Current weather · Oct 1, 3:13 AM EDT

41.1400, -79.7540

61°

Slight chance of light rain showersFeels like 61° · Humidity 89%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Pittsburgh, PA · grid 82,99
High
80°
Low
62°
Rain today
29%
Sunrise
7:16 AM
Sunset
7:01 PM

Hour by hour

NWS forecast grid

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Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Thu 3 AMSlight chance of light rain showers61°61°58°89%18%S5 mph10 mph87%0.01 inHg10 mi7,000 ft
Thu 4 AMSlight chance of light rain showers61°61°58°88%17%S5 mph10 mph87%0.01 inHg10 mi7,000 ft
Thu 5 AMSlight chance of light rain showers61°61°58°88%15%S5 mph12 mph86%0.01 inHg10 mi7,000 ft
Thu 6 AM61°61°58°87%13%S5 mph12 mph86%0.01 inHg10 mi6,000 ft
Thu 7 AM61°61°57°86%9%S6 mph13 mph78%0.01 inHg10 mi7,000 ft
Thu 8 AM61°61°57°86%5%S6 mph14 mph73%0.01 inHg10 mi7,000 ft
Thu 9 AM63°63°58°86%3%SSW7 mph15 mph54%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 10 AM66°66°60°80%1%SSW7 mph15 mph52%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 11 AM69°69°60°74%1%SSW8 mph16 mph55%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 12 PM72°72°60°67%1%SW8 mph17 mph53%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 1 PM75°75°61°61%1%SSW9 mph17 mph38%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 2 PM77°77°62°59%1%SW9 mph18 mph58%0.01 inHg10 mi20,000 ft
Thu 3 PM78°78°62°57%2%SW9 mph18 mph43%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 4 PM79°81°62°56%3%SW8 mph18 mph55%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 5 PM78°78°62°58%3%SW8 mph17 mph56%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 6 PM77°77°62°60%2%SSW7 mph17 mph40%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 7 PM74°74°61°63%1%SSW7 mph17 mph55%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 8 PM70°70°60°71%1%SSW7 mph17 mph66%0.01 inHg10 mi20,000 ft
Thu 9 PM69°69°60°74%1%SSW7 mph17 mph54%0.01 inHg10 mi
Thu 10 PM68°68°60°76%1%SSW7 mph16 mph74%0.01 inHg10 mi15,000 ft
Thu 11 PM68°68°60°77%1%SSW7 mph17 mph82%1%0.01 inHg10 mi15,000 ft
Fri 12 AM68°68°60°76%1%SSW8 mph17 mph64%1%0.01 inHg10 mi10,000 ft
Fri 1 AM68°68°59°74%2%SSW9 mph18 mph66%1%0.01 inHg10 mi10,000 ft
Fri 2 AM68°68°59°73%4%SW9 mph18 mph67%2%0.01 inHg10 mi8,000 ft
Fri 3 AM68°68°59°72%4%SW9 mph18 mph67%2%0.01 inHg10 mi7,000 ft
Fri 4 AM67°67°59°73%6%SW9 mph20 mph77%2%0.01 inHg10 mi7,000 ft
Fri 5 AM67°67°59°74%8%SW9 mph18 mph85%7%0.01 inHg10 mi6,000 ft
Fri 6 AM65°65°59°80%13%SW9 mph18 mph74%7%0.01 inHg10 mi3,500 ft
Fri 7 AM65°65°60°83%13%SW8 mph17 mph85%7%0.01 inHg7 mi3,500 ft
Fri 8 AMChance of light rain showers64°64°60°86%36%0.01 inSW8 mph17 mph85%9%0.01 inHg5 mi1,000 ft
Fri 9 AMChance of light rain showers63°63°61°94%52%0.03 inW8 mph18 mph82%9%0.01 inHg5 mi1,000 ft
Fri 10 AMModerate rain showers65°65°62°90%91%0.05 inW9 mph18 mph94%9%0.01 inHg5 mi1,000 ft
Fri 11 AMChance of light rain showers65°65°62°91%45%0.02 inWNW9 mph18 mph87%4%0.01 inHg5 mi1,000 ft
Fri 12 PMModerate rain showers64°64°62°92%92%0.05 inWNW9 mph17 mph95%4%0.01 inHg10 mi6,000 ft
Fri 1 PMModerate rain showers likely67°67°62°84%65%0.04 inNW9 mph17 mph84%4%0.01 inHg10 mi6,000 ft
Fri 2 PMChance of light rain showers64°64°61°92%31%0.01 inNW8 mph17 mph87%0.01 inHg—
Fri 3 PMChance of moderate rain showers63°63°60°89%53%0.05 inNW8 mph17 mph89%0.01 inHg—
Fri 4 PMChance of light rain showers62°62°58°86%43%0.03 inNW8 mph17 mph86%0.01 inHg—
Fri 5 PM59°59°56°90%6%NNW8 mph17 mph86%0.01 inHg—
Fri 6 PM58°58°54°86%0%NNW7 mph17 mph82%0.01 inHg—
Fri 7 PM56°56°53°88%0%NNW7 mph17 mph84%0.01 inHg—
Fri 8 PM56°56°51°85%4%NNW6 mph16 mph79%0.01 inHg—
Fri 9 PM54°54°51°89%4%NNW6 mph15 mph71%0.01 inHg—
Fri 10 PM53°53°50°91%4%NNW6 mph14 mph56%0.01 inHg—
Fri 11 PM52°52°50°93%4%NNW5 mph14 mph40%0.01 inHg—
Sat 12 AM50°49°49°94%4%N5 mph13 mph32%0.01 inHg—
Sat 1 AM49°48°48°95%4%N5 mph13 mph24%0.01 inHg—
Sat 2 AM48°46°47°96%0%N5 mph12 mph16%0.01 inHg—

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Oct 1, 2:21 AM EDT to day 8, the National Blend of Models to day 10, the mean of GFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodayOct 180°62°Partly Sunny29%wind 9 mph · gusts 18 mph
  2. FriOct 269°44°Rain Showers92%0.29 inwind 9 mph · gusts 20 mph
  3. SatOct 366°45°Sunny4%wind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  4. SunOct 468°48°Mostly Sunny5%wind 6 mph · gusts 14 mph
  5. MonOct 562°37°Mostly Sunny1%wind 12 mph · gusts 20 mph
  6. TueOct 658°38°Patchy Frost then Sunny0%wind 5 mph · gusts 12 mph
  7. WedOct 764°45°Sunny3%wind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
  8. ThuOct 868°46°9%wind 8 mph · gusts 16 mph
  9. FriOct 964°44°National Blend5%wind 8 mph · gusts 15 mph
  10. SatOct 1065°45°National Blend9%wind 9 mph · gusts 16 mph
  11. SunOct 11~74°55°Model mean0.03 in
  12. MonOct 12~68°52°Model mean0.29 in
  13. TueOct 13~52°40°Model mean0.16 in
  14. WedOct 14~55°35°Model mean
  15. ThuOct 15~61°46°Model mean0.05 in
  16. FriOct 16~58°41°Model mean0.08 in

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like61°
  • WindS 5 mphgusts 10 mph
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity89%
  • Dew point58°
  • Pressure0.01 inHg
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility10 mi
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset · not yet up
  • Moonrise9:58 PMMoonset 1:12 PM
  • Moon phaseWaning gibbous74% lit

The National Blend of Models

NOAA NBM v5.0 · run of Sep 30, 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. TodayOct 180°64°NWS grid 80° / 62°rain 28%wind 9 mph · gusts 17 mph
  2. FriOct 271°44°NWS grid 69° / 44°rain 96%thunder 10%0.41 inwind 10 mph · gusts 20 mph
  3. SatOct 366°45°NWS grid 66° / 45°rain 2%wind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  4. SunOct 468°48°NWS grid 68° / 48°rain 6%wind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  5. MonOct 562°38°NWS grid 62° / 37°rain 2%wind 12 mph · gusts 18 mph
  6. TueOct 658°38°NWS grid 58° / 38°rain 0%wind 3 mph · gusts 10 mph
  7. WedOct 765°47°NWS grid 64° / 45°rain 9%wind 7 mph · gusts 15 mph
  8. ThuOct 867°45°NWS grid 68° / 46°rain 12%wind 9 mph · gusts 16 mph
  9. FriOct 964°44°Beyond the NWS gridrain 5%wind 8 mph · gusts 15 mph
  10. SatOct 1065°45°Beyond the NWS gridrain 9%wind 9 mph · gusts 16 mph
  11. SunOct 1165°—Beyond the NWS gridrain 13%wind 9 mph · gusts 16 mph
32°59°86°FriSatSunMonTueWedThu

BlendNWS gridChance of rain, hourly

The models, side by side

HRRR Sep 30, 8:00 PM EDT · GFS Sep 30, 8:00 PM EDT · GEFS Sep 30, 8:00 PM EDT · ECMWF Sep 30, 8:00 AM EDT · ECMWF AI Sep 30, 8:00 PM 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°FriSatSunMonTueWedThu

DayNWS gridHRRRGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Oct 180° 62°80° 63°77° 61°77° 60°0.01 in76° 61°0.03 in~80° 74°
Fri Oct 269° 44°0.29 in70° 54°0.02 in69° 50°0.31 in67° 49°0.21 in68° 52°0.50 in~70° 55°0.25 in
Sat Oct 366° 45°—64° 43°63° 43°64° 45°~64° 45°
Sun Oct 468° 48°—67° 45°66° 47°0.02 in~60° 49°~65° 49°0.02 in
Mon Oct 562° 37°—57° 42°0.01 in57° 40°61° 47°~58° 48°
Tue Oct 658° 38°—56° 34°56° 34°~57° 41°~57° 35°
Wed Oct 764° 45°—62° 37°62° 36°~64° 54°~66° 38°
Thu Oct 868° 46°—63° 43°63° 46°0.05 in~65° 52°0.07 in~73° 49°
Fri Oct 9——64° 41°64° 46°0.02 in~62° 46°~58° 50°
Sat Oct 10——72° 46°65° 46°0.08 in~66° 56°~48° 48°
Sun Oct 11——~73° 57°0.08 in—~74° 50°~75° 58°0.02 in
Mon Oct 12——~63° 45°—~73° 54°0.52 in~67° 58°0.35 in
Tue Oct 13——~55° 40°—~59° 49°~50° 40°0.32 in
Wed Oct 14——~61° 37°—~66° 56°~50° 33°
Thu Oct 15——~71° 51°—~53° 51°~51° 40°0.09 in
Fri Oct 16——~58° 41°0.08 in———

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 Franklin(Awos) (FKL) · 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 Fri Oct 16, 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 lean33%33%equal chances40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec0°20°40°60°80°TodayNov 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
Oct 168° / 46°90° (1922)23° (1899)equal chances · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 865° / 42°87° (1916)20° (1934)33% chance below normal · days 8 to 1433% chance below normal · days 8 to 14
Oct 1559° / 39°87° (1899)18° (1952)equal chances · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 2258° / 39°85° (1935)16° (1936)equal chances · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 2956° / 35°81° (1950)15° (1965)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 551° / 33°81° (1912)12° (1991)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 1249° / 32°79° (1912)6° (1933)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 1947° / 31°74° (1985)6° (1951)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 2645° / 30°71° (1990)-3° (1936)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 341° / 28°74° (1982)-6° (1917)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 1038° / 22°67° (1971)-10° (1904)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 1737° / 21°68° (1957)-12° (1951)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 2435° / 20°70° (1982)-14° (1950)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 hLowsteady conditions
  • 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 paddlingtodayVery goodwind
  • Beach and pooltodayIdealfine conditions
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightPoormostly cloudy

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hIdealclear skies
  • Drivingnext 24 hIdealclear roads

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
ThursdayPoor8:32 PM to 5:45 AM0 of 9None70%9 mph
FridayFair8:31 PM to 5:46 AM4 of 9None60%Poor9 h6 mph
SaturdayGood8:29 PM to 5:47 AM8 of 104 h from 8:00 PM50%Poor4 h6 mph
SundayPoor8:27 PM to 5:48 AM0 of 10None39%8 h5 mph
MondayGood8:26 PM to 5:49 AM10 of 107 h from 8:00 PM29%Poor6 h6 mph
TuesdayGood8:24 PM to 5:51 AM10 of 1010 h from 8:00 PM20%Fair1 h3 mph
WednesdayPoor8:22 PM to 5:52 AM0 of 10None12%1 h5 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
Thu6:48 AM to 6:59 AM6:59 AM to 7:52 AM6:24 PM to 7:18 PM7:18 PM to 7:28 PM
Fri6:49 AM to 7:00 AM7:00 AM to 7:53 AM6:23 PM to 7:16 PM7:16 PM to 7:27 PM
Sat6:50 AM to 7:01 AM7:01 AM to 7:55 AM6:21 PM to 7:14 PM7:14 PM to 7:25 PM
Sun6:51 AM to 7:02 AM7:02 AM to 7:56 AM6:19 PM to 7:13 PM7:13 PM to 7:23 PM
Mon6:52 AM to 7:03 AM7:03 AM to 7:57 AM6:17 PM to 7:11 PM7:11 PM to 7:22 PM
Tue6:53 AM to 7:04 AM7:04 AM to 7:58 AM6:16 PM to 7:09 PM7:09 PM to 7:20 PM
Wed6:55 AM to 7:05 AM7:05 AM to 7:59 AM6:14 PM to 7:08 PM7:08 PM to 7:18 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 7:16 AM, 94° E
  • SS Sunset 7:01 PM, 266° W
  • MR Moonrise 9:58 PM, 52° NE
  • MS Moonset 1:12 PM, 308° NW
  • Waning gibbous, 74% 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: Thu 8 AM to 11 AM, 3 hours.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 6:46 AM to sunrise 7:16 AM, and sunset 7:01 PM to 7:31 PM. Anti-collision lighting is required in those minutes and at night.

Thu6 AM12 PM6 PM
Fri12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sat12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Caution No-fly

HourVerdictWind (mph)400 ft est. (mph)Gust (mph)RainVisibilityCloud allowsTempKpWhy
Thu 3 AMCaution571218%10 mi400 ft61°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Thu 4 AMCaution571217%10 mi400 ft61°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Thu 5 AMCaution571415%10 mi400 ft61°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Thu 6 AMCaution571413%10 mi400 ft61°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Thu 7 AMCaution67149%10 mi400 ft61°civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Thu 8 AMGood67155%10 mi400 ft61°nothing against it
Thu 9 AMGood79173%10 mi63°nothing against it
Thu 10 AMGood79171%10 mi66°nothing against it
Thu 11 AMCaution810181%10 mi69°gusts near or over your limit
Thu 12 PMCaution810201%10 mi72°gusts near or over your limit
Thu 1 PMCaution911191%10 mi75°gusts near or over your limit
Thu 2 PMCaution912211%10 mi400 ft77°gusts near or over your limit
Thu 3 PMCaution911202%10 mi78°gusts near or over your limit
Thu 4 PMCaution810213%10 mi79°gusts near or over your limit
Thu 5 PMCaution810203%10 mi78°gusts near or over your limit
Thu 6 PMCaution79192%10 mi77°gusts near or over your limit
Thu 7 PMCaution710201%10 mi74°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Thu 8 PMCaution710201%10 mi400 ft70°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Thu 9 PMCaution710201%10 mi69°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Thu 10 PMCaution710191%10 mi400 ft68°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Thu 11 PMCaution710201%10 mi400 ft68°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Fri 12 AMCaution812211%10 mi400 ft68°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Fri 1 AMCaution913232%10 mi400 ft68°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Fri 2 AMCaution913234%10 mi400 ft68°gusts near or over your limit, 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

  • Sat 10 AM to 5 PM 7 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sun 10 AM to 7 PM 9 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Mon 8 PM to 11 PM 3 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Tue 10 AM to 4 PM 6 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Wed 10 AM to Thu 12 AM 14 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Thu 10 AM to 3 PM 5 hours, every hour within the rules
Thu6 AM12 PM6 PM
Fri12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sat12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
ThursdayDry5%0.00 in56%9 mph1 d
FridayWet92%0.29 in84%9 mph
SaturdayDry0%0.00 in48%6 mph6 dGood
SundayDry5%0.00 in63%6 mph5 d
MondayDry0%0.00 in48%12 mph4 dGood
TuesdayDry0%0.00 in47%3 mph3 d
WednesdayDry1%0.00 in47%7 mph2 dGood
ThursdayDry9%0.00 in55%8 mph1 d

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 Wednesday, rated good.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Thu Fair4:05 AM to 6:05 AM4:36 PM to 6:36 PM12:42 PM to 1:42 PM9:28 PM to 10:28 PM 74%7:16 AM, 7:01 PM
Fri Fair5:08 AM to 7:08 AM5:39 PM to 7:39 PM1:48 PM to 2:48 PM10:32 PM to 11:32 PM 64%7:17 AM, 6:59 PM
Sat Fair6:10 AM to 8:10 AM6:41 PM to 8:41 PM2:42 PM to 3:42 PM 54%7:18 AM, 6:57 PM
Sun Fair7:10 AM to 9:10 AM7:39 PM to 9:39 PM11:44 PM to 12:44 AM3:25 PM to 4:25 PM 43%7:19 AM, 6:56 PM
Mon Fair8:06 AM to 10:06 AM8:33 PM to 10:33 PM1:00 AM to 2:00 AM3:59 PM to 4:59 PM 33%7:20 AM, 6:54 PM
Tue Poor8:58 AM to 10:58 AM9:23 PM to 11:23 PM2:15 AM to 3:15 AM4:28 PM to 5:28 PM 23%7:21 AM, 6:52 PM
Wed Good9:47 AM to 11:47 AM10:10 PM to 12:10 AM3:28 AM to 4:28 AM4:52 PM to 5:52 PM 15%7:22 AM, 6:51 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. Overnight61° · 18% · S 5 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

  2. Thursday80° · 13% · SW 5–9 mph

    Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Southwest wind 5 to 9 mph.

  3. Thursday Night62° · 8% · SW 9 mph

    Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Southwest wind around 9 mph.

  4. Friday69° · 92% · W 9 mph

    Rain showers between 8am and 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. West wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

  5. Friday Night44° · 4% · N 7 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. North wind around 7 mph.

  6. Saturday66° · NE 2–6 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 66.

  7. Saturday Night45° · 1% · E 2–6 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 45.

  8. Sunday68° · 5% · SE 6 mph

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.

  9. Sunday Night48° · 4% · W 5 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.

  10. Monday62° · NW 5–12 mph

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 62.

  11. Monday Night37° · NW 2–9 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 37.

  12. Tuesday58° · NW 3 mph

    Patchy frost before 9am. Sunny, with a high near 58.

  13. Tuesday Night38° · NE 3 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 38.

  14. Wednesday64° · 1% · S 3–7 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 64.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Pittsburgh, PA · issued Oct 1, 1:42 AM 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

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 shortwave is currently tracking over the northern forecast area overnight. This should exit along with its respective precip by dawn. Otherwise, the upper level pattern will continue to feature a trough over the central CONUS as the ridge over the east remains in place but begins to weaken as it shifts to the east- southeast with time. The now closed low at the base of the trough over the central plains now opens and ejects a shortwave into the Lower Ohio Valley. This will bring a cold front to the region entering the Upper OH Valley by Thursday night.

The main focus will be on the front attempting to move through the region from the northwest. This will track east through the overnight and into the day on Friday. The rainfall threat will not be impactful as ensembles have been lessing or holding on precip amounts between 0.25" and 0.50 on total rainfall. The NBM suggest rainfall amounts will not be too concerning as the probabilities of exceeding only 0.50" will be between 30% and 50% across the area. As well, the thunderstorm threat on Thursday night and into Friday will be minimal as even the NBM gives a 10% chance of even reaching 500 J/Kg of SB CAPE. Even the prob thunder for this period is only between 10% to 15%. Thus, nothing is worth mentioning in the HWO at this time.

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 · 06Z Thursday Through Monday

A shortwave will bring some showers across the area for FKL and DUJ but this associated precip should be exiting by dawn. Cloud cover will keep fog out of the area for just about all the terminals as the northern terminals will be VFR. However, ZZV and MGW have a good chance of seeing some fog and have used a TEMPO to cover this through 10Z.

Heading through the day tomorrow, high level cloud cover will pass through the area with decent southwest winds through the day. Exit winds w to be between 10 and 15 knots at times.

Outlook... Restrictions in showers are likely with a Friday cold front. Restrictions are possible south of I-70 Sunday, with prolonged VFR forecast thereafter, outside of fog.

PBZ Watches / Warnings / Advisories

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

Hazardous weather outlook Oct 1, 12:25 AM EDT

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

FLUS41 KPBZ 010425
HWOPBZ

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
1225 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2026

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Muskingum-Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Mercer-Venango-Forest-
Lawrence-Butler-Clarion-Jefferson PA-Beaver-Allegheny-Armstrong-
Washington-Greene-Westmoreland-Higher Elevations of Westmoreland-
Fayette-Higher Elevations of Fayette-Indiana-
Higher Elevations of Indiana-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio-Marshall-Wetzel-
Marion-Monongalia-
Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston-
Eastern Preston-Western Tucker-Eastern Tucker-
1225 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2026

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

$$

Shallenberger

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

Rainfall

  1. Day 1 · Thu Oct 1Under 0.01 in
  2. Day 2 · Fri Oct 20.10 in
  3. Day 3 · Sat Oct 3Under 0.01 in
  4. Day 4-5 · Oct 4–Oct 5Under 0.01 in
  5. Day 6-7 · Oct 6–Oct 7Under 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 6–Oct 10
  2. Days 6–10 · PrecipitationNear normal most likelyOct 6–Oct 10
  3. Days 8–14 · Temperature33% chance below normalOct 8–Oct 14
  4. Days 8–14 · Precipitation33% chance below normalOct 8–Oct 14

Frost and climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals, Franklin

The last spring freeze (32°F) usually comes around May 2 and the first fall freeze around October 23: a growing season of about 171 days.

One fall in ten brings a freeze by October 8; one spring in ten still has one after May 20.

Climate of 41.14, -79.75: 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.

ElementThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThu
HeatRisk max1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little
Wet bulb globe temperature max75°68°65°67°59°58°62°
Heat index max81°
Wind chill min41°43°41°37°35°43°
Chance of thunder max1%9%0%2%1%0%3%4%
Cloud ceiling min6,000 ft1,000 ft
Visibility min10 mi5 mi
Pressure min0.01 inHg0.01 inHg0.01 inHg0.01 inHg
Mixing height max3,300 ft1,900 ft4,100 ft500 ft
Transport wind max17 mph15 mph12 mph9 mph
Twenty-foot wind max8 mph8 mph5 mph6 mph
Atmospheric dispersion index max6527464
Low visibility risk max6696

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Franklin(Awos) (FKL) · 17 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
Thu Oct 180° / 62°67° / 45°89° (1905)23° (1899)
Fri Oct 269° / 44°68° / 44°88° (1927)26° (1899)
Sat Oct 366° / 45°69° / 45°89° (1898)23° (1899)
Sun Oct 468° / 48°68° / 46°89° (1922)26° (1974)
Mon Oct 562° / 37°67° / 46°90° (1922)27° (1974)
Tue Oct 658° / 38°66° / 44°88° (1922)27° (1958)
Wed Oct 764° / 45°68° / 44°87° (1946)25° (1923)
Thu Oct 868° / 46°67° / 44°87° (1916)26° (1935)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Thu6:48 AM7:16 AM7:01 PM7:28 PM11 h 45 min Waning gibbous · 74% lit
Fri6:49 AM7:17 AM6:59 PM7:27 PM11 h 42 min Waning gibbous · 64% lit
Sat6:50 AM7:18 AM6:57 PM7:25 PM11 h 39 min Last quarter · 54% lit
Sun6:51 AM7:19 AM6:56 PM7:23 PM11 h 37 min Last quarter · 43% lit
Mon6:52 AM7:20 AM6:54 PM7:22 PM11 h 34 min Waning crescent · 33% lit
Tue6:53 AM7:21 AM6:52 PM7:20 PM11 h 31 min Waning crescent · 23% lit
Wed6:55 AM7:22 AM6:51 PM7:18 PM11 h 29 min Waning crescent · 15% lit
Thu6:56 AM7:23 AM6:49 PM7:17 PM11 h 26 min Waning crescent · 8% 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
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Hour by hour
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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?

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What is a place’s address here?

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