Pittsburgh Winter Storm: New Accumulation Predcitions

PITTSBURGH, PA — A winter storm is expected to slam the East Coast over the weekend, but the latest forecasts indicate it will have a minimal impact on Pittsburgh. Snow is expected to begin in Western Pennsylvania on Saturday morning.

The National Weather Service, however, warned in a social media post early Friday that "Weather always is uncertain. Sometimes it's just a question of how much forecast confidence there is."

According to the weather service, there is a 75 percent chance the Pittsburgh metro area receives no more than 2 inches of snow. There's a 25 percent chance of 2 to 4 inches of accumulation.

State College-based AccuWeather, which earlier this week predicted as much a 6 inches, has downgraded that estimate to 1 to 3 inches.

The Weather Channel is forecasting rain and snow in the morning, turning to all snow in the afternoon. Like AccuWeather, The Weather Channel believes 1 to 3 inches of snow will fall.