MANSFIELD — The National Weather Service has advised that severe weather will be possible across the region into early Wednesday with temperatures dropping rapidly Wednesday night. Large hail is the primary threat overnight for northwest and north central Ohio with the added chance of a tornado or damaging winds Tuesday night into early Wednesday for […]
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NWS makes it official about Monday night: Might snow. Might not.
It’s the ultimate winter weather forecast for north central Ohio. Might snow. Might not. Regardless, the National Weather Service office in Cleveland has issued a hazardous weather outlook Monday night into Tuesday for an area that includes Richland, Ashland and Knox counties. Meteorologists said there is “potential” for accumulating snowfall Monday night into Tuesday morning […]
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An early spring is official: Punxsutawney Phil fails to ‘see his shadow’
Welcome to an early spring. If you put your beliefs in the meteorological knowledge of a woodchuck in western Pennsylvania, that is. Punxsutawney Phil, the granddaddy of all weather-predicting whistlepigs, allegedly failed to see his shadow Friday morning when he was yanked from his warm burrow at Gobbler’s Knob during the annual Groundhog Day festivities. […]
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Ice, ice, baby: NWS predicts freezing rain late Monday night into Tuesday
No Ohio winter would be complete without a little icy driving. So here comes Mother Nature, right on cue. The National Weather Service office in Cleveland has issued a winter weather advisory that kicks in Monday at midnight and runs until Tuesday at noon. Yep. Just in time to snarl your morning commute and perhaps […]
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GALLERY: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
MANSFIELD — Friday morning’s snowstorm closed schools and shut down events all over north central Ohio. Still, it left behind a pretty scene. Here’s what our cameras captured:
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Snow, cold … and then warmer and rain
The snow showed up a bit later than expected, but like a late-arriving guest at your house during the holiday season, it’s going to stick around today a bit longer than desired. And the cold is revving up behind it again for the weekend. Hang in there, however. A mid-January thaw is coming next week, […]
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Statewide agencies prepare for Friday’s winter weather event
COLUMBUS — As a winter storm is expected to impact Ohio Friday through the weekend with significant snowfall in northeast Ohio, the Ohio Emergency Management Agency (EMA) is monitoring and keeping in constant contact with the National Weather Service and state partners. “As we anticipate this blast of winter weather, I encourage Ohioans to be […]
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Snow coming: NWS predicts next chapter of Ohio winter about to be written
“I can taste the tin of the sky — the real tin thing. Winter drawn is the color of metal, The trees stiffen into place like burnt nerves.” — Walking in Winter by Sylvia Path MANSFIELD — Cloudy, sullen skies. Check. Bitter cold. Check. Biting winds. Check. Dangerous wind-chill conditions. Check. Snow. Incoming. Another chapter […]
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Winter Storm Gerri sending high winds, chilling cold across north central Ohio
“And the iron boats go as the mariners all know with the gales of November remembered.” — Gordon Lightfoot, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” Six giant ore boats anchored and sought refuge Friday night and into Saturday in the harbor between Vermillion and Sandusky as Winter Storm Gerri howled across the Great Lakes — […]
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Winter Storm Gerri takes icy cold aim at north central Ohio
“The cold earth slept below; Above the cold sky shone; And all around, with a chilling sound; From caves of ice and fields of snow; The breath of night like death did flow beneath the sinking moon. ” — From “The Cold Earth Slept Below” by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) MANSFIELD — Weather forecasters like […]