It's coming...it's coming!

Map courtesy of www.accuweather.com

It's been a long time since we have been significantly above freezing here in NE Ohio.  January 18th we hit 37 degrees and that's the best we've done recently.  Well, the good news is that warmer temperatures are on the way. Beginning Wednesday we should finally bounce into the 40s and actually stay there for daytime highs through the weekend. In fact, much of the nation from the plains to the east coast is going to warm up.

Now, don't get too excited.  Winter is not over yet, at least not around the Great Lakes. We'll still have temperature swings above and below freezing, but prospects for extended periods of very cold weather diminish as every day passes.  I guess we could say that here is light at the end of the tunnel.  We're not there yet, but we are making progress.