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AWUS81 KCLE 011651
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LATE MORNING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
1150 AM EST MON DEC 1 2008

THE COLD WEATHER PATTERN SHOWS NO SIGNS OF ENDING ANYTIME SOON.

YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT PROBABLY MARKED THE WARMEST 24 HOUR PERIOD 
THAT OHIO WILL SEE FOR THE NEXT WEEK TO 10 DAYS WITH THE POSSIBLE 
EXCEPTION OF WEDNESDAY.  AFTER HIGHS YESTERDAY FROM 39 TO 46 LOWS 
LAST NIGHT ONLY HAD FALLEN INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S AS OF 7 AM.  THE 
MORE SIGNIFICANT RAINS HAD MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE STATE DURING THE 
NIGHT LEAVING A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW AND DRIZZLE BEHIND EARLY THIS 
MORNING.  CLEVELAND REPORTED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL DURING THE PAST 
24 HOURS WITH /.64/ OF AN INCH.

A REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS OHIO TODAY CONTINUING A 
HIGH LIKELIHOOD FOR LIGHT SNOW FOR MOST OF THE STATE THROUGH 
TONIGHT.  AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE 20S TONIGHT...ADDED LAKE 
ENHANCED SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE SNOWBELT AND CONTINUE MUCH OF 
TUESDAY.  ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE STATE BY TUESDAY IS EXPECTED TO 
RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH IN THE SOUTHWEST TO 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE 
HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SNOWBELT.

HIGHS ON TUESDAY SHOULD ONLY BE IN THE 30S THEN A BRIEF WARMUP WILL 
DRIVE HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY ALL THE WAY UP INTO THE 40S.  THIS SLIGHT 
WARMUP WILL BE SHORT-LIVED AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND LOOKS TO USHER IN SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR OF THE 
SEASON SO FAR.  WHILE THE SOUTHWEST WILL GENERALLY REMAIN DRY MOST 
OF THE TIME THROUGH THE WEEKEND THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL MEAN MORE 
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE NORTHEAST WITH SIGNIFICANT 
ACCUMULATION LIKELY.

FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HIGHS WILL GENERALLY RUN FROM 
THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S WHILE LOWS WILL RUN FROM AROUND 20 TO THE 
MID 20S.

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