First Alert Weather: Flash Freeze To Bring Rapidly Dropping Conditions, Freezing Road Conditions

By Mary Ours, CBS Pittsburgh

December 23, 2022

Today is a First Alert Weather Day with rain already switching to snow and should be all snow by sunrise.

We started off in the 40s at midnight and are now seeing temperatures rapidly drop and continuing to do so within hours leaving a flash freeze on surfaces.

Snow will also be accumulating all throughout the day on top of the icy surfaces but in this case, 1" or 3" doesn't make a difference because it'll be blowing around.

Estimated snowfall over the next two days/KDKA Weather Center

Winds will also be gusting 40-50 mph and as high as 65 mph for some, so wind chill values will be as low as -40 for some through the day all the way through Saturday afternoon which is why there's a Wind Chill Warning.

Wind Chill Warning in effect from today until Saturday/KDKA Weather Center

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