Don’t expect the clouds to break overnight, and some mist/drizzle along with areas of fog will probably be lurking in spots out there as we head into Monday morning’s commute to work. There is some hope for Monday, it will be the pick day of the next seven with temperatures expected to climb into the lower 50s, maybe even warmer if the sun decides to peek out for an extended period of time. The next cold blast is not far off however, a strong cold front will swing through Monday night with a chance for light rain as it does so, and then on Tuesday we will have mostly cloudy skies and a stiff northwest breeze as afternoon temperatures struggle to stay above 40 degrees. We don’t expect any snow as all this goes down through, snow with this next system will all stay off to our northwest in places like Nebraska and up into Minnesota and Wisconsin, and east through Michigan and over the Great Lakes. Wednesday and Thursday will be cold and quiet days here in the Ohio Valley, but maybe not quite as cold as we were originally expecting…and then it gets interesting for the end of the week. A weather system is forecast to swing south out of the Great Lakes on Friday and could get started as a wintry mix, but by Saturday and Sunday as cold air floods south out of Canada it looks like we are in for snow showers, possibly resulting in some accumulation over the weekend too as a favorable wind fetch sets up off the Great Lakes and the system kind of stalls out in the region. As of right now snowfall accumulation would probably be limited to a few inches, although it is really hard to speculate with any accuracy a week out with the way our long-range computer models have failed to kick out a consistent and converging solution. We’ll keep our eyes on it and keep you posted. Stay tuned!
