A major winter storm is moving through the Cincinnati area, creating significant impacts on roadways.LIVE RADAR // LATEST WEATHER ALERTS // CLOSINGSWatch our livestream of road conditions in the video player aboveWe're tracking the latest road conditions as the winter weather moves through.Significant impacts from the winter storm are expected Thursday through Friday. Travel is strongly discouraged Thursday.A winter storm warning for the entire WLWT viewing area is in effect through Friday morning. An ice storm warning is also in effect for southern communities through Friday morning.As expected we have all forms of wintry precipitation in our region. We started the day with rain but quickly turned to a mix of freezing rain and sleet through the morning. The roads have continually gotten worse through the late morning hours and into lunchtime.We'll likely see a time of heavy sleet as we push into the lunch hour and the afternoon. This will continue to deteriorate the roads across the region. Winds will be sustained to around 20 mph at times Thursday. This will create reduced visibility and sleet/freezing rain that comes down sideways.A wintry mix will begin to transition to snow through the I-275 loop and points west through the late afternoon and early evening Thursday. This is thanks to the colder air working in. Everyone sees snow through the overnight as temperatures drop to the teens.Snow continues through Friday morning. As of right now, the greatest accumulation of snow will be northwest of the 275 loop (north of 74 in SE Indiana and northernmost Butler County) with 4 to 6 inches or more possible.In and around the 275 loop and much of Greater Cincinnati will see more sleet than ice accumulation, then snow.Snow will end early Friday morning with accumulations around 1 to 3 inches.To the south and east of the I-71/75 split, the freezing rain lingers longer. This means the ice accumulation there could be 0.5 inches which causes power issues and roads turn to ice rinks. The snow totals there will be the lowest around an inch or so.Bitter cold will follow for Friday and the start of the weekend before thawing out Sunday.
A major winter storm is moving through the Cincinnati area, creating significant impacts on roadways.
LIVE RADAR // LATEST WEATHER ALERTS // CLOSINGS
Watch our livestream of road conditions in the video player above
We're tracking the latest road conditions as the winter weather moves through.
Significant impacts from the winter storm are expected Thursday through Friday. Travel is strongly discouraged Thursday.
A winter storm warning for the entire WLWT viewing area is in effect through Friday morning. An ice storm warning is also in effect for southern communities through Friday morning.
As expected we have all forms of wintry precipitation in our region. We started the day with rain but quickly turned to a mix of freezing rain and sleet through the morning. The roads have continually gotten worse through the late morning hours and into lunchtime.
We'll likely see a time of heavy sleet as we push into the lunch hour and the afternoon. This will continue to deteriorate the roads across the region. Winds will be sustained to around 20 mph at times Thursday. This will create reduced visibility and sleet/freezing rain that comes down sideways.
A wintry mix will begin to transition to snow through the I-275 loop and points west through the late afternoon and early evening Thursday. This is thanks to the colder air working in. Everyone sees snow through the overnight as temperatures drop to the teens.
Snow continues through Friday morning. As of right now, the greatest accumulation of snow will be northwest of the 275 loop (north of 74 in SE Indiana and northernmost Butler County) with 4 to 6 inches or more possible.
In and around the 275 loop and much of Greater Cincinnati will see more sleet than ice accumulation, then snow.
Snow will end early Friday morning with accumulations around 1 to 3 inches.
To the south and east of the I-71/75 split, the freezing rain lingers longer. This means the ice accumulation there could be 0.5 inches which causes power issues and roads turn to ice rinks. The snow totals there will be the lowest around an inch or so.
Bitter cold will follow for Friday and the start of the weekend before thawing out Sunday.
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