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LATE MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
1115 AM EST THU JAN 7 2010

SNOW IS ON THE WAY.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER ILLINOIS CONTINUED TO APPROACH THE 
BUCKEYE STATE FROM THE WEST OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING.  SNOW 
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW SPREAD INTO FAR WESTERN OHIO AROUND 
DAYBREAK.  BY LATE MORNING THE SNOW WAS APPROACHING THE COLUMBUS AND 
TOLEDO AREAS. FURTHER EAST IN THE STATE...PATCHY AREAS OF FREEZING 
DRIZZLE OR FLURRIES CONTINUED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.  SNOW 
ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WEST HAVE BEEN LESS THAN AN INCH SO FAR.

LOW TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WERE SEASONABLE AND RANGED FROM 18 
DEGREES AT CINCINNATI TO 22 DEGREES AT BOTH YOUNGSTOWN AND 
CLEVELAND.  LATE IN THE MORNING...READINGS REMAINED IN THE LOWER 20S 
MOST LOCATIONS.

THE LOW OVER ILLINOIS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO 
THIS EVENING.  THE SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL SPREAD EAST 
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE BY EARLY EVENING.  SNOW WILL 
CONTINUE MUCH OF THE NIGHT AND THEN TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO 
NORTHEAST EARLY FRIDAY.  BY THAT TIME...MOST LOCATIONS WILL HAVE 
SEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN 
THE FAR NORTH.  HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE MAINLY IN THE MIDDLE 
20S WITH LOWS TONIGHT IN THE TEENS.

COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BEHIND THE 
LOW.  LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND 
NORTHEAST OHIO.  LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE 
SNOWBELT EAST OF CLEVELAND.  SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY IN 
THE WATCH AREA.  LOCATIONS TO THE WEST AND SOUTH WILL SEE AT LEAST A 
CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.  HIGHS FRIDAY WILL 
BE IN THE LOWER 20S BUT READINGS WILL STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THE 
TEENS FOR HIGHS ON SATURDAY.  SINGLE DIGIT LOWS CAN BE EXPECTED 
SATURDAY MORNING WITH SUBZERO READINGS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY MORNING AT 
TRADITIONAL COLD SPOTS.  

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