Hot and dry weather will be sticking around this week for the Pittsburgh area.

FIRST ALERT: None

AWARE: Hot and Dry all week!

Dry air is in place with high pressure situated once again that will block out clouds. We call this a "Rex Block".

It'll be a clear night with lows near normal in the mid to upper 50s. It's going to feel like summer all this week!

Today will be our 9th dry day in a row and it looks like we could have 12 in a row with the next chance of isolated thunderstorms being Saturday.

KDKA Weather Center

The most recent long dry stretch we had was at the end of July through the beginning of August of 15 days.

Our drought conditions are expected to worsen, and more areas could be under severe drought when the new map is issued on Thursday.

Parts of Beaver, Allegheny

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