First Alert Weather: A Wind Chill Advisory goes through noon
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Yes, it's cold out there.
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This type of weather is certainly extreme. We see temperatures at or below 10 degrees about as often as we see 90-degree days in Pittsburgh.
These aren't guaranteed in any one year but you can expect to see at least one of two per year. The most was in 1977 when we saw 42 days that year with temperatures at or below 10°.
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The most 90-degree days we have ever seen were in 1881 officially. When it comes to modern-day data (1948 and beyond) we saw 38 90° in 1988.
My forecast keeps below 0° wind chills in place all morning long with high temperatures hitting 20 degrees this afternoon. Winds will be fairly steady, coming in out of the southwest at around 10mph.
The cold air mass stays in place through the weekend. The coldest days will be today and also Saturday. Both days should see mostly sunny weather.
I have Saturday highs near 20 degrees as well, but we likely won't see morning lows as cold due to clouds sticking around. I don't expect we will see wind chills falling to below 0° at least widespread but we will see.
I do want to quickly talk about Friday's snow chances where it appears like we will see a couple of inches of snow falling during the morning.
The timing again will be poor with snow chances highest during the morning rush. The storm system where this snow will come from is still moving inland and hasn't cleared the Rockies yet (obviously). The track and amount of snow can certainly still change but at this point, we are going to issue a First Alert Day due to the possibility of accumulating snow having a significant impact on your day.
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