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Winter Weather Alerts issued for Western PA, snow expected to create hazardous conditions overnight

PITTSBURGH — Winter Weather Alerts will go into effect tonight for Washington, Westmoreland, Fayette, Greene and points south through late Monday night. Snow will impact travel and create hazardous conditions. A Winter Weather Advisory will be in effect for Allegheny and Indiana counties snow will impact travel; use caution if traveling.

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It will be cloudy and cold this evening. Snow will begin to develop in our far southern counties towards bedtime. Snow will continue to track north overnight with the heaviest snow falling south of Pittsburgh. Snow will coat roadways and reduce visibility making travel difficult, especially south of Pittsburgh. Scattered snow showers are expected through the day, temperatures will be in the 20s and wind chills will be in the teens.

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There will be a big difference in snowfall totals across our viewing area. More snow is expected south of the city while less snow is expected to the north. Travel will be impacted for the areas in the advisories and warnings. The highest confidence in up to around 6″ amounts are possible from snow bands around I-70 and south for portions of Washington, Westmoreland, Greene, Fayette counties and south including the ridges and mountains of PA/WV/MD. Snowfall amounts quickly and drop off as you get closer to northern Allegheny County. Then expect much lighter amounts farther north of Allegheny County for Butler, Armstrong, northern Beaver, Indiana and points north. The highest amounts will fall in MD/WV and along I-68, with higher amounts in the highest elevations of Preston and Garette counties where some locations will reach over 10″ of snow.

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