Light to moderate snow will continue for another couple hours for the Cincy metro (and surrounding communities), with total accumulations of 3-5″. Roads are a mess in most spots, with many accidents being reported. Unfortunately, a deadly accident has occured in Franklin County (near Brookville) when two cars collided on US 52. Hamilton County is now under a LEVEL ONE SNOW EMERGENCY, which means that roads are in fairly bad shape, so extreme caution is urged (stay home if it’s not necessary to drive). A strong cold front is closing in on the tri-state, which will usher in colder temps and increased winds. Blowing and drifting of the fallen snow is likely today-tomorrow as wind gusts top out around 30mph.
The leading edge of the snow continues to inch closer, and is about 3-5 hours away (3 western counties, 5 eastern). Once the flakes begin to fly, expect the snow to become steady to heavy. Roads will deteriorate rapidly as temps will be hovering in the upper teens/lower 20s (all snow will accumulate, regardless of pre-treating). Most schools are on delays (proactive measure), though expect all to close. For days, I have been harping on the fact that some Gulf moisture will pulled into this storm (thus creating higher snow totals), and the radar verifies that thinking rather nicely!
Snow continues to expand across the midwest/central plains, with the leading edge reaching the IL/IN border right now. This storm has really taken stronger forward momentum (moving faster), thus expect the flakes to start flying between 3-5am, as opposed to 4-7am (as earlier thought). 3-6″ still looking right on track…
Snow continues to expand to our west, and will start falling here betwen 4-8am. Once it begins, it will quickly become steady (even heavy at times), and will accumulate on all surfaces (as temps will be in the upper teens). Travel will quickly become hazardous, thus expect most if not all schools in the tri-state to be closed. I’m currently out and about (updating via phone), but will have a more in-depth update posted within two hours.
A winter storm is headed towards the tri-state, with snow moving into the Cincy metro area between 8-10am tomorrow (6-8am western tri-state, 10-noon eastern), lasting through the evening (before tapering to light snow/snow showers). The energy aloft with this system will be rather impressive, thus expect the snow to come down at a decent clip for most of the day. Because of the cold air in the mid/upper levels of the atmosphere, snow to liquid ratios will be much higher than usual, averaging around 20:1 (20″ of snow for every 1″ of liquid), rather than the standard 10:1 we typically see. This update is rather short, but I will have much more in-depth coverage starting this afternoon, continuing through the storm. Stay tuned!
