First Alert Weather: Severe thunderstorm watch covers most of western Pa.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It's a windy Wednesday ahead of an approaching cold front that will bring strong to severe storms to the region late tonight.
First Alert: This evening, strong to severe storms should arrive after 8 p.m. There's an isolated tornado risk and damaging winds are possible.
Aware: All watches and warnings have expired.
Wednesday we'll be in the low 80s with record highs possible. The record is 83 back in 1910.
We are under a "slight risk" for severe weather, meaning scattered storms are the threat, a 2 out of 5 on the scale.
Warm air aloft should keep a lid on convection for the afternoon, but then later this evening and overnight as the cold front passes, storms will pop up and even an isolated tornado is possible. Most areas should only pick up 0.5 inches of rainfall with showers tapering off in the morning. Wind gusts through the afternoon and evening will be around 20-30 mph.
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Our high for Thursday will be at midnight right around 70, then temperatures fall to the 50s through the afternoon and we remain cloudy as high pressure will build back into the region.
After Wednesday, things are a lot calmer and more seasonable for Easter weekend for any Easter egg hunts and even the Pirates games.
By next week on Monday and Tuesday, we are back in the 70s with sunshine.
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