As Ohioans braced for a low-pressure system traversing the region, the National Weather Service in Wilmington provided updates that included a mix of rain and snow for the Columbus, Cincinnati, and Wilmington areas. According to NWS, the weather system was expected to sustain seasonably cold temperatures throughout the majority of the coming week, with multiple weather disturbances impacting the area mid to late in the week.
For Sunday, “the ILN fa remains in a WAA regime today, resulting in a surge of relatively warmer air in lower levels,” according to NWS. This warmth in the lower atmosphere could impact the type of precipitation that falls throughout the day. A particular concern was for potential patchy freezing drizzle early in the morning, which could lead to very limited, yet present, travel disturbances, especially in locales further south near the Ohio River. As the day progresses, snowfall is expected mainly for counties along and north of the Interstate 70 corridor.
Sunday night and into Monday morning, there were uncertainties regarding how much precipitation would linger, with a gradual switch from rain to snow as temperatures cooled behind the cold front. “Probabilities are extremely low for accumulations greater than 1 in our south, but a few tenths of an inch are not entirely out of the question,” says the National Weather Service. These conditions could feasibly influence the Monday morning commute, particularly in southern Ohio, Indiana, and northern Kentucky…