Cleveland locals, brace yourselves for a mix of annoying and amiable weather. According to the National Weather Service in Cleveland, OH, an upper-level low is anticipated to bring some disturbance before it shuffles off and makes way for clearer skies. Early this Thursday morning, residents were already witnessing the effects, with widespread snowfall throughout Northern Ohio and Northwest Pennsylvania and temperatures snugly nestled in the chilly teens.
Indeed, the morning commute was bothersome, especially on those spots that patience and salt had yet to touch. "Travel impacts will mainly occur on bridges and untreated roadways," said the National Weather Service, as a special weather statement was issued to draw attention to the slippery conditions. As the contentious low-pressure area exits stage right, Northern Ohio and the Northwest Pennsylvania Snowbelt can expect to transition from widespread snow into picky lake-effect snow showers by this afternoon into the evening.
But then, like the calm after a vexing storm, abundant high pressure will stretch across the region, promising a reprieve through the weekend. The dry air ushering in under its cloak of stability will encourage any stubborn lake effect snow showers to shyly retreat by early Friday morning. Clevelanders can look ahead to smatterings of warmth, with temperatures flirting with the upper 20s by Friday.
The weekend, as forecast by the National Weather Service, will court Cleveland residents with the prospect of stillness under the insistent watch of high pressure. In a winter's dance, temperatures will traipse around the lower to mid-teens on Friday night, blossoming into the lower to mid-30s as the weekend matures. However, keeping the lake fettered with ice, a fickle cold front could disturb Lake Erie's icy cover with increased winds later today and again over the weekend with stronger gusts threatening to reach up to 35 knots.
Turning our gaze ahead into next week, Cleveland might play host yet again to unsettled weather, challenging the tranquility that settles in over the weekend. A couple of storm systems are expected to make their encore in the westerlies, with a "return of some unsettled weather," the National Weather Service adverts. These guests may invite along light rain or wet snow, particularly from Monday into Tuesday as temperatures waltz back toward more tolerable 30s and 40s.
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