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Needs about 17" more to hit average. Not seeing it barring a 1987-style finish.

1.5" at KCMH through 1:30. Can alweays count on them to be the lowest in the area, but in this case, that's way below everyone else. Not sure how that could be true.

Looks like an active pattern with at least chances of snow, but potentially lots of riding the line in the typical spots.

Could be around 5"+ or so for the airport considering it's actually been snowing a bit all morning it seems. Also, if not for the midnight high deal, today probably would've been Columbus' coldest day for this date in history. Clearly is going to be an afternoon high below zero, but the official high will be 33. The coldest high for the date is 11, so today would've blown that away. Tomorrow will probably be 1st or 2nd coldest Christmas Eve ever, as well.

Outside of the lake effect belts, parts of Ohio seemed to do the best with snow. Nothing insane, but a general 4"-5" in most places.

It's too bad there was a midnight high for most of the area or it would easily be one of the coldest December days ever.

Downtown Live Webcam | Troy, OH - Official Website (troyohio.gov) Looks like it's coming down good in the Dayton area now.

Still will never beat December 14-15, 1901. Went from 65 to -4.

Either too amped and too far west for decent snow, or too weak and still not far enough east for anything decent. I don't think this is breaking the December historic trend.

Climo finds a way.

That's what the records show. Seems Columbus and Franklin County may have been in a dry slot for a lot of the storm, which kind of makes sense given the track.

Columbus officially only had 4.4" with the main January 1978 blizzard. It probably seemed like more given there was already snow on the ground and the wind blew it all over the place. Obviously totals were larger the further west you went. But that storm also occurred a month later than this and the low tracked further east than the models currently have this storm. Not being a typical storm pattern or setup doesn't mean climo can necessarily be tossed completely. There can be exceptions even if there has never been an exception before. Definitely rooting for this to be a first. Here were some local January 25-27, 1978 totals. London: 19.0" Marysville: 8.0" Newark: 8.0" Delaware: 5.0" Columbus: 4.7" Westerville: 2.0" Outside Central Ohio Toledo: 13.3" Dayton: 12.9" Mansfield: 12.7" Findlay: 10.8" Bellefontaine: 8.3" Cleveland: 7.5" Wilmington: 7.0" Cincinnati: 6.9" Akron: 4.2"

Climo would support a further west track, though. There's a reason Ohio tends not to get its biggest storms until January or even February.

Maybe other areas will fare better, but history isn't on Central Ohio's side. There has never been a single double-digit snowfall in Columbus for December in recorded history. The biggest Christmas Eve ever was just 2 years ago with 3.4". That's not a great track record for big snows. The month just isn't known for them, and the big storms tend to miss west. Still a few days to track as you said, but trends are looking very typical. Still think the wind is going to be the big story. Even with a few inchest on the wraparound, winds of 50MPH will produce blizzard conditions easily, so definitely a high-impact even even if not nearly what it's going to be further west.

Looking like more heartbreak for Ohio. Sorry guys. Snow isn't looking like much. Wind will probably be the main story.