10/29/2024
WT Staff
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October 29, 2024 1130 am EDT
NWS: Elevated fire danger this afternoon
Hazardous Weather Outlook issued 451 am Tues Oct 29 from NWS Cleveland
Gusty southwest winds of 30 to 40 mph today will lead to minimum Relative Humidity
values of 40 to 45% in northwest and north central Ohio this
afternoon. This combined with anomalous warmth and drought
conditions could lead to fire spread.
Gusty southwest winds of 30 to 40 mph again Wednesday will lead to
minimum RH values of 40 to 45% in northwest and north central Ohio
in the afternoon. This combined with anomalous warmth and drought
conditions could lead to fire spread.
Impacting Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Wyandot-
Crawford-Richland-Marion-Morrow-Knox Counties
Streamflow Situation from the network of USGS monitors in Ohio
From Marion Municipal Airport, conditions are sunny and breezy, the expected high 77. Low relative humidity this afternoon presents fire danger, in light of the drought conditions. Current streamflows are at record low levels through the Muskingum River basin, Tuscarawas River, Muskingum River and Little Muskingum River running at unprecedented low levels for this time of year. Muskingum River is running record low flows at Dresden and McConnelsville today, Salt Creek is extreme low near Chandlersville, Little Muskingum River is 1st percentile low near Bloomfield, Yellow River at 1st percentile near Hammondsville.
26 out of 32 watersheds of Ohio are rated on the drought map Tuesday. Severe drought continues to grip the southeast from the central Muskingum River basin to the Ohio River. Severe drought has expanded overnight in the Muskingum River basin to include Hocking River watershed through Hocking and Athens Counties, joining adjacent watersheds also rated severe drought, Muskingum River, Wills Creek, Walhonding River and Little Muskingum River watersheds. Adjacent Ohio River minor tributaries Wheeling Creek and Shade River watersheds remain in severe hydrologic drought, adjacent to the west, Raccoon-Symmes and Scioto basin's Tygarts watershed are rated with moderate drought, skipping over the Ohio River tributaries Brush Creek and Whiteoak Creek watershed (unrated) to the Laughery watershed in Hamilton County, moderate drought. North of the divide into the Lake Erie drainage area, Sandusky River watershed and Grand River watershed have amped up to moderate drought overnight. Auglaize and Lower Maumee River continue in moderate drought in the northwest, just five watersheds in this basin are evading a drought rating, those being Upper Maumee and Tiffin River, Cedar-Portage River and Blanchard River watersheds, as yet unrated. In the northeast, Black-Rocky and Ashtabula-Chagrin watersheds are unrated. The rest are rated below normal, if not already named in moderate or severe drought.
South of the drainage divide, jusst one watershed avoids the drought, that being Ohio River minor tributary Brush-Whiteoak watershed covering Brown, Adams and south Highland County.
WT HAB Tracker from the satellite monitoring program of the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science(NCCOS)
The latest upload from NCCOS was captured Oct 28 at surface wind speed 5.4 mph. This capture is completely clear with more of the HAB mass showing up now that the wind has died down a bit. Sandusky Bay HAB is still around, having appeared as dispersed clumps the past few windy days, now we see it back together, widespread in the inner and outer bay area east and west of OH 269 at the concentration 300 to 400 thousand cells per ml. What we saw as a band of dispersed HABs outside Sandusky Bay stretching to the east Vermilion-on-the-Lake has spread out further into open water, enveloping Kelleys Island with low concentration HABs, 100 thousand cells per ml or less.
See the latest NCCOS image, here.
NWS Cleveland calling for Snow Observers
The National Weather Service (NWS) in Cleveland is looking for new volunteers to measure snow in the Snow Observation Program. If you are already in the program, you do not need to re-apply.
New snow observers are needed in all of the counties that NWS Cleveland serves. Check the openings on the map of snow spotters locations, here.
Each snowflake represents an existing snow spotter. NWS is hoping to fill the gaps for the 2024-2025 winter season.
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