Storm Dumps 7 Inches Of Heavy Snow On Region

Don’t worry: Punxsutawney Phil didn’t lead us wrong.

The National Weather Service in Moon Township said sure, about seven inches fell between 4 p.m. Monday through midnight. But spring is, in fact, inching its way toward western Pennsylvania.

“Hey, Phil was right on. We’re starting to see more sunlight and this snow is going to start melting pretty fast,” meteorologist John Darnley said Tuesday morning after tracking the storm all evening. “Spring is right around the corner.”

But it didn’t look that close around rush hour Monday, when temperatures dipped low enough to morph the rain into snow.

And it came down fast. Real fast.

“It didn’t disappoint us this time,” he said.

As the heavy snow fell Monday night, the Keystone Oaks and Pittsburgh school districts first issued two-hour delay notices. By morning, they decided to close.

Keystone Oaks' calendar originally called for school to end on June 9, but it's been moved to June 10 and spokesman Jim Cromie said he wouldn't be surprised if school continues into the following week.

We were supposed to go to June 9, but its' now looking like june 10 or possiblly next week.

"We're not necessarily done snow season yet," he said.

The district's weather delay and closure information is available here.

The Lady Golden Eagles playoff game against Avonworth was also postponed from Tuesday night to Wednesday.

Trash and recycling pickup in Dormont has also been postponed until Wednesday.

Dormont road crews were "out all night working on the roads, and all of the roads were done by this morning," said Assistant Manager Ian McMeans.

Bryan Taylor, captain of the Dormont Volunteer Fire Dept., said he was unaware of any incidents, although the department did respond to a false alarm call.

So what to expect today? Darnley said just take a gander outside now.

“Just what you see is what you’ll get,” Darnley said. “It’s beautiful.”

He said to expect temperatures to stay in the low 30s today before they slide down to about 11 degrees overnight. Wednesday is expected to be cold (sorry ladies, no spring dresses and open-toed shoes yet) – in the 20s and 30s.

The mercury will rise Thursday and Friday, when the region will see milder temperatures into the 40s. But don’t get too excited, he said: There is a 70 percent chance of rain Thursday into Friday.