Saturday Forecast, January 4

Everything remains on schedule for snow on Sunday and cold the first part of the week.
Here's the details:

SNOW ON SUNDAY; COLD ON MONDAY!

Saturday, January 4	Warmer with sunshine. High 32
At Night	Cloudy. Low 23
Sunday, January 5	Cloudy with snow accumulating 4-8 inches by Monday morning. The snow could mix with a little rain for a brief time during the afternoon. High 34
Monday, January 6	Bitterly cold with blowing snow. A morning high of +6 with a wind chill of -13 around daybreak with temperatures falling to -4 with wind chills around -30 by evening.
Tuesday, January 7	Cold with snow and blowing snow. Partly sunny skies. A morning low of -13 with wind chills -35 to -40 High near ZERO with daytime wind chills -25 to -30

Dangerous Wind Chill Expected

Tuesday and Wednesday Mornings

Tuesday Morning: Temperature -13 / Wind Chill -35 to -40

Wednesday Morning: Temperature +0 / Wind Chill -16

Sunday snow followed by extreme cold

As noted in previous posts, some extremely cold air is on the way for the beginning of next week. But, before that, we have another round of snow to deal with.  A snow system will move up the Appalachians on Sunday dumping 4-8 inches of new snow in the Greater Akron area.
(See the map for the snowfall track.)

Following the snow, the cold moves in on Monday.

Temperatures Monday will drop all day. The highest readings will be in the early morning. By Monday evening the actual air temperature will be ZERO or below with wind chills around -30.

Tuesday morning the air temperature will be around -12 with wind chills in the minus mid-30s. We will warm up to near ZERO on Tuesday, but wind chills will still be around -20.

Wednesday morning should be a tad warmer by comparison. The actual air temperature will be around -7 with wind chills in the minus mid-20s. After that, we start to warm up.

Stay warm and stay safe!

Friday Forecast, January 3

EXTREME COLD ARRIVES MONDAY!

Friday, January 3	Mostly cloudy and breezy with lake effect snow showers generally in the morning. High 14
At Night	Partly cloudy and cold. Low +6 with wind chill values around -10
Saturday, January 4	Warmer with some sunshine. High around 30
Sunday, January 5	Cloudy with snow accumulating 4-8 inches during the day. High 32
Monday, January 6	Bitterly cold with snow showers. A morning high of +10 with temperatures falling to below ZERO by evening. Wind chills during the day will drop to near -20 by evening.

Dangerous Temperatures and Wind Chill Expected

Tuesday and Wednesday Mornings

Tuesday Morning: Temperature -13 / Wind Chill -35

Wednesday Morning: Temperature -10 / Wind Chill -23

Extreme COLD is on the way!

Now that the snow is winding down, our next big event will be dangerously cold wind chills. Saturday morning will be cold, but that will just be the teaser. Temperatures will warm Saturday and Sunday to around freezing, but a serious arctic blast, one of the coldest we have seen in years, will arrive on Monday.

Temperatures on Monday will be hovering around +11 degrees in the morning, and then drop all day to around ZERO by evening. By Tuesday morning, the actual air temperature will be around -10 or so with wind chills in the minus 30s. Yeah...that's cold!

Here's a look at what we expect in the wind chill department Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday mornings around daybreak. NWS is the National Weather Service prediction. ACCU is the Accuweather prediction. The first temperatures will be the actual air temperatures followed by the wind chill values.

Saturday morning
NWS: +6/-11
ACCU: +9/-7

Tuesday morning
NWS: -10/-32
ACCU: -12/-39

Wednesday morning
NWS: -4/-19
ACCU: -2/-16

Thursday Forecast, January 2

This has been a very slow moving weather system.  Initially the snow was expected to return about 10pm last night. That didn't happen. The snow finally arrived over most of the area around daybreak. Nonetheless, it will snow and get windy today.

SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY

WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THURSDAY! 

Thursday, January 2	Snow continuing during the day…heavy at times. Windy. High 20
At Night	Snow showers will continue. Low +6 with wind chill values around -8
Friday, January 3	Mostly cloudy and breezy with lake effect snow and additional accumulations. High 15 Low Friday Night +6 with wind chill values around -10
Saturday, January 4	Warmer with sunshine. High around 30
Sunday, January 5	Cloudy with snow developing. High 33

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS

Snowfall today will be an additional 3-5 inches

Tonight and Friday add on another 2-4 inches

Winter Storm Update (Wednesday evening)

The snow will resume overnight tonight and continue on Thursday. Winds will increase late tonight and that will cause the snow tomorrow (as well as the snow currently on the ground) to blow around. It cold be a nasty rush hour tomorrow morning. See the forecast below for details.

We will get a little break during the first half of the weekend with sun and warmer temperatures on Saturday. On Sunday more snow will develop and that will be followed the coldest air we have seen in the past several years.

On Monday morning temperatures will be in the lower teens with wind chills a bit below zero. That's just the "warmup" act. Tuesday morning the cold air will really be in place. At this point we are looking for actual air temperatures Tuesday morning to be around -6 degrees with wind chills in the -25 degree range. That's gonna be frigid!

In the meantime, here is our updated forecast for tomorrow through Sunday:

SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY

WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING ON THURSDAY! 

Thursday, January 2	Snow continuing during the day…heavy at times. Windy. High 22.
At Night	Snow showers will continue. Low +6
Friday, January 3	Mostly cloudy and breezy with lake effect snow and additional accumulations. High 15; Low Friday Night +5
Saturday, January 4	Warmer with sunshine. High around 30
Sunday, January 5	Cloudy with snow developing. High 33

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS

Wednesday night through Thursday an average of 7 inches

Thursday night and Friday an additional 1-3 inches

Wednesday Forecast, January 1

Snow is going to continue for the rest of the week. Looks like another big snow storm and extreme cold is possible Sunday night, Monday and Tuesday.  I'll have more on that later today.

SNOW CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY

WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING

WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY! 

Wednesday, January 1	Becoming breezy with snow. High 26 New snow today an additional 2-3 inches.
At Night	Snow will continue overnight. Windy with gusts to 30mph causing blowing and drifting. Low 19 New snow overnight an additional 2-3 inches.
Thursday, January 2	Snow continuing during the day…heavy at times. Windy. High 22 New snow Thursday 2-5 inches with the heavier accumulations where lake effect occurs.
Friday, January 3	Mostly cloudy and breezy with lake effect snow and additional accumulations. High 15; Low Friday Night +5
Saturday, January 4	Warmer with sunshine. High around 30