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AWUS81 KCLE 140249
RWSCLE

LATE EVENING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1000 PM EST THU JAN 13 2005

WIDESPREAD RAIN AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT COVERED THE STATE 
THIS AFTERNOON.  MOST AREAS RECEIVED OVER HALF AN INCH AND DAYTON 
COLLECTED .77 INCHES. THE GUSTY WINDS THAT WERE SWEEPING THE AREA 
BEGAN TO DIE OFF AS THE EARLY EVENING WORE ON. SEASONABLY WARM 
TEMPERATURES BROUGHT HIGHS INTO THE 60S. EASTWARD PORTIONS OF THE 
STATE INCLUDING COLUMBUS AND AKRON-CANTON ROSE HIGH ENOUGH TO BREAK 
ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS BY 1 TO 2 DEGREES. ZANESVILLE HAD THE STATE 
HIGH WITH 71. 

THE COLD FRONT PASSED THROUGH DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. RAIN 
BECAME SNOW IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE...AND LESS THEN ONE 
INCH IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE OVERNIGHT.  THE PRECIPITATION WILL 
HAVE PASSED EASTWARD BY MIDNIGHT...AS DRIER AIR FILTERS IN. THIS 
COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL DROP TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER 20S. 

COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER WILL DOMINATE THE REGION THROUGHOUT THE 
WEEKEND. LOWS WILL MOSTLY REMAIN IN THE 20S, THOUGH SOME AREAS WILL 
DROP DOWN INTO THE TEENS. SUNNIER SKIES WILL ALSO COME OUT FOR THE 
WEEKEND, THOUGH A FEW LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE. 


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