LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING for Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties Friday through 10 a.m. Saturday. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for Cuyahoga County tonight through 10 a.m. Saturday. A heavy snow squall will set up across parts of the warning area tonight. Heavy snow, one to two 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.
Looks like a textbook scenario for HEAVY lake effect snow lasting days. That means one inch to two inches per hour snowfall rates will drop visibility to zero and drop intense amounts of snow in a short period of time. Snow totals could reach over 12 inches each day where snow squalls persist.
It's all fueled by much colder air spilling into Northern Ohio. Very few snow showers are possible area-wide. The main focus will be lake-effect snow squalls east of Cleveland in the snow belt. A west-to-east fetch across the lake will favor one heavy snow band. That band will set up across Lake, northern Geauga and northern Ashtabula counties most of today. Snow totals of six to 10 inches can be expected in the heavier snow band, with some totals higher than 12 inches across the warning area WHERE THE SQUALL PERSISTS.
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DAILY FORECAST:
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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