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Pittsburgh, PA – Forecasters are monitoring the potential for a fast-moving line of showers and isolated thunderstorms to develop northwest of the region this evening before sweeping southeast across western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. According to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Pittsburgh, uncertainty remains regarding storm strength, but the environment may support brief stronger cells between 5 and 7 p.m.
Based on current model guidance, if storms form with greater intensity, the risk of damaging wind gusts and a low-end, non-zero tornadic threat would increase as the line moves southeast from northwest Ohio into Pennsylvania. However, if the storm line develops on the weaker side, severe threats decrease — though not entirely…