Frigid temperatures have combined with blustery winds to deliver a blast of winter to the Pittsburgh region. (02/12/2012)
Temperatures will continue to drop this evening and tonight as snow showers and high winds combine to produce hazardous driving conditions in Southwestern Pennsylvania. (02/11/2012)
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Ahmet Sahinoz, 22, a graduate student of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, practices his balance on a slacklining rope on Tuesday, when the temperature reached 60 degrees, 24 degrees above normal.
Once again we are reminded that a furry varmint who holes up in Jefferson County can match wits with modern science when it comes to long-range weather forecasting. Some experts' warnings that the Pittsburgh district was in for another snowy, frigid winter have melted in the light of reality. January produced 13 days on which the temperature exceeded the normal high by 10 or more degrees. (02/02/2012)
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Groundhog Club handler John Griffiths holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 126th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob.
The prognosticating groundhog saw his shadow around sunrise, meaning winter -- such as it has been this year -- will continue for six more weeks. (02/02/2012)
When you think of Groundhog Day, you think of the 126th celebration coming up Thursday in Punxsutawney, Jefferson County. But actually, there's another celebration being held that day in the Groundhog Capital of the World -- the 64th annual celebration in Sun Prairie, Wis. (01/29/2012)