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Good morning … Still not feeling the best, this won’t be an extended outlook today, we are cancelling all “regularly sch...
13/12/2025

Good morning …

Still not feeling the best, this won’t be an extended outlook today, we are cancelling all “regularly scheduled programming today”… see what I did there? I’m doing okay though, but just trying to ignore my phone today and sleep…

Anyways that arctic front and burst of of snow is in the area now. A little earlier than expected, but it is what it is. Two lines of snow bursts, one in the area now, one up by Detroit, will swing through this morning as we await the afternoon portion of snow. We won’t pick up a lot of snow off these 2 bands, but it could be enough to cover side roads, and your cars outside. So just be mindful of that this morning.

Nothing else has changed for the area. 1-5” of snow still expected over the area, more to our south, less to the north, based on the path it looks like this system is taking.

Please refer to yesterday’s posts for more info.

I’m really sorry to have to “cancel” the normal schedule but I really just don’t have the energy, and I need to feel better… you all are so kind to us, though, so I know you’re all going to be understanding.

Hav a great day out there. Stay safe!

12/12/2025

Good evening.

Got the little guy feeling better, now I’m not feeling well. We won’t be updating the weather for tomorrow.

That said, just expect a burst of snow, mid morning and additional snow showers through the afternoon and evening. Less amounts to our north near the lake, more in our southern areas. 1-5” is expected across the area.

We will see about further updates, but for now that’s generally what is still expected.

Stay safe out there and sleep well.

12/12/2025

Weeeeeeell. Just as suspected.

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a *WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY* for the following county… Lorain, from **1pm EST Saturday, until 7am EST Monday**.

2-4” of snow is expected in Lorain county, from the clipper system tomorrow. Additional 2-5” of snow, due to lake effect Saturday night through Sunday night, where lake effect snow bands persist.

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a *WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY* for the following counties… Richland and Ashland counties, from **1pm EST Saturday afternoon through 7am EST Sunday**.

This is for 3-5” of snow from that system coming through the area tomorrow afternoon and evening.

12/12/2025

Good afternoon everybody!

What a great day out there so far, amirite?

Good news as we continue through this afternoon. Though, we have started to see our skies start to fill up with clouds, we will remain pretty quiet, dry and calm. This really is just the calm before the storm tomorrow, though the worst of it will be to our south still. But any plans you have out there this afternoon, will be met with quiet conditions.

As we head into this evening, the skies should be pretty full of clouds. The good news, is that the clouds won’t produce anything. Any plans out there this evening will, again, be met with quiet conditions. Friday evening plans can go off without any issues.

As we head into the over night, more of the same can be expected. Clouds and calm conditions out there. We may see an isolated snow shower or two over night, out ahead of our system for tomorrow, but most of the snow should remain out of the area until tomorrow morning. Otherwise, those calm conditions should continue through the over night.

Temps will remain steady in the upper 20s to low 30s today. Lows tonight will drop back into the mid 20s.

If you have questions about tomorrow’s system, we did update that in the last post. We will update again, assuming my kiddo is still doing well in his recovery from being sick, tonight. But basically, the entire area could see 1-5” of snow. Higher totals near and south of route 30, and lesser totals towards the north. Further details are in the previous post though.

Have a great afternoon out there. Stay safe!

12/12/2025

Good morning again everybody!

Just wanna go over tomorrow’s snow chances. We touched on this in the morning update, but just wanted to actually get into the deets here a bit.

Clouds will increase going into this evening. Evening plans still look good for your Friday night if you’re going out to eat or headed to downtown Sandusky for their final Christmas market weekend, or whatever you have planned. Over night, clouds will continue, again, tonight will be dry overall, but cloudy.

As we get into the morning hours tomorrow, based on newest guidance, it seems as though west to east, anytime between 7 and 9am, we will have an arctic cold front come through. We may see a burst of snow, along the cold front, if this is the case, we could get a surprise dusting of snow first thing tomorrow morning. As we progress through the day, we will see the real weather maker come through. This will be thanks in large part, to a trough that will dig into the area. Realistically, the trough will be slower to pull through the area, so we won’t see the snow, as a result of this, until afternoon tomorrow. This system has trended north, so the trough won’t dig as far south, in turn giving us high snowfall accumulations in the forecast models. We will see probably, 3-5” near and south of route 30. So southern Richland and Ashland counties, in our area will take the brunt of this snowfall, while the areas to the north and up to the turnpike will likely see about 2-4”, while areas to the north of the turnpike, and up to the lake shore, will see 1-2”. There will be a cut off on these snow totals, that’s just highly dependent on exact track, but right now, over night models and late evening models adjusted the track to confidently show these increase in totals. Overall, it’s nothing that we can’t handle. We will just need to be safe and smart tomorrow afternoon.

All of this said, I won’t be surprised to see winter weather advisories issued for at least Richland and Ashland counties sometime today, or even over night. The snow totals certainly support that idea. We will pass them along when, and if they decide to issue them.

As we see the cold front and Low pressure come through the area, we will see the winds pick up as well. Sustained winds will likely be about 10-20mph with gusts to 30mph. If you’re from around here, you know that, the colder the air, the dryer the snow. Dry snow, is easily blown around, as we saw on Tuesday. Similar conditions will be with us tomorrow. So keep all of this in mind as you make your plans for tomorrow. It won’t be the amount of snow, but the winds too. The falling snow, will be out of the area by tomorrow evening, but the winds will persist.

That’s what we have for you, for tomorrow. We will update as needed.

Enjoy that sunshine out there! Certainly feels good! We will be back in a couple of hours for the afternoon. Update, but spoiler alert, it looks good!

Stay safe!

12/12/2025

Lorain county has cancelled their *LEVEL 1* snow advisory.

12/12/2025

Good morning everybody, and happy Friday! We made it, we survived another week!

Aside from a little bit of lake effect that’s currently in Lorain county, and parts of Erie county, the rest of the area remains dry. This will continue through these earlier morning hours, so while northern Lorain county, to central Lorain county, looks like Oberlin, Lorain, Elyria, and Avon may be getting that lake effect, the rest of us are missing out on the snow. But that’s okay, we have increasing odds for tomorrow. More on this later!

As we get through sunrise, and through the morning hours, quiet conditions will be with us. A High pressure will briefly begin to move in late this morning, which should eat away at any remaining snow showers in the area and shut off the Lake Effect machine. We do have that clipper system, that’s passing by us to our southwest. This will continue to do so, as we head through the morning as well. We can’t rule out a passing snow shower or two with this, as well as that Lake Effect, but we should, for the most part, stay dry out there this morning.

As we head into the afternoon, that high pressure really moves in overhead. This will shut down that Lake Effect by the afternoon, so the whole area should start to calm down. By the afternoon, the clipper system should be far enough past us, that we won’t have to worry about those snow showers either, as that High pressure will really block us from getting anything from that by the afternoon. However, still can’t rule out that chance of a passing snow shower, through lunch time, but mostly we should be done with those snow chances. Outside of that, the High pressure should eat away at some of the cloud cover today and we should get some peaks of sunshine out there as well. We all could use it at this point.

As we head into the evening, we will still have a few breaks in the clouds over head. But clouds will be on the increase. This will be out ahead of tomorrow’s system that will be with us. This evening will be quiet, aside from those building clouds, so any Friday night activities can go off with no issues tonight. Overall, a very nice Friday evening.

The over night period will be quiet as well across the area. Clouds will continue to build in, but we won’t really see anything come of them until tomorrow. So, if you’re out and about late tonight, have no fear, aside from those clouds, all will be well tonight! Really, a Friday night to enjoy tonight. Yay!

Highs today will get into the mid 30s across the area. Lows tonight will drop into the mid to upper 20s with that cloud cover.

Thats all we have for you today! Have a great day out there! Stay safe, and stay warm!

12/12/2025

Lorain county has issued a *LEVEL 1* snow advisory. This was active about 2.5 hours ago… sorry for the delayed post…

11/12/2025

Erie county has cancelled their *LEVEL 1* snow advisory.

11/12/2025

Seneca county has cancelled their *LEVEL 1* snow advisory.

Good afternoon everybody!Those lake effect snow showers are just hanging around this early afternoon. These will fluctua...
11/12/2025

Good afternoon everybody!

Those lake effect snow showers are just hanging around this early afternoon. These will fluctuate with the wind flow coming off the lake as we move on through the afternoon. These will vary in intensity as lake effect does that all the time. We shouldn’t really see much, if any, new snow accumulations out of these. If we see a heavy burst, or if they are persistent, then we may pick up another dusting to an inch across the area. Otherwise, cloudy, gusty winds, as we continue through the afternoon.

As we get into the evening, the snow showers may still be hanging around. This lake effect should all get pushed into the snow belt eventually, but sometimes Mother Nature just takes her time in doing so. We need the wind to change direction for that to happen. Again, cloudy and some wind gusts out there at times, for the most part. Little to no new snow accumulations are expected, but again, if we get consistent snow showers and heavier bursts, we may get some small accumulations.

Overnight, we will have more cloudy conditions coming our way. We are still expecting to see some snow showers develop early in the morning, as we watch another clipper system go by the area. If you’re looking for some good snow accumulation, you’ll want to heads towards Columbus, but around here we will see some snow showers come and go through the over night and then into tomorrow morning. We could see about a half inch of snow accumulations, so really nothing to get excited about.

Temps today will remain steady in the upper 20s. The wind gusts at times will make it feel colder out there though. Lows tonight will drop back into the low 20s across the area.

Have a great afternoon out there! Stay warm, and stay safe!

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