From the National Weather Service:
… LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS… 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW MAINLY EAST SIDE. * TIMING… SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW LIKELY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH EARLY FRIDAY. * IMPACTS… LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND SNOW SQUALLS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND VERY POOR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. * WINDS… WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES… 4 TO 15 ABOVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW… OFTEN IN LOCALIZED AREAS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST FOR POSSIBLE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNINGS. &&
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.THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WORKWEEK. WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS LAKE ERIE WILL CAUSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY AND INTENSIFY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. IN ADDITION TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW… STRONG SURFACE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING ALONG WITH WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO. SNOWFALL RATES COULD APPROACH 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH THE HEAVIER BANDS. THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR EAST OF CLEVELAND WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE SNOW BANDS.
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Yeah, so about that snow….? I should have been a meteorologist!