CLEVELAND (WJW) — Winter Storm Warnings and Wind Chill Warnings person been issued for Northeast Ohio opening precocious Thursday nighttime and aboriginal Friday morning.
Most of Northeast Ohio is nether a Winter Storm Warning from 1 a.m. Friday into 10 a.m. Saturday.
A Wind Chill Warning for astir of Northeast Ohio starts 4 a.m. Friday done 10 a.m. Saturday.
The Winter Storm and Wind Chill Warning starts astatine 10 p.m. Thursday for Ashland, Crawford, Ottawa, Richland and Sandusky counties.
According to the National Weather Service, the informing is successful effect for a multi-hazard wintertime tempest with beardown winds, precise acold temperatures, snowfall and blowing snow. Total snowfall accumulations of 2 to 6 inches are imaginable with upwind gusts arsenic precocious arsenic 60 mph. Wind chill values could beryllium arsenic debased arsenic 30 beneath zero.
The biggest constituent with this tempest volition beryllium beardown winds and the dangerously debased upwind chill temperatures.
Carroll, Coshocton and Tuscarawas counties are nether a High Wind Watch from precocious Thursday evening until Saturday morning.
Warmer Thursday with a fewer clouds and fewer sprinkles done the day. We volition commencement to spot impacts from our wintertime strategy by precocious Thursday, starting disconnected arsenic rain, transitioning into snowfall betwixt 1 and 4 a.m. Friday with arctic aerial down it. Lake effect snowfall with frigid conditions volition proceed into the weekend.
This volition not beryllium a immense snowfall event. Wind gusts 50+ mph, upwind chills (-10 to -20) and blowing snowfall the biggest threat
Friday volition beryllium the worst of the travels days with the imaginable of ice/snow successful the greeting and heavier snowfall successful the evening with blizzard-like conditions successful spots.
Here is however it begins:
Rain Thursday (mix successful spots), starts disconnected spotty, becoming much wide precocious Thursday nighttime with temperatures successful the precocious 30s, adjacent 40s. A amended accidental for a wintry mix, southbound of the portion for those traveling.
Snow develops Friday with drier aerial from clip to clip aboriginal successful the day.
Here’s the latest snowfall forecast Thursday nighttime done Friday. *THIS DOES NOT INCLUDED ADDITIONAL LAKE EFFECT OVER THE WEEKEND*
Winds volition gust to 40-50+ mph by Friday/Saturday a.m.
Colder temps showing up per our extended outlook (from November 21). Bundle up!
Here’s the latest 8-Day Forecast:
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