Pittsburgh Weather: No Rain In Our Forecast Till Saturday As Hurricane Dorian Lashes Carolinas

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- It's a dry and pleasant day with plenty of sunshine.

In the near term, KDKA Meteorologist Ron Smiley has bumped up temperatures a couple of degrees.

We hit 82 degrees yesterday for a high. The lack of rain and the earlier than expected sunshine helped push temps well past the forecast highs.

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Today will be dry with the next chance for rain coming Saturday afternoon into the evening hours.

Highs today and Friday should hit the upper 70s, with mid-70s expected Saturday and Sunday.

Meanwhile, along the East Coast, Hurricane Dorian is now an extremely dangerous Category 3 storm with max winds of 115mph. As suspected yesterday, the track of Dorian has nosed westward with a possible landfall near Morehead City in North Carolina.

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