Unsettled Wednesday

After a nice stretch of dry weather, we will fall into the rut of rainy and gloomy weather as a weather system will work into our area on Wednesday. An area of low pressure and associated cold and warm front; which caused an outbreak of severe weather over the southern Plains, and a blizzard through North & South Dakota; will be moving towards the Mahoning Valley. We will have some light rain off and on for most of the day tomorrow with temperatures getting into the lower 50s. Have a great Wednesday Youngstown!

Severe Weather Awareness Week

This week has been declared Severe Weather Awareness Week. As a part of this week, Ohio will be doing their statewide tornado drill tomorrow morning at 9:50 Wednesday morning. This week is meant for residents to review severe weather preparedness actions for the severe weather season, which for our region in Northeastern Ohio is climatologically between April 1 through September 5. As I did last Spring, I have posted a Severe Weather Terminology page to refresh everyone’s memory on terms that I will be using during the Spring and Summer months. Beginning next Wednesday, April 1st, I will put the Storm Prediction Center’s Day 1, 2, and 3 severe weather outlooks and highlight the severe weather potential for Mahoning County for that particular day. As of last Friday, the first day of Spring; I added new links to the Storm Prediction Center and the National Weather Service Severe Weather Safety page. Use these links as well as Youngstown WeatherWATCH for all of your severe weather needs this season!