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FXUS61 KPBZ 301640
AFDPBZ
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1240 PM EDT WED SEP 30 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
RAIN CHANCES FOR THE WEEKEND CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SHIFT
SOUTHWARD, OTHERWISE NO MAJOR CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE LATEST
FORECAST.
KEY MESSAGES
1) SHOWER CHANCES TONIGHT NORTH OF PITTSBURGH, THEN DRY AND WARM
THURSDAY. SHOWERS RETURN WITH A FRIDAY COLD FRONT.
2) COOLER AND MAINLY DRY FROM THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1...
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MAINTAIN DRY WEATHER INTO THIS
EVENING. MUCH OF THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN DRY TONIGHT, THOUGH A
WEAK SHORTWAVE IS PROGGED TO ADVANCE EASTWARD TONIGHT, CROSSING
THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION. THIS WAVE, AND WARM ADVECTION,
SHOULD PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR AREA NORTH OF PIT
OVERNIGHT.
RIDGING IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AGAIN ACROSS THE UPPER OHIO
VALLEY REGION ON THURSDAY, AHEAD OF A TROUGH APPROACHING FROM
THE MIDWEST. DRY AND WARM WEATHER IS EXPECTED, WITH HIGHS AROUND
10 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE.
THE SHORTWAVE, AND AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT, IS EXPECTED
TO APPROACH AND CROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY. THE PROGRESSION OF
THE FRONT HAS INCREASED SOME, RESULTING IN A FASTER ARRIVAL OF
CLOUD COVER AND SHOWERS. THIS WILL FURTHER LIMIT ANY POSSIBLE
DESTABILIZATION. SHEAR DOES INCREASE WITH FASTER FLOW ALOFT,
THOUGH ML CAPE IS PROGGED TO REMAIN BELOW 250 J/KG. THIS SHOULD
LIMIT NOT ONLY THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL, BUT THE OVERALL
CHANCES FOR THUNDER. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THOUGH, WITH THE AREA
IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION TO AN UPPER JET. GENERALLY EXPECTED
1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF RAIN WITH THE FRONT, WITH NBM PROBABILITIES
FOR AN INCH OF RAIN AT 20 PERCENT OR LESS.
KEY MESSAGE 2...
MODEL ENSEMBLES INDICATE BROAD UPPER TROUGHING SHOULD PERSIST
ACROSS THE NE CONUS FROM THE WEEKEND INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK. A SOUTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE COULD BRING A FEW SHOWERS TO
AREAS SOUTH OF PIT ON SUNDAY, OTHERWISE MAINLY DRY AND
SEASONABLY COOL WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD AS
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS UNDER THE BROAD TROUGH BY EARLY
NEXT WEEK.
AVIATION /16Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
FOG, MORE VALLEY-BASED TO THE SOUTH OF PIT AND A BIT MORE
WIDESPREAD TO THE NORTH, IS PRODUCING LIFR/VLIFR CONDITIONS AT
SEVERAL TERMINALS AT 12Z. ONGOING PBZ 12Z SOUNDING SHOWS THAT
THE FOG IS QUITE SHALLOW, AND IT SHOULD BURN OFF BY 14Z EVEN AS
A VEIL OF HIGH CLOUDS BUILDS IN. ONCE THE FOG DISSIPATES, VFR
CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THE BALANCE OF THE TAF PERIOD, WITH
A LIGHT SOUTHERLY WIND.
GIVEN THE LINGERING CLOUD COVER, FOG SHOULD BE LESS OF AN ISSUE
TONIGHT. HOWEVER, A WEAK SHORTWAVE TRACKING TO THE NORTH OF PIT
MAY PRODUCE A FEW RAIN SHOWERS AT FKL/DUJ AFTER MIDNIGHT.
OUTLOOK...
RESTRICTIONS IN SHOWERS ARE LIKELY WITH A FRIDAY COLD FRONT.
RESTRICTIONS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF I-70 SATURDAY, AND ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA SUNDAY, WITH CROSSING DISTURBANCES.
PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
PA...NONE.
OH...NONE.
WV...NONE.
DISCUSSION...WM
AVIATION...CL
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