It just keeps on coming...and coming...and coming...

This is going to be a winter we will remember for awhile. The cold and snow just don't seem to want to go away. We will warm up a bit later this week and that should melt a lot of the snow. Combine that with over half an inch of rain on Thursday and flooding will be or next concern.

COLD

I went back through the record book this morning. So far this winter we have had ten days where the temperature has dropped below ZERO. Our coldest was -11 on January 7th. To find anything even close to this I had to search back to the winter of 2008-2009. That winter we had five days below ZERO with the coldest being -14 on the overnight of January 16/17, 2009.

Here's a breakdown of the past six winters:

Winter             Days of ZERO or below

2013-14               10 (as of 2/17)
2012-13                 0
2011-12                 1 (ZERO on 1/20)
2010-11                 2
2009-10                 0
2008-09                 5

SNOW

The snow will continue tonight. A storm off to our southwest will move up through Ohio overnight and dump around 4 inches locally by morning. It's like...gee...only 4 inches?  No big deal. We are quite used to this stuff now aren't we. The map below shows where the bulk of the snow will fall tonight.

(Map from www.accuweather.com)

Monday Forecast, February 17

Looks like we are in for some snow tonight and then warmer temperatures with rain on Thursday. With the melting snow and then the rain there's a good chance of localized flooding by the end of the week.

Monday, February 17	Some morning sun then mostly cloudy. Snow moving in during the evening. High around 30
At Night	Breezy with snow accumulating around 3-4 inches by morning. Low 24
Tuesday, February 18	Becoming partly sunny. High 38
Wednesday, February 19	Partly sunny. High 35-40
Thursday, February 20	Windy with rain. High 45-50

Sunday Forecast, February 16

Sunday, February 16	Mostly cloudy with occasional flurries and snow showers. High 24
At Night	Partly cloudy and very cold. Low ZERO to +5
Monday, February 17	Mostly cloudy with a little sun possible in the morning. Then, light snow moving in later in the day. High around 30 Light snow overnight accumulating 2- 3 inches by Tuesday morning.
Tuesday, February 18	Becoming partly sunny. High 37
Wednesday, February 19	Partly sunny. High 35-40

Saturday Forecast, February 15

Saturday, February 15	Partly sunny, breezy, and colder. We could have a few left over flurries and snow showers in the morning. High 21
At Night	Mostly cloudy. Low 10
Sunday, February 16	Lots of clouds in the morning with flurries and snow showers. Some sun will mix in during the afternoon. High 24
Monday, February 17	Mostly cloudy with snow showers possible later in the day. High 30 A little light snow is likely overnight.
Tuesday, February 18	Becoming partly sunny. High in the mid 30s

Friday Forecast, February 14

Friday, February 14	Mostly cloudy and breezy with occasional flurries. High near 30
At Night	A few snow showers. Snow accumulation will be only around an inch by Saturday morning. Low 14
Saturday, February 15	Partly sunny, breezy, and colder. We could have a few left over flurries and snow showers in the morning. High 20
Sunday, February 16	Lots of clouds in the morning with some sun mixed in during the afternoon. High 24
Monday, February 17	Mostly cloudy with a mix of rain and snow possibly later in the day. High in the mid 30s

Thursday Forecast, February 13

That big winter storm moving through the Carolinas will head up the east coast today. While we won't see anything more than a light dusting of snow locally, it will be a cloudy day here as the system moves through Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and up into New England.

Thursday, February 13	Lots of clouds. High 32
At Night	Becoming mostly cloudy. Low 19
Friday, February 14	Mostly cloudy and breezy with occasional snow showers. Snow accumulation will be only around an inch by Saturday morning. High near 30
Saturday, February 15	Partly sunny, breezy, and colder. High 20
Sunday, February 16	Lots of clouds with some sun mixed in. High 24

Wednesday Forecast, February 12

Wednesday, February 12	Lots of sun and a bit warmer. High 27
At Night	Partly cloudy. Low 10
Thursday, February 13	Partly sunny. High 32
Friday, February 14	Mostly cloudy and breezy with snow showers in the afternoon and evening. High around 30
Saturday, February 15	Partly sunny and colder. High 19