Thursday Forecast, February 20

HIGH WIND ADVISORY overnight Thursday and during the day Friday for sustained winds of 20-30+mph and gusts of 45+ mph.

LOCALIZED FLOODING is likely Thursday afternoon through Friday morning from melting snow and rain.

Thursday, February 20	Becoming windy with rain around midday and then again this evening.  Thunderstorms are possible this evening. High around 50
At Night	Very windy with rain continuing and possibly some thunderstorms. Some areas will experience localized flooding. Temperatures will remain in the 50s and mid to upper 40s most of the night before dropping to around 40 by daybreak.
Friday, February 21	Windy with rain showers ending early then, partly sunny. High 43
Saturday, February 22	Partly sunny with a few rain showers possible. High 40-45
Sunday, February 23	Colder with lots of clouds. High around 30

Wednesday Forecast, February 19

Wednesday, February 19	Mostly cloudy in the morning, then partly sunny High in the lower 40s
At Night	Partly cloudy. Low 23
Thursday, February 20	Becoming windy with rain in the afternoon and possibly a thundershower in the late afternoon and evening. Rain continuing overnight. Some areas will experience localized flooding. High 50
Friday, February 21	Windy with rain showers ending early then, partly sunny. High 43
Saturday, February 22	Partly sunny with some rain and snow showers possible. High 40-45

Tuesday Forecast, February 18

Tuesday, February 18	Windy with snow this morning, coming to a quick end by midday. Then partly sunny. High 37
At Night	Partly cloudy. Low 31
Wednesday, February 19	Partly sunny. High near 40
Thursday, February 20	Windy with rain in the afternoon and overnight. Some areas may experience localized flooding. High in the upper 40s
Friday, February 21	Partly sunny and breezy. High around 40

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