Current weather · Sep 30, 1:27 AM EDT

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Mostly ClearFeels like 59° · Humidity 100%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Pittsburgh, PA · grid 79,67
High
78°
Low
63°
Rain today
2%
Sunrise
7:15 AM
Sunset
7:04 PM

Hour by hour

NWS forecast grid

Scroll sideways for more hours. Pick an hour for every number.

Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Wed 1 AM59°59°59°100%0%SSE1 mph2 mph17%0.01 inHg8 mi
Wed 2 AMPatchy fog58°58°58°100%0%SSE1 mph2 mph21%0.01 inHg7 mi
Wed 3 AMPatchy fog57°57°57°100%0%SSE1 mph2 mph31%0.01 inHg6 mi
Wed 4 AMPatchy fog57°57°57°100%0%SSE1 mph2 mph39%0.01 inHg5 mi
Wed 5 AMPatchy fog56°56°56°100%0%SE0 mph2 mph54%0.01 inHg1.6 mi
Wed 6 AMPatchy fog56°56°56°100%0%SE1 mph2 mph65%0.01 inHg1.1 mi13,000 ft
Wed 7 AMPatchy fog56°56°56°99%0%SE0 mph2 mph60%0.01 inHg0.3 mi100 ft
Wed 8 AMPatchy fog56°56°56°100%0%SSE1 mph3 mph67%0.01 inHg0.3 mi300 ft
Wed 9 AMPatchy fog59°59°59°100%0%S1 mph5 mph74%0.01 inHg0.3 mi300 ft
Wed 10 AM64°64°60°88%0%SSE2 mph6 mph58%0.01 inHg10 mi7,000 ft
Wed 11 AM68°68°61°79%0%S3 mph7 mph55%0.01 inHg10 mi
Wed 12 PM71°71°61°70%0%S5 mph8 mph55%0.01 inHg10 mi
Wed 1 PM75°75°60°61%0%SSW5 mph8 mph45%0.01 inHg10 mi
Wed 2 PM76°76°60°56%0%SW5 mph9 mph70%0.01 inHg10 mi20,000 ft
Wed 3 PM77°77°60°55%0%SW5 mph9 mph69%0.01 inHg10 mi15,000 ft
Wed 4 PM78°78°60°54%0%SW6 mph10 mph75%0.01 inHg10 mi15,000 ft
Wed 5 PM77°77°60°55%0%SW6 mph9 mph76%0.01 inHg10 mi20,000 ft
Wed 6 PM75°75°61°61%0%SW3 mph7 mph80%0.01 inHg10 mi20,000 ft
Wed 7 PM73°73°60°66%0%SSW3 mph7 mph82%0.01 inHg10 mi20,000 ft
Wed 8 PM68°68°61°77%1%SSW3 mph7 mph83%0.01 inHg10 mi20,000 ft
Wed 9 PM67°67°61°82%1%SSW2 mph6 mph85%0.01 inHg10 mi20,000 ft
Wed 10 PM66°66°61°84%1%S2 mph6 mph85%0.01 inHg10 mi15,000 ft
Wed 11 PM65°65°60°85%2%S2 mph6 mph86%0.01 inHg10 mi13,000 ft
Thu 12 AM65°65°60°85%2%SSE2 mph5 mph87%0.01 inHg10 mi10,000 ft
Thu 1 AM64°64°60°85%3%SSE2 mph6 mph83%0.01 inHg10 mi10,000 ft
Thu 2 AM64°64°60°85%4%SSE2 mph7 mph88%0.01 inHg10 mi10,000 ft
Thu 3 AM64°64°59°85%4%SSE3 mph7 mph91%0.01 inHg10 mi11,000 ft
Thu 4 AM64°64°59°85%6%SSE3 mph8 mph70%0.01 inHg10 mi11,000 ft
Thu 5 AM64°64°59°84%6%SSE5 mph9 mph70%0.01 inHg10 mi5,000 ft
Thu 6 AM63°63°58°83%6%S5 mph9 mph67%0.01 inHg10 mi11,000 ft
Thu 7 AM63°63°58°83%5%S5 mph9 mph68%0.01 inHg10 mi11,000 ft
Thu 8 AM63°63°58°83%8%S6 mph12 mph67%0.01 inHg10 mi7,000 ft
Thu 9 AM65°65°59°81%5%S6 mph13 mph62%0.01 inHg10 mi7,000 ft
Thu 10 AM68°68°60°76%0%SSW7 mph13 mph69%0.01 inHg10 mi7,000 ft
Thu 11 AM71°71°61°70%0%SSW8 mph14 mph59%0.01 inHg10 mi8,000 ft
Thu 12 PM74°74°61°65%0%SSW9 mph15 mph35%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 1 PM76°77°62°60%0%SSW10 mph17 mph35%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 2 PM78°79°62°57%0%SW10 mph17 mph41%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 3 PM80°81°62°55%0%SW12 mph18 mph16%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 4 PM81°82°63°55%0%SW10 mph17 mph49%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 5 PM80°82°63°57%0%SW9 mph16 mph42%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 6 PM78°79°64°60%0%SW8 mph15 mph27%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 7 PM76°76°63°65%0%SSW8 mph15 mph26%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 8 PM73°73°63°70%0%SSW7 mph14 mph45%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 9 PM71°71°63°76%0%SSW7 mph14 mph3%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 10 PM69°69°63°80%0%SSW7 mph14 mph25%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 11 PM68°68°63°83%0%SSW6 mph14 mph47%0.01 inHg10 mi19,300 ft
Fri 12 AM67°67°62°84%0%SSW7 mph14 mph53%0.01 inHg10 mi19,300 ft

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Sep 30, 12:46 AM EDT to day 7, the National Blend of Models to day 10, the mean of GFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodaySep 3078°63°Patchy Fog then Partly Sunny2%wind 6 mph
  2. ThuOct 181°66°Partly Sunny8%wind 12 mph · gusts 18 mph
  3. FriOct 278°53°Rain Showers88%0.24 inwind 12 mph · gusts 18 mph
  4. SatOct 368°53°Mostly Sunny15%wind 7 mph
  5. SunOct 469°48°Slight Chance Rain Showers23%wind 7 mph
  6. MonOct 562°40°Mostly Sunny4%wind 15 mph
  7. TueOct 661°44°Sunny0%wind 6 mph
  8. WedOct 768°48°National Blend6%wind 6 mph
  9. ThuOct 869°48°National Blend13%wind 7 mph
  10. FriOct 967°47°National Blend12%wind 10 mph
  11. SatOct 10~70°44°Model mean
  12. SunOct 11~67°51°Model mean0.09 in
  13. MonOct 12~65°48°Model mean
  14. TueOct 13~64°44°Model mean0.27 in
  15. WedOct 14~67°44°Model mean
  16. ThuOct 15~74°51°Model mean

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like59°
  • WindCalm
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity100%
  • Dew point59°
  • Pressure0.01 inHg
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility8 mi
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset · not yet up
  • Moonrise9:09 PMMoonset 11:57 AM
  • Moon phaseWaning gibbous83% lit

The National Blend of Models

NOAA NBM v5.0 · run of Sep 29, 8:00 PM EDT

NOAA’s weighted blend of every model it runs, to eleven days, with the chances the grid above does not carry. Where the local office’s grid reaches, its figure sits beneath the blend’s; where it does not, the blend stands alone.

  1. TodaySep 3078°63°NWS grid 78° / 63°rain 6%wind 5 mph
  2. ThuOct 181°67°NWS grid 81° / 66°rain 13%wind 10 mph · gusts 17 mph
  3. FriOct 277°52°NWS grid 78° / 53°rain 85%thunder 12%0.24 inwind 13 mph · gusts 20 mph
  4. SatOct 368°52°NWS grid 68° / 53°rain 18%wind 7 mph · gusts 13 mph
  5. SunOct 469°49°NWS grid 69° / 48°rain 29%0.26 inwind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  6. MonOct 564°41°NWS grid 62° / 40°rain 5%wind 14 mph
  7. TueOct 661°43°NWS grid 61° / 44°rain 1%wind 5 mph
  8. WedOct 768°48°Beyond the NWS gridrain 6%wind 6 mph
  9. ThuOct 869°48°Beyond the NWS gridrain 13%wind 7 mph
  10. FriOct 967°47°Beyond the NWS gridrain 12%wind 10 mph
  11. SatOct 1066°—Beyond the NWS gridrain 8%wind 10 mph
32°59°86°ThuFriSatSunMonTueWed

BlendNWS gridChance of rain, hourly

The models, side by side

HRRR Sep 29, 8:00 PM EDT · GFS Sep 29, 2:00 PM EDT · GEFS Sep 29, 2:00 PM EDT · ECMWF Sep 29, 8:00 AM EDT · ECMWF AI Sep 29, 8:00 AM EDT

Each line is one model’s own forecast at its own grid cell: three kilometers for HRRR, a quarter of a degree for the global models, which can sit a few hundred meters above or below the town. Where they agree the forecast is settled; where they part is where it is not.

32°59°86°ThuFriSatSunMonTueWed

DayNWS gridHRRRGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Sep 3078° 63°76° 55°75° 58°75° 57°77° 56°~75° 54°
Thu Oct 181° 66°84° 63°80° 62°80° 63°79° 65°~81° 62°
Fri Oct 278° 53°0.24 in—73° 54°0.22 in68° 56°0.24 in69° 53°0.33 in~69° 60°0.22 in
Sat Oct 368° 53°—65° 47°65° 49°0.03 in65° 49°~67° 48°
Sun Oct 469° 48°—70° 49°68° 51°0.19 in70° 51°~72° 49°
Mon Oct 562° 40°—60° 46°60° 46°~60° 50°~61° 49°
Tue Oct 661° 44°—57° 39°60° 40°~54° 40°~56° 35°
Wed Oct 7——67° 41°66° 44°~60° 41°~69° 37°
Thu Oct 8——68° 47°68° 51°0.03 in~68° 46°~76° 50°
Fri Oct 9——61° 46°~64° 50°0.08 in~68° 54°~71° 56°
Sat Oct 10——~58° 38°—~72° 48°~80° 46°
Sun Oct 11——~62° 45°—~72° 54°~66° 55°0.28 in
Mon Oct 12——~65° 46°—~77° 54°~52° 45°0.02 in
Tue Oct 13——~60° 43°—~77° 54°0.80 in~56° 36°
Wed Oct 14——~67° 44°—~60° 54°0.08 in~37° 34°
Thu Oct 15——~74° 51°———

A ~ marks a high or low read from six-hourly steps, which miss the true extreme by a degree or two.

ECMWF ensemble meteogram

ECMWF ensemble meteogram for this place: box plots of cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and temperature from the 51 ensemble members for ten days.
Rendered by ECMWF from its 51-member ensemble, in metric units: each box spans the middle half of the members, the whiskers the rest, the line the control run. A forecast, not an observation. © ECMWF, CC BY 4.0.

The next 90 days

NOAA GHCN normals and records at Pittsburgh/Alleghen (AGC) · Climate Prediction Center outlooks

No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one. Where the models stop, the calendar takes over: the 1991 to 2020 normal for each date, the record high and low ever set on it, and where the Climate Prediction Center leans warm, cool, wet or dry over the coming weeks, the month and the season. A site that shows a high for a date three months out is showing you this normal with a wobble.

The forecast reaches Thu Oct 15, from the NWS grid, then the National Blend, then the mean of the global models. Beyond it the lines are the calendar.

Climate Prediction Center (CPC) temperature lean40%33%warmer 40% · Oct 202640% chance above normal · Oct to Dec0°20°40°60°80°TodayOct 1Nov 1Dec 1

Forecast high and lowNormal high and lowRecord high and lowCPC leans warmer than normalCPC leans cooler than normalCPC near normal or equal chances

Week ofNormalWarmest on recordColdest on recordTemperature leanPrecipitation lean
Sep 3071° / 52°89° (2019)29° (2003)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 769° / 50°88° (1949)30° (1938)near normal most likely · days 8 to 14near normal most likely · days 8 to 14
Oct 1459° / 44°83° (1938)27° (1937)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 2159° / 44°84° (1947)27° (1936)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 2860° / 41°80° (2024)22° (1951)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Nov 455° / 37°80° (1948)20° (1951)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 1151° / 36°74° (1949)13° (2019)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 1850° / 34°72° (2016)11° (1950)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 2547° / 33°73° (2006)7° (1950)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 242° / 31°73° (2001)9° (1937)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 944° / 27°70° (2015)5° (1951)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 1639° / 25°69° (2013)-5° (1951)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 2338° / 26°69° (2008)-5° (1935)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec

Health and activities

Rules of thumb over the next 24 hours of forecast, the warnings in force, the station’s report, air quality and pollen

None of these is a measurement. Each is a rating of the forecast ahead, and of what is happening at the point right now, against what the activity or the ailment is known to mind, and each names the figure that decided it. An ailment or a pest is rated as a risk, low to extreme; an activity, a chore or a journey as a condition, poor to ideal.

Each rating says which span it is for: the rest of today’s daylight, tonight, or the next 24 hours.

Health

  • Arthritisnext 24 hModeratehumid
  • Sinus pressurenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Common coldtodayLowmild
  • FlutodayLowmild
  • Migrainenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Asthmanext 24 hLowclean air
  • Heat stresstodayLowmild
  • SunburntodayLowweak sun
  • Frostbitenext 24 hLowmild
  • SleepingtonightIdealcool, quiet night

Outdoors

  • RunningtodayGoodhot
  • HikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • BikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GolftodayIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtodayFairlow visibility
  • Beach and pooltodayVery goodmostly cloudy
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightFairbright moon

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hFairlow visibility
  • Drivingnext 24 hPoorlow visibility

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Drying laundry outsidetodayVery goodhumid
  • Painting and outdoor projectstodayIdealfine conditions
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestodayHighwarm
  • TickstodayVery highwarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hLowmild
  • Outdoor peststodayHighwarm

Stargazing

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast and the sun and moon

Tonight has no dark, clear hour without a bright moon in this forecast. Rated poor.

Night ofRatingDarkClear hoursClear and moonlessMoon litTransparency (est.)DewStrongest wind
WednesdayPoor8:34 PM to 5:46 AM0 of 9None80%5 mph
ThursdayFair8:32 PM to 5:47 AM1 of 91 h from 9:00 PM70%Fair9 mph
FridayPoor8:31 PM to 5:48 AM0 of 9None60%9 h8 mph
SaturdayPoor8:29 PM to 5:49 AM0 of 10None50%5 h5 mph
SundayPoor8:27 PM to 5:50 AM0 of 10None39%8 h6 mph
MondayGood8:26 PM to 5:51 AM3 of 103 h from 8:00 PM29%Fair10 mph

Dark is the sun 18 degrees below the horizon; where it never gets that low, 12 degrees, marked nautical. Clear is sky cover of 20% or less. A bright moon is one above the horizon with a quarter or more of its disc lit. Transparency in the table is estimated from surface humidity (70% and 85% mark fair and poor) and visibility, since the forecast carries no haze or high cloud moisture. Seeing and transparency by hour, where shown, are Environment and Climate Change Canada’s astronomy forecast (regional model; seeing from cloud, wind shear, turbulence near the ground and the surface temperature trend; transparency from the moisture through the whole air column), under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Dew is the air within 2 °C of its dew point. Excellent is four or more clear moonless hours with good transparency; good is three; fair is one, or two clear hours.

Golden hour and blue hour

Computed from the sun and moon positions
DayBlue hour, morningGolden hour, morningGolden hour, eveningBlue hour, evening
Wed6:48 AM to 6:59 AM6:59 AM to 7:52 AM6:27 PM to 7:20 PM7:20 PM to 7:31 PM
Thu6:49 AM to 7:00 AM7:00 AM to 7:53 AM6:26 PM to 7:19 PM7:19 PM to 7:29 PM
Fri6:50 AM to 7:01 AM7:01 AM to 7:54 AM6:24 PM to 7:17 PM7:17 PM to 7:27 PM
Sat6:51 AM to 7:02 AM7:02 AM to 7:55 AM6:22 PM to 7:15 PM7:15 PM to 7:26 PM
Sun6:52 AM to 7:03 AM7:03 AM to 7:56 AM6:21 PM to 7:14 PM7:14 PM to 7:24 PM
Mon6:53 AM to 7:04 AM7:04 AM to 7:57 AM6:19 PM to 7:12 PM7:12 PM to 7:23 PM
Tue6:54 AM to 7:05 AM7:05 AM to 7:58 AM6:17 PM to 7:10 PM7:10 PM to 7:21 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 7:15 AM, 93° E
  • SS Sunset 7:04 PM, 267° W
  • MR Moonrise 9:09 PM, 55° NE
  • MS Moonset 11:57 AM, 304° WNW
  • Waning gibbous, 83% lit

Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below. These are the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon; hills and buildings change both. None means the sun does not reach that height on the day; all day means it stays inside the band.

Drone flying

NWS hourly forecast, SWPC Kp, FAA TFRs and 14 CFR Part 107

This hour: fly with caution (night: lighting and night training required (107.29)). Next good stretch: Wed 10 AM to 7 PM, 9 hours.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 6:45 AM to sunrise 7:15 AM, and sunset 7:04 PM to 7:34 PM. Anti-collision lighting is required in those minutes and at night.

Wed6 AM12 PM6 PM
Thu12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Fri12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Caution No-fly

HourVerdictWind (mph)400 ft est. (mph)Gust (mph)RainVisibilityCloud allowsTempKpWhy
Wed 1 AMCaution1560%8 mi59°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Wed 2 AMCaution1560%7 mi58°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Wed 3 AMCaution1560%6 mi57°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Wed 4 AMCaution1560%4.9 mi57°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Wed 5 AMNo-fly0020%1.6 mi56°visibility under 3 miles (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Wed 6 AMNo-fly1340%1.1 mi400 ft56°visibility under 3 miles (107.51), night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Wed 7 AMNo-fly0020%0.3 miup to 0 ft56°visibility under 3 miles (107.51), low cloud limits height (107.51), civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Wed 8 AMNo-fly1140%0.3 miup to 0 ft56°visibility under 3 miles (107.51), low cloud limits height (107.51)
Wed 9 AMNo-fly1150%0.3 miup to 0 ft59°visibility under 3 miles (107.51), low cloud limits height (107.51)
Wed 10 AMGood2360%10 mi400 ft64°nothing against it
Wed 11 AMGood3480%10 mi68°nothing against it
Wed 12 PMGood5690%10 mi71°nothing against it
Wed 1 PMGood5590%10 mi75°nothing against it
Wed 2 PMGood56110%10 mi400 ft76°nothing against it
Wed 3 PMGood56110%10 mi400 ft77°nothing against it
Wed 4 PMGood67120%10 mi400 ft78°nothing against it
Wed 5 PMGood67110%10 mi400 ft77°nothing against it
Wed 6 PMGood3580%10 mi400 ft75°nothing against it
Wed 7 PMCaution3580%10 mi400 ft73°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Wed 8 PMCaution3581%10 mi400 ft68°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Wed 9 PMCaution2371%10 mi400 ft67°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Wed 10 PMCaution2371%10 mi400 ft66°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Wed 11 PMCaution2372%10 mi400 ft65°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Thu 12 AMCaution2362%10 mi400 ft65°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)

Flight restrictions nearby

Reading the FAA’s temporary flight restrictions.

Flight restrictions on the map. TFRs are not the whole picture: controlled airspace around airports needs LAANC authorization. Check the FAA’s B4UFLY.

Wind at 400 ft is estimated from the 10 m forecast by the power law, with exponents for each Pasquill stability class (Irwin 1979, rural, as in EPA dispersion models; the class from wind, sun height and cloud, after Turner 1970); gusts keep the ground gust’s margin. Caution from three quarters of your limit; the default 24 mph is the wind resistance printed for common sub-250 g drones. 14 CFR 107.51: “The minimum flight visibility, as observed from the location of the control station must be no less than 3 statute miles” and at least “500 feet below the cloud”. 14 CFR 107.29: “No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft system during periods of civil twilight unless the small unmanned aircraft has lighted anti-collision lighting visible for at least 3 statute miles”; civil twilight is the 30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset, in Alaska the Air Almanac’s. Kp: SWPC’s scales say satellite navigation problems may occur at G3 (Kp 7) and navigation is “degraded for hours” at G4 (Kp 8); Kp 5 is the typical app warning. Typical limits, not rules: rain chance 30% caution and 60% no-fly, thunder 10% and 20%, below 0 °C caution and −10 °C no-fly, over 40 °C caution. Your drone’s manual and the airspace come first.

Spraying and field work

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast

Hours fit for spraying, and the days dry enough for fieldwork and hay, read from this forecast’s wind, gusts, humidity, temperature and rain.

Spraying windows

  • Wed 11 AM to 9 PM 10 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Thu 6 AM to 1 PM 7 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Thu 6 PM to Fri 12 AM 6 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sat 11 AM to 10 PM 11 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sun 11 AM to 9 PM 10 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Mon 10 PM to Tue 1 AM 3 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Tue 9 AM to 5 PM 8 hours, every hour within the rules
Wed6 AM12 PM6 PM
Thu12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Fri12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sat12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
WednesdayDry0%0.00 in54%6 mph2 d
ThursdayDry8%0.00 in55%12 mph1 d
FridayWet88%0.24 in73%12 mph
SaturdayDry7%0.00 in53%7 mph4 d
SundayDry23%0.00 in62%7 mph3 d
MondayDry1%0.00 in49%15 mph2 dGood
TuesdayDry0%0.00 in46%6 mph1 dGood

Spraying: sustained wind 3 to 10 mph, the range US extension services and most labels give; gusts no more than 15 mph (this page’s limit); delta T (air minus wet-bulb temperature) 2 to 8 °C preferred and 8 to 10 °C marginal, from GRDC guidance, with the wet bulb by Stull’s formula; no hour at a 30% chance of rain or 0.25 mm forecast during the rain-free time. Follow the product label, which overrides all of this. Field days: dry is no daytime hour at a 30% chance and under 1 mm all day, wet is 6 mm (0.25 in) or more; soil moisture is not in the forecast, so ground still wet from earlier rain is not accounted for. Hay drying marks a dry day with humidity down to 50% and a breeze of 5 mph or more.

Solunar times

Computed from the moon’s position

The best-rated day this week is Thursday, rated fair.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Wed Poor3:06 AM to 5:06 AM3:36 PM to 5:36 PM11:27 AM to 12:27 PM8:39 PM to 9:39 PM 83%7:15 AM, 7:04 PM
Thu Fair4:06 AM to 6:06 AM4:37 PM to 6:37 PM12:40 PM to 1:40 PM9:32 PM to 10:32 PM 74%7:16 AM, 7:02 PM
Fri Fair5:09 AM to 7:09 AM5:40 PM to 7:40 PM1:46 PM to 2:46 PM10:36 PM to 11:36 PM 64%7:17 AM, 7:00 PM
Sat Fair6:11 AM to 8:11 AM6:42 PM to 8:42 PM2:40 PM to 3:40 PM 54%7:18 AM, 6:59 PM
Sun Fair7:11 AM to 9:11 AM7:40 PM to 9:40 PM11:48 PM to 12:48 AM3:24 PM to 4:24 PM 43%7:19 AM, 6:57 PM
Mon Fair8:07 AM to 10:07 AM8:34 PM to 10:34 PM1:03 AM to 2:03 AM3:59 PM to 4:59 PM 33%7:20 AM, 6:55 PM
Tue Poor8:59 AM to 10:59 AM9:24 PM to 11:24 PM2:18 AM to 3:18 AM4:27 PM to 5:27 PM 23%7:21 AM, 6:54 PM

Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The weather’s side is the fishing index

Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot; minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset: the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables (1936). The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within a day and a half of a new or full moon (one more within three and a half days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The theory has mixed support in fisheries research; the times are exact astronomy.

In words

NWS forecast periods, as issued
  1. Overnight56° · SE 1 mph

    Patchy fog after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Southeast wind around 1 mph.

  2. Wednesday78° · S 0–6 mph

    Patchy fog before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. South wind 0 to 6 mph.

  3. Wednesday Night63° · 6% · S 5 mph

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind around 5 mph.

  4. Thursday81° · 8% · S 5–12 mph

    Partly sunny, with a high near 81. South wind 5 to 12 mph.

  5. Thursday Night66° · 4% · SW 6–9 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph.

  6. Friday78° · 88% · W 12 mph

    Rain showers after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  7. Friday Night53° · 88% · N 5–10 mph

    Rain showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

  8. Saturday68° · 7% · NE 7 mph

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.

  9. Saturday Night53° · 9% · NE 6 mph

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.

  10. Sunday69° · 23% · S 2–7 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers between 8am and 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 69.

  11. Sunday Night48° · 14% · NW 6 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.

  12. Monday62° · 1% · NW 7–15 mph

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 62.

  13. Monday Night40° · NW 3–14 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 40.

  14. Tuesday61° · N 6 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 61.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Pittsburgh, PA · issued Sep 29, 6:59 PM EDT

Written by the forecaster on duty for their own colleagues and for anyone who wants to know why the forecast says what it says. It is not edited for the public, so it uses the office’s shorthand; it is also the most honest thing any weather service publishes.

What Has Changed

Upcoming weekend precipitation chances have decreased, otherwise no major changes were made to the latest forecast.

KEY Messages

1) Mainly dry through Thursday, before shower chances return with a Friday cold front

2) Cooler with periodic shower chances for the upcoming weekend

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1... A ridge of high pressure is expected to maintain dry weather for much of the area through Thursday. The exception is Wednesday night, where a weak crossing shortwave and warm advection could result in a few showers north of Pittsburgh. The ridge should strengthen again on Thursday ahead of an approaching trough, with dry weather returning. Thursday will likely be the warmest day of the week, with highs around 80 outside of the higher terrain.

A shortwave trough, and an associated surface cold front, is expected to advance eastward from the Midwest on Thursday, approaching and crossing the Upper Ohio Valley region on Friday. The upper trough is progged to weaken as it moves eastward across our region on Friday. Increasing flow aloft will result in increasing shear during the day, with the area under the right entrance region to an upper level jet. Instability is progged to remain minimal at this time, with SB CAPE around 250 j/kg or less, mainly south of PIT. ML guidance indicates little potential for severe storms as well. The most favorable timing for FROPA is early afternoon north of PIT, with mid to late afternoon for points southward. At this time, probabilities for at least a quarter of an inch of rain range from 60 to 80 percent, though are less than 50 percent for a half an inch.

KEY MESSAGE 2... Broad upper troughing is progged to set up across the NE CONUS through the upcoming weekend. Saturday should be mainly dry and cooler as surface high pressure builds in from the north, though a crossing southern stream wave should result in shower chances mainly south of I-70. Shower chances then increase on Sunday as a northern stream shortwave rotates through the broad upper trough. Cooler temperatures are expected, with highs just below seasonable levels.

Aviation · 00Z Wednesday Through Sunday

As the coast low lifts to the northeast, cloud cover over the western PA area will begin to clear out from west to east. This will result in fog development tonight and just about every terminal is expected to go down to Field mins. This will mainly be during the 08Z to 13Z period. Conditions will improve into the day tomorrow with light and variable winds expected. The only cloud cover will be high clouds through the day.

Outlook... VFR is expected through Thursday, though a few showers are possible N of PIT Wednesday night with a crossing disturbance. Restrictions in showers are likely with a Friday cold front. Restrictions are possible south of I-70 Saturday, and across the remainder of the are Sunday, with crossing disturbances.

PBZ Watches / Warnings / Advisories

PA...None. OH...None. WV...None.

Hazardous weather outlook Sep 29, 1:00 PM EDT

The office’s own seven-day heads-up for spotters and emergency managers.

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HWOPBZ

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
100 PM EDT Tue Sep 29 2026

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Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker-
100 PM EDT Tue Sep 29 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, western 
Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

$$

The outlooks beyond

SPC, WPC, CPC and the Drought Monitor, read at this point

The national centers each publish a judgment the local grid does not carry. Read here at this exact coordinate.

Severe weather

  1. Day 1 · Wed Sep 30No risk area
  2. Day 2 · Thu Oct 1No risk area
  3. Day 3 · Fri Oct 2No risk area
  4. Day 4 · Sat Oct 3No risk area
  5. Day 5 · Sun Oct 4No risk area
  6. Day 6 · Mon Oct 5No risk area
  7. Day 7 · Tue Oct 6No risk area
  8. Day 8 · Wed Oct 7No risk area

Rainfall

  1. Day 1 · Wed Sep 30Under 0.01 in
  2. Day 2 · Thu Oct 1Under 0.01 in
  3. Day 3 · Fri Oct 20.10 in
  4. Day 4-5 · Oct 3–Oct 40.01 in
  5. Day 6-7 · Oct 5–Oct 6Under 0.01 in

The rainfall forecast on the map, days 1 to 7

Six to fourteen days

  1. Days 6–10 · Temperature33% chance below normalOct 5–Oct 9
  2. Days 6–10 · Precipitation33% chance below normalOct 5–Oct 9
  3. Days 8–14 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 7–Oct 13
  4. Days 8–14 · PrecipitationNear normal most likelyOct 7–Oct 13

Hazards, 3 to 14 days

  1. Oct 2–Oct 6Heavy Rain

Climate

Climate of 40.45, -79.96: normals, records and every month

Everything else on the grid

NWS forecast grid · 29 elements

The forecast office edits about sixty fields for every cell of its grid. The common ones are above; these are the rest, as the daily extreme, for anyone who needs the mixing height, the fire danger or the swell.

ElementWedThuFriSatSunMonTue
HeatRisk max1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little
Wet bulb globe temperature max74°76°72°64°67°59°59°
Heat index max78°82°76°
Wind chill min43°38°
Chance of thunder max0%0%19%3%5%2%0%
Cloud ceiling min100 ft5,000 ft5,600 ft
Visibility min0.3 mi10 mi10 mi
Pressure min0.01 inHg0.01 inHg0.01 inHg
Mixing height max4,200 ft2,500 ft500 ft
Transport wind max9 mph13 mph10 mph
Twenty-foot wind max5 mph9 mph8 mph
Atmospheric dispersion index max46369
Low visibility risk max1055

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Pittsburgh/Alleghen (AGC) · 6.8 mi away

Each forecast day against the same calendar date at the nearest long-record station: the 1991 to 2020 normal, and the record high and low with the year they were set.

DayForecastNormalRecord highRecord low
Wed Sep 3078° / 63°67° / 49°79° (2002)36° (1935)
Thu Oct 181° / 66°69° / 49°89° (2019)31° (1947)
Fri Oct 278° / 53°69° / 51°86° (2019)32° (1947)
Sat Oct 368° / 53°71° / 52°89° (1951)29° (2003)
Sun Oct 469° / 48°70° / 52°86° (2007)34° (1945)
Mon Oct 562° / 40°67° / 50°86° (1951)33° (1935)
Tue Oct 661° / 44°69° / 49°85° (1937)33° (1935)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Wed6:48 AM7:15 AM7:04 PM7:31 PM11 h 49 min Waning gibbous · 83% lit
Thu6:49 AM7:16 AM7:02 PM7:29 PM11 h 46 min Waning gibbous · 74% lit
Fri6:50 AM7:17 AM7:00 PM7:27 PM11 h 43 min Waning gibbous · 64% lit
Sat6:51 AM7:18 AM6:59 PM7:26 PM11 h 41 min Last quarter · 54% lit
Sun6:52 AM7:19 AM6:57 PM7:24 PM11 h 38 min Last quarter · 43% lit
Mon6:53 AM7:20 AM6:55 PM7:23 PM11 h 35 min Waning crescent · 33% lit
Tue6:54 AM7:21 AM6:54 PM7:21 PM11 h 33 min Waning crescent · 23% lit

Forecast from the National Weather Service forecast grid at api.weather.gov, updated by the local office through the day; the written periods and hourly digest are the NWS’s own. Outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center, the Weather Prediction Center and the Climate Prediction Center via NOAA’s map services. Records and normals from NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network. Sun and moon computed here. Place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

What is here

Seven days
The high, the low, the chance and amount of rain and snow, the wind and the forecaster’s words for each day and night, from the National Weather Service grid for the exact cell your town sits in.
Hour by hour
Temperature, what it feels like, dew point, humidity, chance and amount of precipitation, wind and gusts, sky cover, the chance of thunder, pressure, visibility and ceiling, as a chart and as a table, with nights shaded.
Everything else on the grid
The office edits about sixty fields for every cell. The ones the mainstream forecast pages leave out are here as a daily table: HeatRisk, wet bulb globe temperature, lightning activity, mixing height, transport wind, the fire weather indices, and at the coast the waves and swell.
The discussion
The Area Forecast Discussion the forecaster wrote to explain the forecast, in their own words, with the specialist annexes folded away. Also the office’s hazardous weather outlook.
Beyond the week
The Storm Prediction Center’s severe weather category for each of the next eight days, the Weather Prediction Center’s rainfall forecast to day seven and its winter storm severity, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for days six to fourteen, all read at your coordinate.
Against the record
Each forecast day beside the same date at the nearest long-record station: the thirty-year normal and the record high and low with their years, so a forecast high that would break a record says so.
The next 90 days
The forecast as far as the grid, the National Blend and the global models reach, and the calendar after that: the normal and the record for every date, with the Climate Prediction Center’s lean for the weeks, the month and the season drawn over them. No made-up highs for a date three months out.

Common questions

Where does this forecast come from?

From the National Weather Service forecast grid published at api.weather.gov, the same grid the local forecast office edits through the day and the source of every forecast on weather.gov. The written periods, the hourly digest and the forecaster’s discussion are the NWS’s own products, shown as issued. Nothing here is a blend a website made.

How far ahead does it go?

The grid runs seven days ahead, hour by hour for the first days and in three to six hour steps after that. The National Blend of Models carries the days to eleven and the global models to sixteen. Beyond that the page carries the national centers’ outlooks, severe weather to day eight, rainfall to day seven, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for the coming weeks, month and season, over a ninety-day calendar of the normal and the record for each date. No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one.

Why is this different from the app on my phone?

Most forecast apps show a blend of models chosen by the company that makes the app. This page shows the forecast the local National Weather Service office issues, edited by the forecasters who will also issue the warnings, and it shows all of it rather than the six numbers that fit on a phone. The discussion explains the reasoning, which no app carries.

What is a place’s address here?

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