46 Right now I know there's
gonna be a concern on the roads
at some point this morning,
and that's all because of this
weather alert we have today.
So a lot of wind coming our way.
When are we expecting you, Maddie?
So the worst of the wind,
I think will be between the hours
of say 3:00 and 7:00 o'clock today.
So if you can avoid traveling,
especially between three and seven,
that's probably going to be your best bet.
I want to show you what the biggest wind
alerts that we've got out there right now,
the biggest being that high wind warning
that we have in effect out to our W,
including cities like Marion outwards.
London Arbana,
you are also under this highwind warning.
That's because winds could exceed 60
mph and that's not in a thunderstorm.
That is just the wind howling.
Wind advisory also is in
effect from Columbus and East.
So everybody all across the state,
we're all in this together dealing with the
high and strong winds for the day today.
Let's take a look at your
wind gusts forecast.
It's not too terrible outside just yet,
but that wind is only going to
increase as the day progresses.
Here as we can address the stop the
clock here at around 9:00 o'clock
we'll have that wind picking up
at around 40 plus mph and then
here's noon you can see it begin
to kind of spread out to the east
towards Cambridge and Caldwell,
Mcconnellsville as well.
But I again think the strongest of the
wind will be after about 3:00 o'clock.
Look at some of these numbers,
you can see anywhere between 4550
plus and I'd add about 10 more mile
per hours to that just because we are
looking at very windy conditions from
again three through about 7:00 o'clock.
This evening,
now on top of the wind that is not
associated with thunderstorms,
we still have the possibility
of seeing thunderstorms today.
So the Storm Prediction Center has
placed our area under a marginal
risk of severe weather.
What it means is that any of the
storms that do blow through later
on this afternoon will have the
possibility of producing strong winds.
If you think about the dynamics
of thunderstorms,
all you need is winds aloft to
be driven down to the ground and
that's kind of what we're expecting
as we go through the day.
Today once again winds from thunderstorms
and wind just alone itself.
So it is just going to be kind
of a headache out there.
As far as the wind,
go ahead and secure maybe your favorite
outdoor items like a flag and a trinkets,
any children's toys that you've got.
Now is the time to do that before that
wind begins to pick up 50 degrees.
Right now it's warm,
does not at all feel like February in Ohio,
a SE wind of 15.
Now that's SE right now, but the wind
today and wind direction matters,
especially when you're driving.
It's going to be a southwest wind
for today as that wind does pick up.
Here's today's forecast.
Again, temperatures soaring.
We're going to say thank you to
the Deep South.
We're driving in these warm temperatures
today because that's exactly
where these temperatures are coming from.
We will be in the low 60s this afternoon,
some 25 degrees above normal
for this time of year.
What I'm watching right
now is this cold front.
It is actually leading to several severe
thunderstorm warnings out ahead of it.
This is down into southern Indiana.
This cold front will drive
through later on today.
Now we are dealing with some widely
scattered rain showers right now.
Especially for our northwestern locations.
But as we progress into the day,
that cold front is what's going to kind of
usher in the really strong wind as well.
And also that's where we'll
have the potential of seeing a
severe thunderstorm warning,
just like our friends down in
Indiana are seeing right now.
So let's Fast forward to 9:00 AM,
that wind still coming in from the
South to Southwest and increasing
as we go through about midday.
Speaking of midday, here's the cold front.
You can see that wind really ramping up
here and then as we head into about.
1:00 o'clock increasing those winds,
increasing our temperatures and
this is the line.
I know it's not showing much here
and I hope it looks like this
when it does move through,
but this is where we'll have that
potential of seeing some stronger
wind gusts due to thunderstorms.
But again,
outside of the thunderstorm threat,
look at that wind driving in from the
southwest as we go through this afternoon.
And again,
temperatures will be in the 60s,
eventually dropping into the 50s
the later we get into the day.
I already showed you this,
but again we do have that risk
of severe weather today.
So make sure you're weather aware again,
especially after lunchtime if
you want to go to the grocery,
maybe you're a little older,
don't want to deal with the wind for today.
I'd go now because we're only dealing with a
little bit of light rain out there currently.
As we go through the day though,
it'll be windy and we're looking
at a warm day temperature of 63.
I would not be surprised if some
of us across the South,
including say Chillicothe out towards Athens.
You may actually touch 65 plus degrees.
It's going to be a warm.
Day for us.
Very unseasonable for this time of year.
We are gonna get cooler for the weekend.
We're in the upper 30s by
Saturday and 40s on Sunday 5.