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Blue skies and fair weather

Have you noticed the bright blue skies in recent weeks? This is most evident after a day or two of clouds and rain. The storms move out of our area and we are left with refreshing air and clear bright blue skies. The past two weekends were delightful and another one is promised for this weekend ...

Weather folks usually refer to summer as the months of June, July and August. We refer to these months as the meteorological summer since most of our heat and humidity occur during this period. By the time September gets here, summer weather is usually in retreat and the refreshing days of fall ...

Good weather to be outside

With the holiday weekend upon us, and after all the cool, damp, rainy, weather of the past months, folks are anxious to be outside. This weekend are warm enough to enjoy the outdoors as temperatures even accommodate a dip in the backyard pool. Streams and lakes are still on the cool side as ...

Spring is finally here

This weekend we got to say goodbye to the polar vortex that wanted so badly to overstay its visit. Cold Arctic air has dominated the weather scene across Southwestern Pennsylvania for much of April and the first two weeks of May. Along with the cold air came a lot of precipitation, some of it ...

What happened to spring?

As I write this it is Thursday morning the temperature outside is 27 degrees, a heavy frost and freeze occurred overnight, there is talk of snow in the forecast for the weekend and another heavy frost and freeze is expected on Saturday morning. This one could even effect urban areas and damage ...

April cool and wet, what about May?

After above normal temperature for the first three months of the year, April went into the record books as a cool and wet month. Most places in Southwestern Pennsylvania received between 4 and 6 inches of rain. In the mountains, we were close to 8 inches and these figures once again are above ...