The weather pattern for the next few days and even the next few weeks is appearing consistent across the country, cold in the East and warm in the West. This is the same weather pattern that begun in November and unfortunately it is only going to strengthen in the foreseeable future. A trough is currently located over the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Region allowing cold air to flow south out of Canada into the Eastern USA. At the same time a large ridge is well establish across the West which is keeping Coastal Pacific Regions to the Rocky Mountains very warm and extremely dry. This ridge is directing storm systems into Alaska allowing large areas of that state to see much above average temperatures. This means that for Northeastern Ohio a steady parade of systems out of Canada will affect the area bringing consistently cold air and light snow. Currently there is no deep snow pack and none is forecast to develop as long as these systems stay moisture starved. This may prevent the area from becoming as cold as it was earlier this month.
Currently a weak system is moving through the Great Lakes. Light snow will moving through the area and temperatures today will drop into the 20's as colder air moves into the area. Saturday high temperatures will remain in the 20's area wide.
Sunday a weak storm system will provide very weak warm air advection and bring some very light snows to the area.
Monday the area will see early morning highs near freezing before a strong cold front moves through the area sending temperatures falling into the upper teens. Highs for the the middle part of the week to do not appear to rise above 20 and low temperatures will be around zero (0) degrees.
Looking ahead this pattern will continue with colder the average temperatures through the end of the month.
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