LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING for Lake, Geauga & Ashtabula Counties Friday through 10am Saturday. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for Cuyahoga County tonight thru 10 am Saturday. A heavy snow squall will set up across parts of the warning area tonight through Friday & Friday night. Heavy snow, 1 to 2 inches per hour, is likely where the snow band persists. Travel along the I-90 corridor could be very treacherous beginning Friday morning. Motorists should be prepared for dangerous road conditions in squalls.
An active weather pattern impacting Northern Ohio through the entire holiday weekend, likely impacting holiday travel, especially along I-90 from Cleveland to Erie, Pennsylvania, to Buffalo, New York.
Much colder air spills into Northern Ohio beginning night. A few snow showers are possible area-wide. But we will be keeping an eye out for lake-effect snow squalls east of Cleveland in the snow belt. A west to east fetch across the lake will favor 1 heavy snow band setting up across Northern Lorain & Cuyahoga Counties tonight and then shifting northeast into Lake, Northern Geauga & Northern Ashtabula County early Friday morning. I expect 1 to 3 inches of snowfall where the snoband persists in Lorain & Cuyahoga Counties tonight. Snow totals of 6 -10 inches can be expected in the heavier snow band tomorrow across the warning area WHERE THE SQUALL PERSISTS.
Elsewhere, on Friday and Saturday, I expect scattered flurries and snow showers along with cold temperatures. Highs in the upper 20s and lower 30s look likely Friday through next Monday! Brrr!!
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DAILY FORECAST:
Thanksgiving: Messy. AM rain/snow showers. Isolated PM showers.| High: 42º
Friday: Snow showers. Squalls are possible east. Colder.| High: 33º
Saturday: Lake effect snow showers. Squalls east. Colder again.| High: 27º
Sunday: Lake effect snow showers. Squalls east. Cold.| High: 30º
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