![]() ![]() Temperatures should also climb to near freezing by Thursday, so warming shelters may not be as needed as earlier in Reports from a winter wonderland The snow should end by late Thursday, with no more than 3 inches of accumulation, he said. The weather service is calling for additional snow beginning late Wednesday that may total an inch in Franklin County for the Thursday morning rush hour, said Steve Hrebenach, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Wilmington, What's the forecast like for later this week? About 10% of the Gallia County's 30,000 customers were without power. "They already had some ice build up from the storm that came through earlier," said Tim Miller, deputy Gallia County EMA director. Hardest hit were areas of southern Ohio, including Gallia and Lawrence counties. There were no significant outages for Franklin County, according to Scott Blake, AEP spokesman. That denser mass of ice crystals topped by a layer of snow caused more than 16,000 American Electric Power customers statewide to lose power by early Tuesday. Scientists blamed the diminished snowfall totals on an inversion - when typically colder air aloft becomes warmer than the surface air we breathe.Ī low-pressure surge of warm Gulf Coast moisture confronted the Arctic air mass over Ohio, causing snowflakes forming a mile above earth "to completely or partially melt" and re-freeze into sleet, said Logan Clark, a National Weather Service meteorologist at Wilmington. Still, the county found itself in a Level 2 snow emergency, meaning that only motorists who feel it is necessary to drive should do so, and they should use extreme caution That happened in parts of northwest Ohio, but Franklin County ended up with one to three inches. On Monday, predictions were for eight inches by Tuesday morning. Why didn't get Columbus get as much snow as predicted? ![]() Friday's highs will be mid-20s with lows in the teens. The high temperatures Thursday will be near freezing with lows in the teens. Temperatures should also climb to near freezing by Thursday, so warming shelters may not be as needed and shoveling may become easier as salt treatments become more effective. Periodic snow showers should end by late Thursday, with no more than three inches of accumulation, he said. The National Weather Service is calling for additional snow beginning late Wednesday that may total an inch in Franklin County by Thursday morning's rush hour, said Steve Hrebenach, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Wilmington, And now, forecasters say, another, smaller snow pattern is headed into central Ohio. Windshields have been scraped clean and sidewalks plowed. The Dispatch will continue to update this story during the storm's movement and aftermath. View Gallery: Ohio weather: Photos of the snow and aftermath ![]()
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