Pittsburgh White Christmas Possible, Forecasters Say

PITTSBURGH, PA - It’s too early to say for certain, but there’s a chance southwestern Pennsylvania could experience its first White Christmas since 2002.

A major is expected to make traveling tricky for people throughout the eastern and midwestern sections of the country over the weekend. Although the storm likely will have only minimal impact here, forecasters do expect some snow to fall on Christmas Eve - they just don’t know how much yet.

According to State College-based AccuWeather, the storm is projected to spread snow into parts of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, western Maryland and western New York toward the end of the day on Christmas Eve.

The Weather Channel’s White Christmas map puts southwestern Pennsylvania into the “likely” category for a White Christmas:

The National Weather Service is calling for a 50 percent chance of snow showers on Sunday, primarily afternoon. The high temperature will near 34.

The chance of snow increase to 60 percent Sunday night, with a low around 21. Christmas Day should be mostly cloudy with a high near 28.

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