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ABUS30 KCLE 281603
SWSOH 

LATE MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1103 AM EST THU FEB 28 2002

DRY WEATHER AND MODERATING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 
FRIDAY.  

HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUED TO BUILD OVER OHIO FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS 
MORNING.  LINGERING LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHEAST 
CORNER OF THE STATE FINALLY TAPERED OFF AS WELL.  MORNING 
ACCUMULATIONS IN THIS AREA WERE NO MORE THAN A TENTH OR TWO.   
ELSEWHERE...SKIES WERE MOSTLY SUNNY.  

THINGS GOT OFF TO A COLD START THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES DIPPED 
WELL BELOW NORMAL.  LOWS RANGED FROM 12 DEGREES AT DAYTON TO 18 
DEGREES AT CLEVELAND...AKRON AND YOUNGSTOWN.  TEMPERATURES REBOUND 
ONLY SLIGHTLY AFTER DAYBREAK WITH READINGS AT 11 AM RANGING FROM THE 
UPPER TEENS TO MIDDLE 20S.

MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ARE EXPECTED STATEWIDE THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS 
MAINLY IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S.  SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY 
CLEAR TONIGHT WITH LOWS RANGING FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S.

CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ON FRIDAY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE 
APPROACHES FROM THE DISTANT SOUTHWEST.  HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE 
MIDDLE 30S TO MIDDLE 40S.  THE LOW WILL MOVE FROM THE PLAINS INTO 
THE OHIO VALLEY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.  MOST AREAS WILL 
SEE A CHANCE OF SNOW LATE FRIDAY NIGHT WITH RAIN OR SNOW ON SATURDAY.
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