall and won’t start to rise again until Sunday. 37 Hours until face off. How about snow flurries and wind chills in the 20 s for the game only on @WPXI __link__/Cci 5 m 4 rp 8 N. — Scott Harbaugh (@WPXIScott) February 24, 2017. The warmest part of Saturday will be around midnight and the temperature will drop through the afternoon. Thanks to gusty winds, the wind chill will make it feel more like the upper 20 s to low 30 s during the game. The ...

Friday's Warm Temperatures Break 1906 Record High

... Sapp/Post-Gazette. Daffodils are about to bloom along Bartlett Street in Schenley Park in Oakland on Friday, not unusually considering the ultra mild temperatures the Pittsburgh region has been experiencing. Darrell Sapp/Post-Gazette. Jon Kole, of Providence, Rhode Island, takes in a morning run during Thursday's unseasonably warm temperatures along Overlook Drive in Schenley Park, Okaland. By Courtney Linder / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Most Zamboni drivers don’t wear shorts to resurface ice skating rinks and most skiers don’t wear tank tops — but then again, most days in February aren’t as warm as Friday’s record-breaking high. That morning, unusually high temperatures broke the daily warm weather record of 70 degrees, previously set on February 24, 1906, according to the National Weather Service. At around 10:30 a.m., the weather service at Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon reported that the mercury climbed to 73. By 3 p.m., the temperature reached 76 degrees, just shy of the hottest temperature ever recorded in February — 77 degrees, set on Feb. 8, 1900, according to the weather service. Official Pittsburgh high as of right now is 76. Destroys record for ...

Public Works Crews Prepare For Overnight Winter Weather Forecast

... timeframe following a storm. The 311 response center is open for non-emergency calls, such as reports of downed trees or water main breaks. Environmental Services refuse collection remains on schedule for Tuesday morning. If weather conditions prevent certain routes from being collected on Tuesday, remaining routes will be completed on Wednesday morning. The Department of Public Safety will have two additional city-wide medic units working overnight Monday into Tuesday during the snow event. Winter Storm Levels & 311 Response Center. The Department of Public Works classifies storm conditions into Winter Storm Levels. Levels determine the required response timeframe for a given snowstorm. Based on the Storm Levels, it will be expected that all streets will be serviced with clearly defined response times. Depending on the severity or level of the weather event it can take up to 48 hours to treat the streets with salt and/or calcium chloride after a snow/ice event. Level 1 Event (1 – 3″): Crews have 24 hours after the storm has ended to treat streets. Level 2 Event (3 – 6″): Crews have 32 hours after the storm has ended to treat streets. Level 3 Event (6 – 10″): Crews have 48 ...