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Wind advisory, warning issued for Pittsburgh region
High winds are expected to buffet the Pittsburgh region for much of the day Monday, a National Weather service meteorologist said Sunday.
A wind advisory is scheduled to start at 6 a.m. Monday and will be in effect until 8 p.m, during which a cold front will move through the region, bringing rain and colder temperatures.
Winds of 20 to 30 mph, with gusts to 50 mph, are expected across the entire Pittsburgh area, meteorologist Rich Redmond said. A warning is in place for the higher elevations east of the city — Fayette, Westmoreland and Indiana counties — where winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph are possible.
Batten down the hatches! Winds howling on Monday. pic.twitter.com/Xv9ArtjlW5— NWS Pittsburgh (@NWSPittsburgh) April 12, 2020
“People need to understand these are pretty strong winds which could bring down trees, especially if the ground is saturated,” Redmond said. “It could lead to some scattered power outages as well.”
The advisory and warning come less than a week after two tornadoes touched down in parts of the Alle-Kiski Valley and heavy winds caused damage and thousands of power outages.
Last week’s storm ripped roofs off a church and a brewery in New Kensington, destroyed hangars at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity and brought down numerous trees and power lines, leaving more than 40,000 people without power.
“This (Monday) is more of an ongoing wind event that will last most of the day,” Redmond said. “We could see some strong storms through Monday morning. At this time, it doesn’t look like anything will be severe.”
The cold front will come through before noon, and the strongest winds are expected at that time and into the afternoon, Redmond said. Periods of rain are expected after sunset Sunday, which is shortly before 8 p.m. Rain will end after noon Monday.
Monday will start with mild temperatures in the mid-60s, which will fall into the 50s once the cold front moves through and dip into the upper 40s by sunset, Redmond said.
Below normal temperatures are expected for the rest of the week, with highs in the 40s through Friday and overnight lows at or below freezing, which Redmond said those with plants outside should take note of.
Brian C. Rittmeyer and Madasyn Lee are Tribune-Review staff writers. You can contact Brian at 724-226-4701, brittmeyer@triblive.com or via Twitter @BCRittmeyer. You can reach Madasyn at 724-226-4702, mczebiniak@triblive.com or via Twitter @MLeeTrib.
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