As Pittsburgh basks in the heat, the National Weather Service (NWS) Pittsburgh's latest forecast promises more of the sticky high pressure that's been dominating the region. In an advisory, the National Weather Service suggests dry weather will persist through today, with high temperatures expected to reach the 90s for most areas. However, the ridges might catch a rogue shower or thunderstorm if the winds play their cards right.
Looking into tonight and the weekend, the forecast hints at a change, calling for an increase in moisture and instability leading into Sunday, now Saturday night isn't just your regular sleep-away time, it is a prelude to those shift in patterns that might drum up thunderstorms, intensity of these potential storms remains a matter of watchful eyes on the weather radars. For folks hoping for a wet reprieve, the NWS points to late Saturday night into Sunday as the period to watch for possible convection.
Despite a cold front sagging southward come Sunday night, Monday looks to be mostly dry as the front grapples with its identity along the Mason-Dixon line. Yet, it'll bounce back on Tuesday and Wednesday as a warm front, with potential showers and thunderstorms forecasted. Extra attention is needed on Tuesday, as per the Weather Prediction Center's Excessive Rainfall outlook, or so one might glean from the coding in the models and maps that forecast our days.
In terms of aviation, pilots can breathe easily, mostly. The NWS outlook is high on VFR conditions through Sunday morning, courtesy of persistent high-pressure-fed clear skies. Still, pilots take heed, potential fog at spots like LBE, MGW, and ZZV could drop visibility to less-than-ideal levels in the pre-dawn hours, though any such condition should lift as the morning warms.
Warnings and advisories aren't on the table for PA, OH, and WV, so it's business as usual on that front, per the official word from NWS Pittsburgh. Clear skies and aimless breezes save for the pondering thought of showers on a Sunday, but until then, it's summertime as planned in the Steel City.
