High Wind Warning Wind Advisories Continue Gusts Over 50 MPH Through Midnight
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High Wind Warning Wind Advisories Continue Gusts Over 50 MPH Through Midnight
Winds have been howling and increasing all afternoon with many areas already experiencing wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph. Now the peak of the winds are moving in for this evening as a strong upper trough moves east across Pennsylvania and then passes offshore. The alignment of the surface and upper air winds will create numerous gusts over 50 mph and this will certainly knock down vulnerable trees and powerlines throughout the warning and advisory area.
The map below shows the forecast wind gusts at 7pm. 50 mph gusts are common and the strongest winds are inland verses the coast but the differences aren’t all that much between the two. After midnight we should start to see the strongest wind gusts begin to slowly ease so that by 8am Saturday gusts will be in the more reasonable 30 to 35 mph range.
The arc of clouds just to the west in Pennsylvania south to West Virginia represent the energy of the upper trough moving east. There have been some showers around along with reports of some small hail and that is due to the very cold air we have aloft. Temperatures at least have been in the relatively warm 60s for the most part but colder air is coming in overnight.
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By morning lows will be in the upper 30s and lower 40s. It will remain breezy on Saturday with sunshine and some afternoon high clouds as a weak warm front approaches and goes by to our north. Highs should reach into the 60s. The warm front goes by with just clouds and the outside chance of a shower. This will leave us in warmer air Sunday with some sunshine. Highs Sunday should reach the 70s in many areas.
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