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ABUS30 KCLE 211653
SWSOH 

LATE MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1153 AM EST THU FEB 21 2002

MORE SEASONAL WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT AROUND OHIO TODAY AND 
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 

THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT LAST EVENING ALLOWED FOR COOLER MORE 
SEASONAL AIR TO RETURN TO THE BUCKEYE STATE. TEMPERATURES HAD 
DROPPED INTO THE 30S AND LOWER 40S...WHICH IS NEAR THE DAYTIME 
NORMALS.

MOST OF THE RAIN WHICH ACCOMPANIED THE FRONT HAD MOVED OUT OF THE 
STATE THIS MORNING...LEAVING JUST A FEW RESIDUAL SHOWERS. THE RAIN 
WAS HEAVIEST OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS WHERE UP TO THREE-QUARTERS 
OF AN INCH HAD FALLEN. A SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD 
DOWN INTO THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT 
PASSAGE EXPECTED TONIGHT. ANY LINGERING RAIN WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE 
OVER TO SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN AREAS.

AS THE WINDS TURN INTO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT...SOME LAKE ENHANCED 
SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND AFFECT THE NORTHEAST SNOWBELT...WHERE ONE TO  
2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. BUT THE SNOW WILL COME
TO AN END DURING FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE 
NORTHWEST. 
HIGHS ON FRIDAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE LOWER AND MID 30S.

FAIR WEATHER AND MODERATING TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN ON SATURDAY. 
THEN A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGS ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN ON SUNDAY.
WEEKEND HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 40S....POSSIBLY IN THE 50S OVER THE 
SOUTH ON SUNDAY.
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