Jim Martin

The 0z NAM looking good also for northwest Ohio.

Since you all are referring to the 18z Euro, here is the 18z GFS from earlier this afternoon.

Sunset this evening here downtown.

For me, the first week of January 2014 was quite a winter storm/wind chill setup. After the nighttime brought six inches of snow on average, the following day featured wind chills -50 to -60 here in #NWOhioWx.

Noticing too on the teleconnections today that some are trending the East Pacific Oscillation to negative toward the latter portion of January (around the 20th). When combined with the North Atlantic and Arctic Oscillation being negative, things could get interesting as we trend deeper into January. Also to note, some of the forecast models do develop the ridge in Alaska as well during the same time period.

Here are some of the totals.

Lake Effect Snow continues as well tonight in Northeast Ohio. 1-2" hour snowfall. Some spots already at to over 20".

This may sound stupid... even with the AO and NAO being sharply negative?

An interesting tidbit from the NWS in Cleveland earlier this evening.

Tidbits from Long Term AFD by CLE and IWX... CLE: .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... A large upper level ridge over the eastern United states will begin to amplify slightly by the end of the week as a deep digging upper level trough dives into the Central Plains states. Surface high pressure over the Ohio Valley will settle south and build as it moves out to the Atlantic Ocean from the Georgia coast. Warm air advection will take place on the west side of the high pressure into the forecast area for much of the latter half of the week. As the upper level trough begins to dive into the Plains States toward the end of the week, a series of surface low pressure systems will develop over the Oklahoma Panhandle. The first will move northeast through the central Great Lakes Friday night keeping our area in the warm sector. However, looking further out, the second Panhandle Hook appears it will track deeper south and keep the local area on the cold side of the low. Another possible winter storm will need to be watched for Sunday as the week progresses. All of the long range models agree on colder air and development of this low at this time. IWX: Guidance still advertises an active pattern setting up for the weekend with a storm brewing over the central states. The features to watch are a cut-off low off the coast of the Baja and a trough arriving onshore of British Columbia late in the week. These features will dictate how the storm from the Central U.S. evolves. Stay tuned!

The suspense continues...

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Low last night in Findlay was 5 above zero. Currently it is 40 in Findlay. Low last night in Lima was 2 above zero. Currently it is 39 in Lima.