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LATE MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
1115 AM EST TUE NOV 18 2008

IT WAS A COLD NIGHT IN OHIO AND IT WILL BE ANOTHER UNSEASONABLY COLD 
DAY.

LOWS WERE IN THE 20S...NORMAL LOWS ARE IN THE 30S. SKIES STARTED OFF 
CLOUDY MONDAY EVENING AND THEN THE CLOUDS DECREASED AT MOST 
LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT...EXCEPT NEAR LAKE ERIE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW 
SHOWERS AND FLURRIES CONTINUED OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST  
OHIO. OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL WAS GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES. HOWEVER...SOME 
LOCATIONS HAD MORE. NORWALK IN HURON COUNTY HAD 4 TO 6 INCHES...KENT 
IN PORTAGE COUNTY HAD AROUND 5 INCHES AND CUYAHOGA FALLS...JUST 
NORTH OF AKRON HAD AROUND 7 INCHES OF SNOW.

SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY STATEWIDE TODAY. THE WINDS WILL BE 
NORTHERLY AND THAT WILL KEEP SNOW SHOWERS GOING OVER THE CLEVELAND 
AND AKRON AREAS. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR NORTHEAST 
OHIO THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL IN THE ADVISORY AREA COULD 
RANGE FROM LESS THAN AN INCH UP TO 5 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. HIGHS 
WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S...NORMAL HIGHS RANGE FROM THE UPPER 
40S TO LOWER 50S.

SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE 
BUILDS IN. LOWS WILL BE IN THE TEENS AND 20S.

WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE DRY AT MOST LOCATIONS WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. 
HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 30S.  A COUPLE OF WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL BRUSH 
THE STATE FOR LATE IN THE WEEK WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. 
HIGHS WILL REMAIN IN THE 30S.

THE WEEKEND IS LOOKING TO BE DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN 
CONTROL. HIGHS WILL STILL BE BELOW NORMAL. THE MAXIMUMS ON SATURDAY 
WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 30S AND IN THE 40S SUNDAY.

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