Rain, ice, snow to create significant impacts in Cincinnati area

NEWS AT LEAST ONEME ARICAN ATHLETE HAS BEEN SIDELINED BY CORONAVIRUS. THAT’S AMERICAN BOBSLEDDER JOSH WILLIAMS. HE WAS UNABLE TO BOARD HIS FLIGHT DUE TO A POSITIVE TEST AND HE SAID IT IN INSTAGRAM POST THAT HE DOES. HOPE TO TEST NEGATIVE AND COMPETE IN TIME FOR THE GAMES. OKAY, SO THAT STARTS ON FRIDAY, BUT UNTIL FRIDAY IN THE WEATHER DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A LOT TO GO GET THROUGH BEFORE WE CAN EVEN MAKE IT TO THE OPENGNI RIGHT IT’S NICE THAT TODAY IS NICE BECAUSE THERE’S A LOT OF FORECASTING STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS MAJOR SYSTEM THAT’S ON THE WAY BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO BRING EVERYTHING A DAY FULL OF RAIN A DAY FULL OF THAT ICY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEEP AND EVENTUALLY SOME SNOW SHOWERS. SO AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WINTER STORM WATCH IT IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA WEDNESDAY EVENING UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING, SO LET’S KIND OF TAKE YOU THROUGH HOW THIS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT. SO STARTING WITH TOMORROW. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE RAIN TODAY. WE’RE GOING TO BE IN THE MID UPPER S.50 TOMORROW IN THE 40S SO A COLRDE RAIN, BUT PRETTY STEADY THROUGH THE DAY HEAVY AT TIMES AS WE GET INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. I THINK OUR EXTMERE NORTHWESTERN COMMUNITIES FAYETTE UNION COUNTIES, YOU’LL START TO SEE THAT TRANSITION FIRST, BUT FOR MOST OF US, IT’LL BE WEDNESDAY OVERNIGHT INTO VERY EARLY THURSDAY MNIORNG THAT WE OH FROM RAINO T FREEZING RAIN AND ICE ACCUMULATION IS LOOKING LIKELY FOR US ON THURAYSD IN THE REALM OF A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET EXPECTED THROUGH THE BULK OF GER THURSDAY THAT WLIL CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO SAG. IT’LL CAUSE TRAVEL TO BE SLIPPER SLIPPERY, ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES FIRST, BUT IN MANY PLACES WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME ICY ROADS THURSDAY. IT’S THURSDAY EVENING AND TIME FOR ABOUT THE EVENING COMMUTER KI ONDF ON THE BACK END OF THE EVENING RUSH THAT WILL STARTO T COOL DOWN EVEN MORE IN THE UPPER LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND THEN YOU LKOO AT SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING, SO I KNOW WHEN WE SAY WINTER STORM EVERY GOES. ALL RIGHT, HOW MUCH SNOW? SNOWED MIGHT NOT BE THE MOST IMPACTFUL FACTOR FROM THIS IT WOULD BE THAT DAY FULL OF ICA ACCUMULATION ON THURSDAY. THAT’LL B TEHE BIGGER ISSUE FOR US AT LEAST RIGHT NOW. SO AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MIDWKEE STO,RM YOU CAN SEE BY TOMORROW MORNING THAT RAIN STARTING TO MOVE IN. THEY’RE GONNA BE SPOTS THAT GET A BLOCKBUSTER SNOWSTORM OUT OF THIS TAKE A LOOK AREAS THAT START SNOW AND STAY SNOW COULD SEE REALLY IMPRESSIVE SNOWFALL TOTALS, BUT FOR US WE’RE STARTING WITH THE WARM AIR, SO WE HAVE A DAY OF RAIN HERE AS WE GO THROUGH WEDNESDAY RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY HEAVY AT TIMES. IN FACT, YOU CAN SEE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT JUST STARTING TO SEE THAT FREEZING RAIN LINE START TO MOVE INTO OUR AREA SO WE WILL TRANSITIONS A WE GO THROUGH WEDNESDAY EARLY IN THROUGH THE WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY MORNING. I’M SORRY. THIS IS THURSDAY THURSDAY MORNING RUSH. YOU’LL NOTICE THAT PINK TAKING OVER. THAT’S THE ICY GLAZE THAT’S FREEZING RAIN. SO SOME ROADS WILLET GCY I FIRST AND THEN EVERYBODY JUST LOOKING AT SUSTAINED FREEZING RAIN AND SLEETOR F THE DAY ON THURSDAY EVENTUALLY BY THURSDAY EVENING FIVE. O’CLOCK TAKE A LOOK THAT TRANSITION LINE TO SNOW WORKING RIGHT INTO HAMILTON COUNTY IN THE 275 LOOP DURING THAT THURSDAY EVENING COMTEMU THE SUN’S GOING DOWN AND I THINK THE ROAD CONDITIONS THOUGH. THEY’LL BE POTENTIALLY ICY THROUGH THE DAY THEN YOU’VE GOT SNOW ON TOP OF IT AS WE GO INTO THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SO RIGHT NOW HOW ABOUT 31 DEGREES FEELS LIKE 23, BUT TODAY IS ACTUALLY A REALLY NICEAY D. IT’S FEBRUARY AND WE’RE TALKING MID UPPER 50S 56 DEGREES THIS AFTERNN,O SOO JOY TODAY BE READY FOR RAIN THROUGH THE DAY THMORR.OW AT’S WHY WEDNESDAY GROUNDHOG DAY IS A WEATHER IMPACT DAY THEN THURSDAY ICE WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET YOUR PRIMYAR PRECIPITATION TYPE ON THURSDAY TRANSITIONING TO SOME SNOW WITH ACCUMULATI

Winter storm watch: Rain, ice, snow to create significant impacts in Cincinnati area

Updated: 8:51 AM EST Feb 1, 2022

February is here and it won't feel like winter today. We enjoy winds from the south today that drive temperatures up into the mid/upper 50s Tuesday. But run your errands today because tomorrow is a soaker, and a major winter storm is headed our way to close out the workweek.LIVE RADAR // LATEST WEATHER ALERTS // CLOSINGSA Winter Storm Watch has been expanded to include the entire WLWT viewing area ahead of the winter storm.Rain will arrive Wednesday morning with highs in the mid/upper 40s. Rain will dwindle to showers Wednesday evening and night with colder air arriving before sunrise Thursday. Rain will transition to freezing rain with ice accumulations expected through the day as temperatures fall into the 20s. Ice, freezing rain and sleet will end as a little snow. Significant ice accumulations are possible along with locally heavy rain that will result in water rises on smaller creeks and streams. The winter storm will be over by Friday morning with lows expected to drop to around 18. Sunshine will return Friday, but it will be frigid as we stay below freezing. As details become more clear, expect small changes that could have big impacts on what your neighborhood could see.A warm-up will begin over the weekend after a frigid Saturday in the mid-20s. Highs Sunday under partly cloudy skies will reach the upper 30s as we begin to thaw out.

CINCINNATI —

February is here and it won't feel like winter today.

We enjoy winds from the south today that drive temperatures up into the mid/upper 50s Tuesday. But run your errands today because tomorrow is a soaker, and a major winter storm is headed our way to close out the workweek.

LIVE RADAR // LATEST WEATHER ALERTS // CLOSINGS

A Winter Storm Watch has been expanded to include the entire WLWT viewing area ahead of the winter storm.

Rain will arrive Wednesday morning with highs in the mid/upper 40s.

Rain will dwindle to showers Wednesday evening and night with colder air arriving before sunrise Thursday. Rain will transition to freezing rain with ice accumulations expected through the day as temperatures fall into the 20s.

Ice, freezing rain and sleet will end as a little snow. Significant ice accumulations are possible along with locally heavy rain that will result in water rises on smaller creeks and streams.

The winter storm will be over by Friday morning with lows expected to drop to around 18. Sunshine will return Friday, but it will be frigid as we stay below freezing. As details become more clear, expect small changes that could have big impacts on what your neighborhood could see.

A warm-up will begin over the weekend after a frigid Saturday in the mid-20s. Highs Sunday under partly cloudy skies will reach the upper 30s as we begin to thaw out.