A Blustery Sunday With Occasional Snow Showers and Gusty Wind

Posted by Joe on Saturday, March 9, at 9:00 am

An approaching cold front will keep the prospects of rain showers going through much of today. The period of heaviest rainfall rates looks to occur during the afternoon where some locations could see around a quarter of an inch over the course of an hour. In general, most locations will see anywhere from a half-inch to an inch of rainfall today.

A cold front will swing south through eastern Ohio this evening. As temperatures fall behind the front rain will change over to snow showers.

Temperatures won’t vary much through the day generally running in the 52° to 55° range. Winds out of the south will be manageable running around 8 to 12 mph.

TONIGHT AND SUNDAY
Temperatures will fall into the 30s overnight behind the crossing front. Winds will increase this evening as the cold front crosses eastern Ohio then become northwest and ramp up Sunday morning and afternoon. Gusts can range in the 30 to 35 mph area on Sunday – just below advisory criteria.

Moisture wrapping into the system will change from rain to snow showers after midnight tonight. Odds for snow showers will continue through much of Sunday before decreasing toward evening. The heaviest snow will likely set up well north of the Tuscarawas Valley but we will see occasional snow showers here. Modeling still hints of some snow bands developing and streaming southwestward that could lead to periods of reduced visibility.

Hi Resolution Futurecast Radar simulation at noon on Sunday 3/10. Occasional snow showers are likely throughout the day.

Generally speaking, warm ground conditions and blowing snow will keep total accumulation low in our area. There can certainly be snow sticking to elevated surfaces and grassy areas but for the most part, local roads should have little in the way of accumulation. A caveat would be the potential for a renegade snowband that could briefly overachieve and produce a quick thump of snowfall. Fortunately, temperatures will not be conducive to flash freezing.

TOTAL SNOW from the National Blend of Models (NBoM) by Sunday evening. Heavier snowbands could produce additional snow amounts in some locations.

Temperatures will, however, be much colder on Sunday and most locations won’t warm much more than the mid to upper 30s in the afternoon. Couple that with those gusty northwest winds and we’re looking at wind chill factors in the low-20s for much of the day.

The potential for snow showers will taper off and end Sunday night but winds will remain gusty as the system pulls east of the area.

MONDAY AND NEXT WEEK
On the plus side, the snow will just be a memory as a new work week gets underway. High pressure building into the region will allow skies to clear and sunshine to dominate on Monday. Temperatures will warm to the low-50s Monday afternoon and continue to warm as the week progresses. Dry weather will continue through mid week before the next system brings rain chances back to the Valley on Thursday.

Thank you for taking a few minutes to catch up with our local weather. Have a safe weekend everyone. – Joe

 

 

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