Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Winter storm update (Tuesday morning)

Well, some ice moved into the southern region last night.  That caused lots of school closings. Not sure why everything up north closed down today. Tomorrow will be a different story.  Today is not going to be that exciting.

Anyhow, here's what's up for the next 36-hours...

During the day today we will have occasional flurries and snow showers. Not much accumulation today...perhaps an inch or so.

After 5pm today freezing rain will start to move into the areas south of Akron and gradually move northward.

By 2am tomorrow morning (Wednesday) most of the area should be covered with 1/4" of ice.

By 8am 1/2" or more of ice accumulation is likely.

The ice, combined with sustained winds of 15mph with stronger gusts, will likely cause numerous power outages overnight and tomorrow morning.

Things will settle down by tomorrow evening, however temperatures will plummet from around freezing in the morning into the lower 20s by evening.  Brrrrrr!

Hey, the Friday forecast looks good:  Mostly sunny.  High 24.

Woo Hoo!

Enjoy!   (as much as you can)

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