More Snow Expected Monday Afternoon Into Tuesday

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Here we go again. More snow is expected to blanket the area Monday afternoon into the overnight hours.

Most of the snow is expected to fall from midnight through around 7 a.m. The largest concern at this point is the Tuesday morning commute when road crews will be trying to clean roads just before and during the morning commute.

At the time of this writing, no winter weather advisory had been issued, but I do expect it to happen at some point. Generally an advisory is issued for western Pennsylvania when more than 2 inches of snow is expected.

Accumulating snow chances move in just ahead of our next cold front Monday afternoon. Accumulations of less than a half inch are likely through about 10 p.m. Snow rates will then increase with up to 2 inches of snow falling in the overnight hours. Finally, after the sun comes up on Tuesday, we could see an additional half inch of snow.

This system is another fast mover with a couple of distinct areas. Today we will see the warm sector with temps in the upper 20s. By tonight, winds will pick up and be out of the northwest. Temps will be slightly cooler. Finally, the last burst of snow will come in with arctic air rushing in from the northwest.

While it's snowing, temperatures should remain in the mid to even upper 20s. Once the snow comes to an end, skies should clear out fairly quickly with temperatures plummeting overnight from Tuesday into Wednesday.

Wednesday's high may very well be hit at the stroke of midnight with a morning low as cold as 3-4 degrees Fahrenheit.

The cold air won't stay around for too long with highs back in the 30s for Thursday and Friday and 50s possible on Saturday and Sunday.