A quick moving but ill-timed weather system is causing havoc with Monday morning rush hour. Snowfall will be under an inch and will melt off as temperatures rise to 40 today.
A larger weather system will bring mainly rain late Tuesday into Wednesday, then much colder air for late week with a slight chance of snow.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
405 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009
…SLIPPERY COMMUTE POSSIBLE AS SNOW MOVES IN…
AN AREA OF LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING…HITTING MOST LOCATIONS DURING THE PEAK COMMUTING TIME OF 5 AM TO 9 AM. WHILE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LESS THAN AN INCH…PAVEMENT TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING WILL ALLOW AT LEAST SOME OF THE SNOW TO STICK TO ROAD SURFACES…WHICH WILL CREATE SLIPPERY TRAVEL. THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE FIRST BOUT OF WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR MANY RESIDENTS SO FAR THIS SEASON…AND EXTRA CAUTION IS ADVISED. IN ADDITION…VISIBILITIES IN FALLING SNOW MAY DROP BELOW A MILE BRIEFLY THIS MORNING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE RAPIDLY TOWARD MID TO LATE MORNING AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 30S AND THE LIGHT SNOW DIMINISHES AND SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA.