Cockaigne Ski Resort Snow Report

376 FXUS61 KPBZ 060524 AFDPBZ Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 124 AM EDT Sun Sep 6 2026 .WHAT HAS CHANGED... No major changes made to the forecast at this time. && .KEY MESSAGES... 1) High pressure and a drier air mass provides quiet weather and seasonable temperatures through early next week. Then, a warming trend precedes the next cold front, which may arrive by Wednesday night. && .DISCUSSION... KEY MESSAGE 1... Surface high pressure builds from south-central Canada into the Great Lakes and upper Ohio Valley regions, leading to northeast surface winds locally ushering in lower dewpoints and keeping the forecast dry and pleasant through the remainder of the holiday weekend. A good deal of sunshine is forecast both Sunday and Labor Day, with lower humidity levels and temperatures hovering around seasonable levels (upper 70s to around 80). 500mb heights rise after Monday as a northeast mid-level trough opens and departs, allowing a central CONUS ridge to shift east across the Ohio Valley. This will lead to a warming trend for Tuesday and Wednesday, with temperatures climbing back above seasonal levels (mid/upper 80s) and continued dry weather. The upper ridge flattens and shifts over the southern/southeastern CONUS in response to a deepening trough over the upper Great Lakes and southern Canada. This may allow a cold front to push into the region and serve as a focus for our next round of showers and thunderstorms Wednesday night into Thursday. && .AVIATION /06Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... Fog and stratus will persist south of the Mason Dixon overnight, where Saturday evening rounds of rainfall left behind lingering near-surface moisture and the drier northerly winds have not yet arrived. Therefore, kept prevailing dense fog at MGW throughout the night, with improvement not likely occurring until daybreak when a combination of daytime heating/mixing and northerly winds finally act to erode any lingering low-level moisture. Elsewhere across the area, some patchy river valley fog could result in brief periods of minor visibility reductions at FKL and HLG, but for the most part VFR should prevail throughout the TAF period. Outlook... High pressure under cooler northwest to northerly flow aloft strongly favors VFR through the early portion of next week. Any additional restrictions would be tied to brief, pre-dawn river valley fog. && .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...None. OH...None. WV...None. && $$ DISCUSSION...Cermak AVIATION...Cermak