Snow is 'right on schedule' to hit Western Pa.
Mother Nature isn’t wasting any time after Halloween — the first snow flurries of the season are expected in Western Pennsylvania next week.
Andrew Kienzle, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Moon, said it looks like rain will turn into snow Sunday night, with the potential to see snow through the day on Monday.
“It’s going to bring in the coldest air we’ve seen in the region this fall,” he said of the cold fronts moving in late this week.
Temperatures will fall about 20 degrees, with highs in Pittsburgh around 40 degrees and lows Monday night around 28 degrees, according to Kienzle. There’s a strong chance most or all of the region will experience below-freezing temperatures Monday night.
Brian Hutton, meteorologist at WTAE-TV, agreed, saying it’s likely “some snowflakes will fly” on Monday.
“Monday will see some flurries — perhaps lingering into Tuesday,” he said. “Little to no accumulation is currently expected.”
Temperatures will be in the lower 50s this weekend, the 30s on Monday and 40s on Tuesday, according to Hutton.
The cold fronts heading into next week and lake-effect showers Monday will be the major contributors to the possible snow, Kienzle said.
Because Monday is still six days away, he said he’s unable to say specifically how much snow will fall or accumulate, or around what time the snow will occur.
However, Kienzle said there could be “measurable” snow north of I-80 and along the mountains of Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
“You could see a couple flakes outside of that even in Pittsburgh, but we’re not ready to talk about amounts,” he said.
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While there’s a possibility snow could linger into the earlier parts of the week along with the cold temperatures, by the middle and later portions of next week, Kienzle said the NWS is hoping for a trend toward milder fall temperatures.
Even though it might seem early for snow, Hutton said the area is “right on schedule to see a chance at snowflakes.”
The average calendar day for the first snow in Western Pennsylvania is Nov. 14, he said.
Megan Swift is a TribLive reporter covering trending news in Western Pennsylvania. A Murrysville native, she joined the Trib full time in 2023 after serving as editor-in-chief of The Daily Collegian at Penn State. She previously worked as a Jim Borden Scholarship intern at the Trib for three summers. She can be reached at mswift@triblive.com.
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