Hurricane remnants bringing rain this weekend
The remnants of Hurricane Ian will travel north and bring rain and gusty winds to the county this weekend.
The hurricane, which caused devastation in Florida and Cuba, will weaken into a typical low-pressure storm, producing rain and wind gusts of up to 25 miles per hour from Saturday evening to Sunday afternoon.
“It’s the remnants of Hurricane Ian that will work its way up the Ohio River Valley, giving us some rainfall Saturday into Sunday,” said Myranda Fullerton, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh.
The hurricane will lose its tropical characteristics of warm, moist air with high winds close to the ground as it moves north. It will become a typical storm that produces rain and thunderstorms, she said.
Rain is expected to arrive around 5 p.m. Saturday and end around 2 p.m. Sunday. Up to a half-inch of rain is expected over the two days. Wind speed will be 7 to 9 mph, with gusts reaching 22 to 25 mph.
The weather will clear up next week beginning Monday, with mostly sunny skies, and high temperatures in the mid-60s and lows in the low 40s and high 30s.
“We’ve had a cool start to fall,” Fullerton said, noting that normal temperatures for this time of year are lows in the 50s and highs in the 70s. “We’ve definitely been below that,” she said.
The remnants of Hurricane Ian has resulted in the cancellation of the annual Butler Fall Festival that was scheduled for Saturday.
The Portersville Steam Show’s annual Fall Fling, the Mars Applefest and Slippery Rock’s Oktoberfest remain on schedule this weekend.
