(Photo of Rt. 65 in New Brighton taken in January 2019 by Frank Sparks)
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has upgraded the Winter Storm Watch it issued earlier this week to a Winter Storm Warning effective Late Wednesday night thru Friday Morning. The statement can be seen below followed by a detailed forecast of what to expect:
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation expected. Total snow and sleet accumulations between 1 and 3 inches. Ice accumulations between one tenth and three tenths of an inch. * WHERE...Portions of east central Ohio. Portions of southwest and western Pennsylvania. Portions of northern and the northern panhandle of West Virginia. * WHEN...From 4 AM Thursday to 10 AM EST Friday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency. Road conditions can be found by visiting your states Department of Transportation website.
Wednesday Afternoon: Rain likely, mainly after 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 43. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Wednesday Night: Rain showers before 5am, then rain, possibly mixed with freezing rain. Low around 32. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected.
Thursday: Sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain before 3pm, then sleet between 3pm and 5pm, then sleet, possibly mixed with snow showers after 5pm. The sleet could be heavy at times. High near 37. North wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Thursday Night: Snow, possibly mixed with sleet, becoming all snow after 9pm. The sleet could be heavy at times. Low around 21. North wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday: A chance of snow, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 27. North wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 25.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 10.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17.
Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32.