Wednesday, February 04, 2009

WEATHER ALERT

UPDATE: 9:30pm
The National Weather Service in Cleveland has extended the LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING from Midnight to 4am Thursday morning. The NWS says that locally heavy snow will continue into the overnight hours and should diminish toward 4am. Additional accumulations of up to 3 inches are possible.
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UPDATE: 3:30pm
The National Weather Service in Cleveland has extended the LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING from 8pm until MIDNIGHT tonight.

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The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING for Lorain and Cleveland. The WARNING is in effect until 8 PM this evening.

Heavy Lake Effect Snow will continue through the afternoon before tapering off – An afternoon accumulation of 4 to 6 inches with locally 8 inches in the higher terrain over southern Cuyahoga County. This will produce a storm total snowfall from overnight through this evening of 10 to 18 inches of snow. A few higher amounts may occur especially in southern Cuyahoga County.

A large opening in the ice cover over the Central Basin of Lake Erie between the Islands and Cleveland earlier this week has helped produce this episode of intense Lake Effect Snow.

In Lake Effect Snow the weather can vary from locally heavy snow in narrow bands to light snow just a few miles away. If you will be traveling across the region be prepared for rapid changes in road and visibility conditions.


The next 24:
This Afternoon:
Occasional snow showers. High near 16. Wind chill values as low as -8. Northwest wind around 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 5 to 9 inches possible.

Tonight: A chance of snow showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 2. Wind chill values as low as -12. North wind between 11 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: A slight chance of snow showers before noon. Partly cloudy, with a high near 19. Wind chill values as low as -12. Southwest wind between 8 and 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Southwest wind between 10 and 17 mph.

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