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A Little More Snow In Forecast
Winter Weather Advisories & Warnings Issued
POSTED: 11:09 pm EST November 20,
2008
UPDATED: 9:09 am EST November 21,
2008
PITTSBURGH -- Another round of lake-effect snow has coated the Pittsburgh area early Friday morning.If you are out driving around watch for slick roadways and dress for cold temperatures. Weather Watch 4 meteorologist Demetrius Ivory said the wind chill temperatures are in the teens this morning.CHECK FOR SCHOOL DELAYS & CLOSINGS
The Weather Watch 4 forecast calls for about an inch of snow in Allegheny County and up to 2-4 inches of snow in the northern and eastern counties. Someportions of the Laurel Highlands could see a little more accumulation. Check on weather now... At 6:30 a.m., Traffic Watch 4 reporter Scott Stiller said slippery conditions are reported in Indiana County in the area of Routes 711, 56 and 22. Use caution if you are out driving this morning.At 6:34 a.m., Channel 4 Action News reporter Ari Hait was in Butler County and said the temperature was reading 26 degrees and the roads are slick.Seven Springs Mountain Resort reported they received at least 2 inches of new snow during the overnight. Read more...The National Weather Service still has Winter Storm Warnings and Winter Weather Advisories issued for portions of western Pennsylvania. Check on the latest updates...On Thursday night, drivers said squalls in Butler County made it so hard to see that they needed to use their headlights during the daylight hours. Some people in the northern part of the WTAE-TV viewing area said the snow came down faster than the salt trucks could treat the roads.
PennDOT spokesman Bob Skrak said crews gave priority to roads that had the best chance of freezing."We monitor the road temperature, so if we get a cold spot, we put material down," Skrak said. "We're using a 50-50 mix and that gives you a little bit of aggregate on the road in case of an icy spot that refreezes with some salt. So hopefully, we're going to keep the roads treated and keep people moving."Side streets are more likely to be snow-covered, especially in places like Harrisville, which got the brunt of the early squalls. PennDOT said its trucks will be out all night looking for trouble spots, but some roads could be slippery in the morning."Every truck has a thermometer," said Skrak. "So we're trying to monitor road temperatures more than anything else, so we try to keep salt and material down in those colder areas."
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