After a warm week that featured a record high on Monday seasonable air has finally arrived. A series of cool/cold fronts have moved through the area this week and each has lowered temperatures several degrees. The latest moved through this afternoon and brought with it some brief moderate snow showers. Lake effect snows have also begun to be generated downwind of the Great Lakes and will become more intense overnight. This decrease in temperatures will last about forty-eight(48) hours before much milder air returns to the area for all of next week. Looks like local residents will only be able to dream of a white Christmas this year!
Much more seasonable temperatures have finally arrived for the first half of this weekend. High temperatures today reached the upper thirties (30's) before a cold front brought temperatures below freezing and a few snow showers. Overnight temperatures will be in the middle twenties(20's). Lake Effect snow will begin begin in earnest overnight be focused over the prime snowbelt. Cold temperatures will hang on for Saturday as high temperatures only rise into the middle thirties(30's) at best.
The lake effect snow tonight into tomorrow will be focused over extreme Northeast Ohio up to Western New York. Accumulations in and around Cleveland will be an inch or less with amounts closer to six (6) inches in Ashtabula.
On Sunday mild air will return to the area. High temperatures will rise into the forties (40's) and light rain will be possible overnight.
On Monday even more mild air will move in to the area as a low pressure tracks to the northwest of the area. High temperatures will warm into the lower fifties, depending on cloud cover, before the cool front moves through overnight with a general rainfall. Tuesday temperatures cool slightly but will remain above normal.
On Wednesday a stronger system than the previous one will approach the region and will pull more mild air into the region. High temperatures will rise at least into the upper fifties (50's)! Most of the rain will remain to the west until the overnight hours.
On Christmas Eve the storm system will track to the northwest of the region with the cold front moving through during the day. More rain will accompany the frontal passage and could be heavy at times. High temperatures in the upper fifties (50's) will occur early in the day with steady or slowly falling temperatures throughout the day.
Christmas is looking quiet but very mild for the local area and the country as a whole. It is estimated that only two percent (2%) of the population will experience a white Christmas this year. Locally high temperatures will be in the upper forties(40's) and dry conditions should prevail.
Looking ahead mild temperatures are expected to continue through the end of the month. If this forecast holds true December 2015 will be warmest December on record for Cleveland and one of the least snowiest as well!
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