Wind advisory issued for today for Pittsburgh region

Thanksgiving is still two weeks away, but one guest is going to arrive a bit early… and probably overstay its welcome. “We had an actual measure report from the Lee’s Summit airport of a 63 miles an hour”, said Chris Bowman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

With Lake St. Clair running fairly high in terms of water levels, strong winds out of the south and southwest could create flooding along the northern shores of Lake St. Clair, especially near Harsens Island. The backside will be quite blustery, but the rain will be gone before the air gets cold enough for any significant snow for our area.

Today’s weather forecast calls for heavy winds and rain in the Racine area and the Federal Emergency Management Agency wants residents to be prepared.

A live weather map can be viewed at http://go.usa.gov/rr8 with current conditions.

SUNDAY: Sunny to mostly sunny skies will be around with a cool high temperature of 56 degrees.

Seas along our coast will build to 15-18 feet Friday afternoon, then swell to 19-22 feet on Friday night before subsiding Saturday. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 miles per hour.

Saturday: Mostly sunny and 47.

Showers will move into the Milwaukee area about 7 p.m. Wednesday night, along with a chance for thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 80.

Sunday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy with a high near 47.

Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico: There are no tropical cyclones at this time and nothing is expected to develop in the next 48 hours. A moderate chop on the intracoastal waters.

Wednesday: A chance of showers.

Today, east winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming south at 10 to 20 kt this afternoon. The risk period runs from 9 p.m.to midnight. A light chop on the intracoastal waters.

Thursday: A chance of showers.

Saturday: Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots.