The time has come for our first snow event of the 2019-20 winter. If you’re new around here, we will track forecasts from numerous local and national forecasting outlets for each anticipated snowfall. After we have logged these forecasts, their accuracy will be calculated and included in our Winter Archive. At the end of the …Keep Reading
Each year around Halloween, WTAE, WPXI, and KDKA all publish their Winter Weather Outlooks. Each forecast includes an average temperature and a season total snowfall based on long-term modeling and meteorological trends. Which forecast (if any) of the three should you take seriously? We have collected and analyzed the Winter Weather Outlooks from each network for …Keep Reading
The past week has exemplified the sad state of winter weather forecasting in Pittsburgh. Local TV channels, especially WPXI, have been hyping a “major winter storm” that could be “the biggest of the season” since Tuesday. While spewing these senseless exaggerations, these same networks largely ignored a significant snowfall on Thursday night that dropped 4″ …Keep Reading
UPDATE 1/19/19 9:35 AM: Roundup has been updated to reflect forecast changes since last night. The majority of models now expect the rain/snow line to creep north of Allegheny County, limiting today’s snow totals. However, the storm is now moving slower than expected, allowing the nighttime cold air to produce more overnight snow than originally forecast. …Keep Reading