Heavy snow likely this week

Pitt students can expect a series of storms to drop significant amounts of snow throughout the… Pitt students can expect a series of storms to drop significant amounts of snow throughout the afternoon today and into tomorrow morning, according to the National Weather Service.

The service issued a winter weather advisory around 3 p.m. yesterday predicting that a low-pressure system tracking northeast along the Ohio Valley could bring two to six inches of snow to the region.

The advisory goes into affect 7 a.m. today and extends until 6 a.m. Thursday.

Following the advisory, National Weather Service spokesman Rich Redmond said Pittsburgh residents should watch out for heavy snowfall around rush hour that could make travel difficult.

“We’re looking at a system that will really hit Pittsburgh in the mid to late afternoon,” Redmond said. “Right now we’re telling people to travel at their own risk and only if they feel comfortable driving in tough conditions.”

Redmond said the system will move fairly quickly across the region, but that another weather system will move in rapidly behind it and keep temperatures down and the chances of snow relatively high.

“We’re going to see snow on and off through Thursday at least,” Redmond said.