Downpours to Follow Warm Weekend in Pittsburgh

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist

October 4,2013; 9:22PM,EDT

 

 

Unseasonable warmth will continue through Sunday, but the weekend will end with the potential for downpours and locally gusty storms.
Highs will generally be in the 80s through Sunday.
Spotty showers and thunderstorms will wander through the area through Saturday.
The greatest risk for disruptive, long-lasting downpours and strong thunderstorms will occur Sunday night into Monday morning as a front arrives from the Midwest.

But, weather could impact play during game three of the Cardinals/Pirates series in Pittsburgh with the risk of developing showers and thunderstorms.
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The same system is forecast to bring severe weather, including the risk of tornadoes over parts of the Plains and Midwest into Saturday.
So far, the center of circulation from Karen is forecast to ride up to the east of Pittsburgh on Monday. However, there is a chance that some of that moisture will blend in with the approaching front to the west, enhancing the rainfall and perhaps leading to flash and urban flooding. This risk is greater over the Laurel Highlands to the east of the city.