A Christmas Storm but not Much Snow

Cleveland’s December snowless streak ended on Friday when an inch of snow officially fell at the airport. If less than 1.8 inches fall the rest of the month, December 2014 will be in the record books for the top ten least snowiest Decembers on record. Currently the region is finally on the backside of a high pressure system and temperatures have risen into the middle forties (40’s) under veiled sunshine.  The much advertised storm system is beginning to organize over the mid-section of the country. This system will developed in to a pair of strong low pressure systems that will track to the west of the upper Ohio Valley leaving northern Ohio on the warm and wet side of the storm. Later in the week temperatures will fall but not to drastic low levels.

Currently the storm system is organizing over the middle part of the country. A warm is organizing along the Ohio River Valley. This front will move north overnight bring a threat of rain with it.

On Tuesday early morning rain should give way to dry conditions by the afternoon. The initial low pressure system to our west will begin to weaken as it moves north. High temperatures for the area will rise into the lower fifties (50’s).

The region will remain in the warm sector on Christmas Eve as a secondary lower develops and strengthen as it moves north out of the Gulf of Mexico. Conditions will become increasingly windy and wet as the low pressure tracks to the west of northern Ohio. High temperatures should again rise well into the fifties (50’s). Areas in Indiana and Michigan may have some light accumulations of snow to deal with

On Christmas the strong storm system will be located north of Lake Huron. Windy and cooler conditions will be affecting the area at this time. Rain showers should eventually change over to snow as temperatures remain in the thirties (30’s) during the day after the frontal passage.

On Friday, another system will quickly organize over the middle part of the country.  In response mild southerly winds will push high temperatures back to near fifty (50) degrees.

On Saturday the system will track northeast leaving the area in the warm sector yet again. Rain showers and eventually snow showers will affect the area much of the day. High temperatures will be in the lower forties (40’s) A cool front will pass through later during the day dropping high temperatures into the lower thirties (30’s) for Sunday.