CLEVELAND — Pesky lake effect snow showers will continue to slide in off of Lake Erie overnight in the primary snowbelt east of Cleveland. Accumulations will be light...generally an inch or less. Elsewhere, its all about the cold. Skies will be partly cloudy with low temperatures dropping down to between -2 and 5 degrees by sunrise. Wind chills will drop to between -5 and -10 degrees.
The core of the cold arctic air will arrive in Northern Ohio on Tuesday. High temperatures will get stuck in the lower and middle teens during the afternoon. Wind chills hanging near zero degrees again during the day. After some morning sunshine, clouds will begin to overtake the area during the afternoon.
Wednesday stays cold with highs near 20 degrees. A trough of low pressure will drop through the Great Lakes late Wednesday into Thursday. Scattered light snow arrives Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Accumulations will stay generally an inch or less.
The Arctic air retreat this weekend. Milder temperatures above freezing will arrive Saturday or Sunday.
DAILY FORECAST:
Monday Night: Frigid. Breezy. Blowing & Drifting Snow. Chills subzero. | Low: 4º (WC to -10)
Tuesday: Morning sunshine. Increasing PM clouds.| High: 15º
Wednesday: Arctic chill continues. More snow in southern Ohio. | High: 19º
Thursday: Scattered snow showers. Still cold. | High: 22º
Friday: Mostly cloudy. Not as cold. | High: 24º
Saturday: More clouds and cold. | High: 32º
Sunday: Mainly cloudy but thawing nicely! | High: 38º
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