Northern Ohio Obs/Discussion Part 2

[WHEATCENT]

Someone's weather station in Rome is at -31 on the wundermap crazy! 

[NEOH]

2 hours ago, WHEATCENT said:

Someone's weather station in Rome is at -31 on the wundermap crazy! 

That's crazy. Got down to -13 imby.

[dta1984]

Saw the Chardon snowfall to date listed on the square digital sign.   I'm not too far behind, about 10" less.  It's been a good season so far.  

[OHweather]

Recently tallied up my seasonal snowfall, and I'm sitting at 67" to date. Last season, I had 68" all winter. Friday's system looks like a nice refresher of the snowpack. It's more of a lobe of the polar vortex than a regular clipper...there will be synoptic snow in the warm advection ahead of the system Friday morning and afternoon, which looks like a quick 1-3". The more dynamic portion will be Friday evening/night, when an Arctic front pushes through. That should bring a nice burst of lake-enhanced snow (looking at satellite, the ice is still somewhat lose and has cracks, so there should be a limited flux from the lake), along with rapidly falling temperatures and strong wind gusts. It'll only last a few hours, but conditions will be quite harsh along and just behind the front Friday evening. Some limited lake effect lingers Friday night into early Saturday. The snow Friday evening through early Saturday probably adds a variable accumulation of 1-4" to most of the area downwind of Lake Erie, pushing event totals into a 3-6" type range. 

[NEOH]

On 2/4/2026 at 8:06 AM, dta1984 said:

Saw the Chardon snowfall to date listed on the square digital sign.   I'm not too far behind, about 10" less.  It's been a good season so far.  

 

One of the rare seasons that we are close to Chardon for total snowfall. Areas south of Rt. 87 have had a great season. 

[vpbob21]

Got about half an inch with the clipper this morning.  Definitely didn't live up to all the hype.  We'll see if the squalls with the arctic front later do any better.

[NEOH]

1 hour ago, vpbob21 said:

Got about half an inch with the clipper this morning.  Definitely didn't live up to all the hype.  We'll see if the squalls with the arctic front later do any better.

Sam here on the eastside of CLE. We had freezing drizzle earlier this morning as well. Hopefully the squalls deliver later today. 

[OHweather]

There was definitely more freezing drizzle and less snow than hoped this morning. Upstream honestly looks a little underwhelming, but there’s still a bit of time for stuff to pick up before the front gets here.