1/17/2025
WT Staff
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January 17, 2025 1203 pm EST
NWS: Get ready for dangerously cold temps coming next week
Hazardous Weather Outlook issued by NWS Cleveland at 657 am Fri Jan 17
An Arctic air mass will arrive across the region this Monday into
Tuesday. Wind chills are likely to fall below -15F and prompt cold
weather headlines. Stay tuned for updates.
See NWS winter weather safety information for at home and on the road, here.
Impacting Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga-
Ashtabula Inland-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-
Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-
Holmes-Knox-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-Southern Erie Counties
Hazardous Weather Outlook issued by NWS Wilmington at 356 am Fri Jan 17
An extended stretch of bitterly cold temperatures and wind chills is
expected Monday through Wednesday. High temperatures on Monday and
Tuesday will only be in the single digits. Wind chill readings as
low as 10 to 25 degrees below zero will be possible at times Monday
morning through Wednesday morning.
See NWS winter weather safety information for at home and on the road, here.
Impacting Wayne-Fayette-Union-Franklin-Hardin-Mercer-Auglaize-Darke-Shelby-
Logan-Delaware-Miami-Champaign-Clark-Madison-Licking-Preble-
Montgomery-Greene-Pickaway-Fairfield-Butler-Warren-Clinton Counties
Streamflow Situation from the network of US Geological Survey monitors in Ohio
Water levels remain below normal statewide. The extreme low level reported in Sandusky River watershed yesterday remains on the dashboard, a first percentile record low measurement again today. Much below normal ratings continue on both sides of the state height-of-land divide. Extreme drought in Ohio River minor tributary Wheeling Creek watershed has backed off to a below normal rating overnight. Wills Creek watershed of the Muskingum River basin of central Ohio remains in severe drought. Much of the lower Muskingum basin remains below normal, along with Mohican River watershed in the upper basin. The Ohio River minor tributaries Little Beaver Creek, Wheeling Creek, Shade River and Raccoon-Symmes watersheds are below normal. In the Lake Erie basin, below ratings apply to St.Josephs, Sandusky and Grand River watersheds.
Cleveland local forecast office reports fair conditions Friday, 31 degrees heading for a high 35 degrees under sunny skies. Rain is likely overnight, mainly after 2 am, up to a quarter inch. Snow will come Saturday, possibly mixed with rain. Up to half an inch snow accumulation possible. Fair conditions, 30 degrees in the south, NWS Wilmington reporting fair conditions, just above freezing at 33 degrees with an expected high 39. Rain will start tonight, mainly after 3am, up to a quarter inch possible. NWS reports 100% chance of rain and snow for the south Saturday before 3pm. Snow and rain will turn to snow only in the latter part of the afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Safe Drinking Water Advisories
The new quarterly stats are out from EPA, the serious violator list has been updated, the new report for Ohio is in progress. More to follow. See the prior quarter stats, how Ohio drinking water facilities compliance compares to facilities in New York, Georgia, Louisiana and California.
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