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Pgh. Winter Storm Watch: Forecasted Snow, Ice Totals Updated
Find out here how treacherous the weather conditions are expected to be around Pittsburgh this weekend.
PITTSBURGH, PA - The National Weather Service has updated the anticipated snowfall totals in the winter storm watch issued for the Pittsburgh metro area and surrounding counties. The watch is in effect from 7 a.m. Saturday until 1 p.m. Sunday.
The weather service predicts a wintry mix of precipitation possible with total snow accumulations of 2 to 8 inches. The lowest amounts will be south of I-70.
In addition, ice accumulations of up to one-tenth of an inch are possible. The weather service has said that travel conditions during the storm “could be very difficult to impossible.”
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The coldest weather of the season will follow the storm. Sunday night’s low temperature will be around 5 degrees, with the high temperature on Martin Luther King Day expected to be near 14.
A Winter Storm Watch is in effect for the Upper Ohio Valley Region for Saturday and early Sunday. The updated snowfall forecast... pic.twitter.com/Y3fc6Z9tvI
— NWS Pittsburgh (@NWSPittsburgh) January 18, 2019
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If you have not checked our winter page https://t.co/MfIlo9xz49 please do so there is a lot of good information. We have this table under the Probabilistic Snow forecast tab that breaks down the range for everyone of our counties #Pittsburgh #snow pic.twitter.com/nqHJyAZ4QR
— NWS Pittsburgh (@NWSPittsburgh) January 18, 2019
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