This happened yesterday afternoon, smack-dab in the middle of the Smithfield Street/Fifth Avenue intersection in Downtown Pittsburgh. Temperatures were in the 90′s. It’s supposed to storm all weekend (Of course it is! These are the final days of the Arts Festival, what else would you expect from Boring Pittsburgh weather?) so hopefully the rain will cool things down before other people start taking their clothes off too. (video link)
Thanks to Stacy for the tip.
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The sun was a tough star to get a hold of for commenting on its lack of presence over Pittsburgh, but we were able to track it down for 5 minutes in between rain showers this afternoon. Those 5 minutes turned into a heated discussion which ultimately ended with the sun emphatically announcing that it doesn’t hang out over Pittsburgh is because it’s “too boring.”
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It's boring with or without a tornado...
Earlier we posted the Boring Pittsburgh weather forecast for any given day. As predicted, it went from being a beautiful day to a depressing afternoon. We might even get some tornado action by this evening.
Which brings up an interesting phenomenon here at BPGH…
As soon as the word “tornado” flies off the weatherman’s tongue, a cyclone of messages and tweets blow in about how there’s a tornado watch and now Pittsburgh suddenly isn’t boring anymore! Dear friends, we wish you were right. This reaction is a result of denial. It is an anti-boredom mechanism that takes over you. In fact, it’s even more boring because tornados are dangerous.
But you know what’s not boring? Watching yinzers make funny videos about them.
alexanderhall – @BoringPGH tornado watch just issued until 10 pm…that’s not so boring!
Matt Vela – Hey, HEY! There’s a tornado watch going on! Guess Pittsburgh isn’t so boring anymore, ey?
Hi BP – Did you hear there is a tornado warning in effect until 10? TORNADO WATCHHHHHH. You call that boring?!
-Steve
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Just when you thought it was safe to pack your Uggs...
You have about 00:57 remaining to enjoy the sunshine and blue skies. Don’t waste it.
Clouds, rain, clouds, clouds, wind, clouds, rain, clouds, blue skies with some sun, clouds, clouds, more clouds.
This video pretty much sums up Boring Pittsburgh’s weather patterns in a minute…
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"Hail!" by Renee
