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The passage of a weak shortwave and surface trough after midnight into the very early morning hours on Thursday is expected to bring winds around from the W to NNW over Lake Erie.  This should allow a brief burst of … Continue reading →

Just some quick thoughts before I head out for the night… Winds will be WNW, however, am concerned the ice near the southern shore and also over the western basin extending into the central basin may allow the shoreline convergence … Continue reading →

Unfortunately, another snow event where I don’t have time to do more than a text-only write-up…pretty interesting forecast yet again… Snow should push onshore into northeastern Ashtabula and Erie County near the lakeshore by around noon Friday as winds on … Continue reading →

The GOES16 weather satellite is back in action and provides a very detailed look at some cool meteorological features…let’s dive in to what we can see: 1) LAKE EFFECT! Every large lake in the image (even Lake St. Clair) is … Continue reading →

This is a pretty interesting/tough forecast for the remainder of this LES event through Wednesday night… Indications are the band (which the heart of is actually north of Erie at the moment) will reach its farther north point by 7-8pm, … Continue reading →

Here’s my first guess on the LES…I’m trying to sneak in a nap before the Cavs play so this write-up will be a little more curt than normal with no images. Winds will turn around to a more due westerly … Continue reading →

Lake effect snow is on the way for Northeastern Ohio!  Some dry air and a short fetch may limit the snow outside of some narrow bands, but a lot of areas will see a few to several inches of snow…with … Continue reading →

    A generally cold week in the eastern US has eaten away at the warm departures over the Southeast on this map a week ago, and now overall the continental United States (CONUS) is running a -0.6 degree departure … Continue reading →

    A site for sore eyes…blue on a temperature anomaly map over the northeastern US so far in November.  The coldest air, by far, has been centered the northern Rockies and Plains, but has leaked east frequently.  As is … Continue reading →

A line of rain showers (possibly mixed with graupel) will push off of Lake Erie into northeast OH/northwest PA early Thursday evening.  Another batch of snow showers will likely push in later in the evening, possibly dropping some local light … Continue reading →