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CBS News
5 days ago
- Climate
- CBS News
Say goodbye to rain chances for a few days, another hot weekend looms
The Pittsburgh Airport recorded 0.79" of rain yesterday. We are now the driest start to August since 2022. WEATHER LINKS: Current Conditions | School Closings & Delays | Submit Your Weather Photos August is a feast or famine rain month. Looking at records, the wettest August (1987) saw 7.86" of rain. The least amount of rain for any August on record was in 1894 when we saw only 0.43" of rain for the month. 1987's big rain total came from Tropical Depression Nine. After yesterday's 0.79" of rain, we can fairly confidently expect to be somewhere between the records this month. There is not a lot of rain expected for the rest of the month. What we can expect to see are temperatures that remain above the averages for this time of the year. Highs today will be in the mid to upper 80s. I have us hitting the 90s on Saturday and Sunday. Humidity levels both days will be low, so I may not be aggressive enough with my highs. Oftentimes in this type of setup, temperatures will soar above forecast highs. Looking well ahead, highs are expected to remain above average next week. I do have low scattered rain chances in place for Monday and Tuesday, and an isolated rain chance in the forecast for Sunday. Stay up to date with the KDKA Mobile App – which you can download here!


CBS News
10-08-2025
- Climate
- CBS News
Unseasonably hot temperatures coming to Pittsburgh this week
Today will be the 13th consecutive day without precipitation at Pittsburgh Airport, which will continue to add to our slight seasonal deficit in rainfall. WEATHER LINKS: Current Conditions | School Closings & Delays | Submit Your Weather Photos In general, the northern half of our viewing area has been running a bit drier than the southern half, but this is very location-dependent. Not only will today be dry, but temperatures will likely be a couple of degrees higher than the previous day. Yesterday, we hit 87, and today it is likely we will reach 89°F with heat indices in the low to mid-90s. Monday and Tuesday are also likely to reach 90 degrees, with heat indices in the low to mid-90s. Models are showing a very weak disturbance in the mid-levels of the atmosphere that may lead to a few more cumulus clouds during the day on Monday. There is a very low chance of a couple of these "attempting" at towering up enough to produce a stray shower during the early-mid afternoon hours, but dry mid-level air will hinder higher precipitation chances. Thankfully, dew points will only max out in the low to mid-60s, which should help keep heat indices from getting to hazardous levels, but it will still be very uncomfortable and unusually hot for this time of year. The next front to keep an eye on still has its eyes set on us by Wednesday. Some isolated storms may occur as early as Tuesday evening and night as low-level moisture and the outer fringes of this system reach us. Better chances of precipitation appear likely during the morning to midday hours of Wednesday. Given the time of day this disturbance will pass through--when the atmosphere is least unstable, this should keep the severe weather threat very low, but also not maximize rainfall intensity or coverage. Hopefully, we will end the dry streak that has been growing in our area, but even if we do, total precipitation amounts will likely not be much. A few lingering storms are possible Wednesday night into Thursday, mainly over the southern half of our area as the front gradually weakens and falls apart. Do not expect a strong surge of cooler air following this frontal passage, as temperatures will remain above normal for the entire forecast period over the next week. Stay up to date with the KDKA Mobile App – which you can download here!


CBS News
22-07-2025
- Climate
- CBS News
It's going to be another comfortable day in the Pittsburgh area
It's going to be another comfortable day in the Pittsburgh area before temperatures start ticking up later this week. Any Alert Days Ahead? No. Aware: High temperatures will soar to near 90 on Wednesday and will be solidly in the 90s on Thursday and Friday. It will be hot & humid, with high humidity levels also in place. The 'summer break' from the heat continues today with morning lows dipping to the 50s. This is the first time we have seen temperatures below 60° in Pittsburgh this month. The last time we saw temperatures below 60° was the 20th of June. This is notable because our average morning low at this time of the year is 64°. This shows why for many this summer has been a hot and rainy one so far. Morning low temperatures have a loose relationship with surface moisture and dew points. First off, your air temperature cannot naturally fall below the dew point. This means if the dew point is at 60 degrees, the dew point either has to go down or you won't see temperatures below 60 degrees. You can also use these high temperatures to come to certain assumptions like that it has been a rainy stretch. While we are ahead of our normal pace at the Pittsburgh Airport, it's not by as much as our morning lows would lead me to believe. One of the issues is that we have seen such scattered storms that the airport has been fairly lucky with the amount of rain they have seen compared to other local places. Getting back to the forecast, hot weather returns tomorrow (Wednesday) with highs hitting the upper 80s. We won't start off humid but will see dew points in the mid to upper 60s by the afternoon hours. Highs are expected to be solidly in the 90s on both Thursday and Friday. Humidity levels will also be on the high side, so our comfort levels will go down while outside. Rain chances also return on Friday, but it doesn't look we should expect big totals. Rain chances stick around both Saturday and Sunday. WEATHER LINKS: Current Conditions | School Closings & Delays | Submit Your Weather Photos

Travel Weekly
07-07-2025
- Business
- Travel Weekly
Pittsburgh plans industry's first on-airport SAF refinery
Pittsburgh Airport blazed a new trail in 2021, when it became the largest airport in the world to be fully powered by an on-site, clean energy microgrid. Now, the airport is looking to cement its status as an innovator when it opens its new central terminal in October. The industry's first on-airport, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) refinery is also in the plans. CEO Christina Cassotis said during an interview at the IATA Annual General Meeting in New Delhi last month that she hopes construction on the refinery will begin next year. The microgrid enables Pittsburgh Airport to be energy self-sufficient, a status that looked especially significant this spring, when power grid failures shut down London Heathrow and, in a separate incident, caused widespread flight disruptions at airports in Portugal and Spain. Cassotis said the credibility Pittsburgh has achieved from having the microgrid should help it line up partners and purchase agreements for the SAF facility. She first announced her goal of refining SAF within the airport's 3,000 remaining acres in 2023. But after a deal that was in the works didn't come to fruition last year, the airport has secured an agreement with New Jersey-based clean fuels developer Avina, whose production facility would refine alcohol into SAF using Swedish technology licensed to the Houston-based firm KBR. The refinery would produce 120 million gallons of SAF annually, Cassotis said, 70 million of which could be used at Pittsburgh Airport, with the remainder to be piped off-site and then shipped via rivers to airports in the Northeast, Midwest and Canada. "We're going to get to final investment in the next six months," Cassotis said. "Then it's just a question of when do you stick the shovel in the ground." Inside the new terminal In the meantime, the airport hopes to grab attention with the opening of its tech-forward $1.7 billion central terminal this fall. For example, said airport chief information officer Deepak Nayyar, the airport built its own data platform that will be able to assimilate information from various airport systems to help with cross-departmental decision-making. Using data and AI, Pittsburgh Airport hopes to deploy predictive technology to facilitate tasks as varied as managing parking capacity, advising flyers on when they should leave their home and proactively replacing airport machinery before it breaks. For enhanced security, the new terminal will also have segmented operating networks, which Cassotis said is a rarity in the airport industry. So, for example, if the baggage claim network falls victim to a cyberattack, the airport will be able to localize and fix the problem while other airport functions continue operating. As far as features that everyday airport users will notice, Cassotis pointed to the design's comprehensive focus on accessibility, which accounts not only for those with mobility impairments but for caregivers and the hearing- and vision-impaired. "Everything from signage height and placement to making sure people who are colorblind can distinguish contrast," the CEO said. Flyers will also notice the terminal's overall aesthetic, which architect Luis Vidal described in a 2022 Travel Weekly interview as being like "a pavilion surrounded by natural light, and by wood and by terraces." Large, accessible outdoor spaces will be one of the terminal's most notable characteristics. "It really is beautiful," Cassotis said. "It reflects Pittsburgh very nicely. It almost tells you about a community you don't know about, just through the design itself. And candidly, it makes sense. It's been very thoughtful, and I think it's going to change the way people feel when they travel."


CBS News
26-06-2025
- Climate
- CBS News
Hot weather continues in the Pittsburgh area with some afternoon storms possible
The heat continues today, but the worst of this current heat wave is now behind us. When we hit 93° yesterday for our high, it became just the fourth time since 2000 that we have had a stretch of four days in a row in Pittsburgh with temperatures hitting 92° or above. WEATHER LINKS: Current Conditions | School Closings & Delays | Submit Your Weather Photos Three of the four times have happened over the last year, with the only instance of it happening being in 2002. That's some crazy heat. As the ridge began to break down yesterday, we did see a couple of places seeing downpours. While the Pittsburgh Airport had only a trace amount of rain, on the other side of the county, in Monroeville, radar estimated rain shows them receiving as much as an inch of rain. Rain totals approached an inch and a half along the West Virginia-Pennsylvania state line. Rain totals expected through Friday morning KDKA Weather Center Today should look very similar to yesterday. I may be being too conservative with my highs, similar to yesterday. Yesterday was one of those days, as soon as I left, I was like "why didn't I go higher?" Sometimes you make silly decisions at 4 a.m. Even with that, I was just two degrees off. Under the circumstances, I am good with it. Storm chances today shouldn't be as widespread as yesterday. I am going for maximum coverage of around 40 percent. Any storms that do develop should be fairly intense, with downpours and gusty winds being possible. The Storm Prediction Center has us under a level one out of five severe weather risk for today. We are also listed as having a low flash flood chance for today. When it comes to the forecast, highs today should hit the 90s again. I am being conservative with my forecast, with Pittsburgh only hitting a high of around 90°. High temperatures expected on Thursday KDKA Weather Center I honestly should have our temperature at 91° or 92°. We hit 93° yesterday. 850mb temps have come down to around 19°C. They were closer to 20°C yesterday. I have highs dipping to the upper 80s on Friday. Rain chances will keep temperatures in the mid-80s on Saturday. Saturday rain chances will be up from today and Friday due to a cold front passing through. Interestingly, Sunday will be warmer behind the front. Humidity levels will be lower, though, so it should feel pretty good. I will keep the rain chance very low on Sunday and Monday, with another front bringing a rain and storm chance on Tuesday. Temperatures will be in the comfy range next week with no big rain chances sticking out at this time. July 4th right now is looking dry and pleasant, but there's still plenty of time for something to change. 7-day forecast: June 26, 2025 KDKA Weather Center Stay up to date with the KDKA Mobile App – which you can download here!