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High winds Tuesday afternoon left more than 10,000 FirstEnergy customers without power in Westmoreland County. More high winds can be expected Wednesday in the Pittsburgh area, according to the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh. Sustained winds of 15 to 25 mph and gusts between 40 and 50 mph are forecast
While much of the snow pile-up risk has passed, Western Pennsylvanians should still be on the lookout for potential driving hazard conditions, meteorologists say. Following Saturday’s snowstorm, some snow showers are expected on Sunday, “with little or no accumulation,” but ice could still form in some areas when temperatures drop
Lawrence County is not projected to receive heavy snowfall this weekend in winter’s first major storm.
There’s been little change to an extended dry spell that has dropped water levels to rarely seen lows in the region’s reservoirs. But water customers who’ve been asked to cut back on their use are doing their job, according to municipal authority officials. Customers have been conserving, said Michael Kukura,
Meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh are debunking social media posts that have predicted a foot of snow to be dumped across Pittsburgh early Saturday. “It’ll be a non-event,” said Lee Hendricks, from the weather service in Moon. “We will see little to no accumulation Saturday or Sunday.”