‘Keep your eyes to the sky:’ Three Impact Days ahead in Pittsburgh

‘Keep your eyes to the sky:’ Three Impact Days ahead in Pittsburgh

Rain will move in starting on Friday evening

Updated: 6:55 AM EDT May 3, 2024

MORNING THOUGH, TRYING TO MAP OUT THE RAIN. YEAH, YOU KNOW, AND IT’S YOU KNOW IT’S BEEN A LITTLE TRICKY THIS MORNING BECAUSE NOW IT’S GOING BACK AND FORTH WHERE SATURDAY COULD HAVE SOME DRIER SPOTS THAN SUNDAY. SO IT’S DEFINITELY A BIT OF A TRICKY STORM SYSTEM. BUT I’M GOING TO BREAK IT DOWN AND GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION I GOT. BUT THIS MORNING I CAN TELL YOU IT’S VERY QUIET FOR ALL OF US. 61 RIGHT NOW IN PITTSBURGH 65 AS YOU WAKE UP IN MONROEVILLE, A LITTLE BIT COOLER IN GREENSBURG, EVEN KITTANNING, AS YOU SIT AT 5249, IN BEAVER AND WASHINGTON, WAKING UP AT 54, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE RAIN ACTIVITY STILL WEST OF US. CLOUDS ARE STARTING TO INCREASE, AND WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THIS CLOUD COVER FILTERING IN. NOW, HERE’S WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE TRICKY. IF THIS FRONT STALLS OUT, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE ABUNDANT RAIN AS WE GET INTO SATURDAY. BUT RIGHT NOW IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT’S GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH RELATIVELY QUICKLY THROUGH THE AREA. THIS HAS STOPPED HERE RIGHT THIS EVENING AROUND 7:00. THIS IS WHEN OUR IMPACT DAY STARTS. AS WE GET SECOND HALF OF THE DAY TODAY, WE WILL HAVE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS. CAN’T RULE OUT A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER. ALL THE STORMS THAT MOVE THROUGH TODAY LOOK TO BE NON SEVERE, MEANING IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE WE’LL HAVE ANY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, BUT OVERALL WE WILL HAVE SOME RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH IT. BUT OVERALL WE SEE THAT FRONT JUST KIND OF SKIRTS A LITTLE SOUTH OF US. THAT’S WHAT IT’S LOOKING LIKE RIGHT NOW. BUT I STILL THINK THERE’S GOING TO BE RAIN SHOWERS ON SATURDAY. YOU’RE DEFINITELY GOING TO NEED THOSE UMBRELLAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AND THAT’S NOT A BAD THING, THAT IT WON’T BE A COMPLETELY STEADY RAINFALL. BUT AS WE LOOK AT OUR FUTURE CAST ON A CLOSER LOOK, THIS IS 4 OR 5:00. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE SHOWERS AND STORMS AGAIN, STILL PRETTY SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SOME NEIGHBORHOODS WILL STAY DRY, BUT DEFINITELY KEEP YOUR EYES TO THE SKY BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE SOME OF THOSE STORMS NOW HEADING INTO THE OVERNIGHT EARLY SATURDAY. THIS IS 7 A.M. WHAT PARTS OF WASHINGTON, GREENE AND FAYETTE COUNTY START TO SEE THOSE SHOWERS? REALLY KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH AS SOME OF THE MARATHON ACTIVITIES WILL BE KICKING OFF, AND IT STILL LOOKS LIKE WE’LL HAVE SOME SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST WITH SOME OF THOSE HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS INTO PARTS OF FAYETTE COUNTY DOWN NEAR UNIONTOWN. THIS IS RIGHT AROUND LUNCHTIME. A LITTLE BIT OF A LULL IN THE ACTIVITY INTO THE EVENING, WHICH THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE YESTERDAY AS WELL. THEN AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY FOR THE START OF THE RACE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE SHOWERS DURING MOST OF THE MARATHON, THOUGH BY LATE MORNING. LOOKS GOOD EVEN EARLY AFTERNOON AS ACTIVITIES ARE FINISHING UP, BUT WE’LL STILL HAVE A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS AND NONSEVERE AGAIN. POP UP AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY EVENING. SO AS WE LOOK AT YOUR FOUR DAY PLUS FOR MORE FORECAST TODAY, THROUGH A LOT OF THE DAY, WE’RE STAYING DRY AS WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WE ARE GOING TO START TO SEE AGAIN SOME OF THOSE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS AS WE GET INTO SATURDAY. IF YOU ARE HEADING DOWNTOWN FOR FESTIVITY AND MARATHON, STILL SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS AS THE FIVE K KICKS OFF A KID’S MARATHON AROUND 930. PET WALK LOOKS TO BE DRY AND MOSTLY CLOUDY, WHICH IS GOOD. DON’T HAVE TO BATHE YOUR YOUR PET AFTER WHEN THE PET WALK. AND THEN AS WE GET INTO SUNDAY FOR MARATHON SUNDAY, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE ISOLATED SHOWERS. AS YOU LINE UP FOR THE START OF THE MARATHON. BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE CONTINUING LATE MORNING. WE’LL JUST HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. THE SHOWER CHANCES CONTINU

‘Keep your eyes to the sky:’ Three Impact Days ahead in Pittsburgh

Rain will move in starting on Friday evening

Updated: 6:55 AM EDT May 3, 2024

Pittsburgh’s Action Weather meteorologist Ashley Dougherty had this advice to viewers this weekend: “Keep your eyes to the sky.”In the Certified Most Accurate Forecast, Dougherty said Friday, Saturday and Sunday are all Impact Days.Dougherty said rain is expected Friday evening including scattered showers and the possibility for a few rumbles of thunder.She said rain showers will move in on Saturday with rain continuing into Sunday.

PITTSBURGH —

Pittsburgh’s Action Weather meteorologist Ashley Dougherty had this advice to viewers this weekend: “Keep your eyes to the sky.”

In the Certified Most Accurate Forecast, Dougherty said Friday, Saturday and Sunday are all Impact Days.

Dougherty said rain is expected Friday evening including scattered showers and the possibility for a few rumbles of thunder.

She said rain showers will move in on Saturday with rain continuing into Sunday.