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Pittsburgh Weather: PennDOT Preparing For Sunday's Snow Storm

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- By the time the Pittsburgh sky turns from night to day, the sunrise will bring snow and expected problems on our roadways.

While the city says its plan remains changeable depending on snowfall, PennDOT had to start in advance.

Sunshine was hiding behind a dark cloud Saturday and Pittsburghers were enjoying the calm before the storm.

PennDOT's North Shore shed was quiet, but not for long.

"We will have full crews out starting Sunday morning to be prepared for any weather that comes," Yasmeen Manyisha, Safety Press Officer for PennDOT District 11, said.

PennDOT trucks will begin rolling into the locked gates on the North Side and around the region to get at the salt piles.

Half a foot of snow is expected in some parts of the Pittsburgh area.

Severe winter weather conditions that could make travel very hazardous, according to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh.

PennDOT says crews are ready and got ahead of the snow to assist motorists and, Manyisha said, "do some of those ramps, bridges and overpasses that tend to get icy in this cold weather."

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PennDOT crews went out Friday night and will go out again Saturday night.

"Pretreating is actually brine, which our crews will go out and do. It's a water salt mix, and really, that allows us to put a barrier between the snow that's falling and the roadway," Manyisha said.

PennDOT and the Turnpike Commission are also urging motorists to be vigilant to the changing weather situation and to expect restrictions, especially for those driving commercial vehicles.

"Know before you go" is the phrase PennDOT and the Turnpike Commission want you to keep in mind, besides slowing down and adding extra time when getting on the road.

Bitter cold temperatures with lows in the single digits are arriving along with the snow. Sunday may be a treacherous one on area roadways.

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