NWS Potential For Increased Brush Fire Activity

The National Weather Service Pittsburgh has issued a statement regarding the potential for increased brush fire activity. NWS expects two more days of dry and warm weather before rain arrives Thursday and Friday. Today, the winds will be from the north at 5 to 10 mph then on Wednesday they will be from the east at 5 to 10 mph. Lowest relative humidity today will be in the 30% range then in the 20% range Wednesday. Please see the detailed forecast at weather.gov/pittsburgh. For fire-weather, please use the following link for NWS Pittsburgh’s Fire-Weather page: http://www.weather.gov/pbz/fireweather