Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Issued by NWS Pittsburgh, PA
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424 FXUS61 KPBZ 081323 AFDPBZ Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 923 AM EDT Mon Jul 8 2024 .SYNOPSIS... Dry weather will continue today before active weather returns midweek, associated with a passing trough and the remnants of Beryl. Tuesday and Wednesday will be the hottest days of the week with widespread 90s outside of the mountains. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... KEY MESSAGES: - Dry conditions, with temperatures a bit above seasonal norms. ------------------------------------------------------------------- The forecast is on track this morning as the 12z PIT sounding shows a good amount of dry air up to above 500 mb save for a shallow layer of moisture supporting passing upper level clouds. Efficient mixing after the diurnal inversion breaks will allow for quick heating and deep mixing likely dropping dew points a couple degrees this afternoon. Weak southerly flow aloft will promote modest warm advection and ensemble 850 mb temperatures in the 17-18C range with ensemble probability of 80-90% chance for exceeding 90F, highest in the urban areas and south of Pittsburgh. With dew points mixing out some, heat index values will remain below advisory criteria. High pressure will remain in the region through today and tonight. Heading into the day, the ridge over the Atlantic will shift a bit allowing moisture influx from the southwest in conjunction with a weak wave crossing the Middle Atlantic region. This will highlight the potential for Tucker and Preston County to see a few showers or storms this afternoon. Otherwise, above normal temperatures and dry conditions expected. A return of the southwest flow through the day will advect additional moisture into the area. While the area will still be under the influence of high pressure, the influx of moisture will allow fog to continue to be possible late tonight. Clear skies will be the issue here. With the return of moisture, muggy and warm conditions will also return as lows will be in the low 70s for Tuesday morning. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... KEY MESSAGES: - A combination of a passing trough and the remnants of Beryl will make for a flooding potential as well as a severe weather potential. ------------------------------------------------------------------- With quite a few runs of the NBM and other ensembles, trends are beginning to highlight the slowed approach of the Midwest trough sliding southeast during the day on Tuesday due to landfalling Beryl and its track into Mid MS Valley. This is combined with the stout ridge off the east coast. Thus, the low center of Beryl will track northeast into the Upper OH Valley and Lower Great Lakes region by Wednesday afternoon. It is very likely that the slowed approach of the trough may keep much of the forecast area dry for Tuesday with only slight instances of rainfall. Still will keep the slight chance pops for Tuesday as SPC does keep the area in a general thunder for Tuesday. This will also work to make the Heat Indices climb into the upper 90s to around 100 for Tuesday afternoon. The prospect of cloud cover and a stray shower will add relief to this but a Heat Advisory may be needed. By Wednesday, the remnants of Beryl finally track into the region. The right side of the track will highlight some rainfall into the Lower Great Lakes and along the southern shores of Lake Erie. Here a marginal to slight risk of excessive rainfall is in place. There is some uncertainty here as ensembles are showing a 40% prob of an inch of rainfall or more for Wednesday and Wednesday night. Thus, a Flood Watch will not be needed at this time, but if the track adjusts to the east more than this may change. Ample moisture, some destabilization and plenty of shear from a landfalled tropical system will likely set the stage for a severe weather potential and so SPC has issued a Marginal risk of severe weather along the northern PA counties for Wednesday afternoon and evening. At this time, the main threats will be damaging winds and a tornado or two. Bowing to a more diurnal nature, showers and thunderstorms should begin to weaken and dissipate by Wednesday night with only a few showers through the overnight. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... KEY MESSAGES: - Uncertainty remains in the extended with the exit of the trough. ------------------------------------------------------------------- By Thursday, the bulk of the moisture will exit to the east but some lingering trough will keep the potential for showers and storms during the day on Thursday with afternoon development. Trends are difficult to pin down at this time and low confidence is the take away as the ridge off the coast retreats a bit allowing the trough to move further east and the trough over western PA to finally shift to the east. This is quite a shift in solutions as model runs 24 to 48 hours ago had precip lingering over the area much longer. Thus pops for Friday and Saturday will be relatively low chance with Sunday finally seeing high pressure setting up over the area. The shift shows the uncertainty in the solutions and thus will keep low chance in the forecast with Sunday possibly the dry day. && .AVIATION /13Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... Confidence remains high (above 90%) that VFR conditions will prevail through the forecast period under high pressure. Winds will be light and variable. Scattered cu field with cigs between 4-6kft is likely to develop after 15Z with diurnal heating, dissipating around sunset. .Outlook... Isolated thunderstorms with associated local restrictions could impact terminals west of PIT Tuesday afternoon as the ridge breaks down. Impacts from the remnants of Beryl could occur Wednesday into Thursday. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...None. OH...None. WV...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...Shallenberger NEAR TERM...MLB/Shallenberger SHORT TERM...Shallenberger LONG TERM...Shallenberger AVIATION...Cermak/Rackley