FXUS61 KPBZ 161640
AFDPBZ
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1240 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE AREA TO OUR SOUTH MAY SPREAD LIGHT RAIN ACROSS
AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF PITTSBURGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PATCHY FOG CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED OVER THE RIDGES SOUTHEAST OF
PITTSBURGH. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY WEATHER TUESDAY WITH
WARMER TEMPERATURES. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY
WITH USHERING IN COLDER TEMPERATURES FOR THURSDAY.
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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN FROM PITTSBURGH SOUTH THROUGH THIS EVENING AS
A LOW PRESSURE AREAS TRACKS TO OUR SOUTH.
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.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
DRY WEATHER AND WARMER TEMPERATURES UNDER HIGH PRESSURE TUESDAY
INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.
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.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE DISTRICT LATE WEDNESDAY BRINGING
A RISK OF SHOWERS FOR WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY COLDER TEMPERATURES MOVE BACK INTO THE FORECAST AREA
BUT REBOUND TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
HIGH PRESSURE OVER OUR AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. DURING THE DAY ON
SATURDAY HIGH PRESSURE CENTER MOVES TO THE CAROLINA COAST.
SOUTHWEST LOW LEVEL FLOW ON BACKSIDE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING
MILD AIR INTO OUR AREA ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN AS A
WARM FRONT DEVELOPS AND MOVES INTO OUR AREA.
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.AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE REGION TODAY...AS WEAK 
HIGH PRESSURE EXITS. LOWERING CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS 
AREA TERMINALS TODAY...WITH MVFR TRENDING TOWARD IFR BY TONIGHT.
AS THE LOW MOVES EAST ON TUESDAY AND A HIGH BUILDS IN...CONDITIONS 
WILL IMPROVE BACK TO VFR. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST OVER AREA 
TERMINALS FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH 
REDUCED CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED IN RAIN. LOWER CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE IN COLD ADVECTION FOLLOWING THE FRONT THURSDAY. HIGH 
PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THURSDAY NIGHT AND HOLD THROUGH 
FRIDAY...PROVIDING PREVAILING VFR CONDITIONS.
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.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
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