The biggest winter snow storm in years battered Cincinnati overnight, dropping at least 5 inches of snow for most areas, with some seeing more than 10 inches.And the snow is not over yet, with two more rounds expected by the end of the week. With bitter cold temperatures, the snow on the ground is not going anywhere. When all is said and done, some communities could see more than a foot of snow by the week’s end.LIVE RADAR // LATEST WEATHER ALERTS // CLOSURES & DELAYSThe big snow moved in late Monday and parked itself over Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky in the overnight hours. This system was definitely an overachiever, bringing heavy snow mainly between midnight and 3 a.m.The system brought 2 to 3 inches of snow per hour in some areas.“That is a crazy snowfall rate, one that road crews couldn’t possibly keep up with,” said WLWT meteorologist Randi Rico. “So that’s how we went from 2 to 4 inches of snow to having 8 to 10 inches of snow in some towns in the middle of the night.”SNOW TOTALS: How much snow did your community receive?And given the cold ground temperatures, that snow will likely linger through most of the week. This snowfall will be coupled with two more chances of accumulating snow this week, with no signs of melting. A SECOND ROUND OF SNOWSnow is done falling Tuesday. For the rest of the day, expect mostly cloudy skies with temperatures around freezing throughout the day.By Tuesday night, another — and possibly even more potent storm center — will ride along the arctic cold front through Kentucky bringing widespread freezing rain and sleet south of the Ohio River.Another round of snow will move in from the south beginning Wednesday afternoon. Expect this system to move in between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Wednesday.Heavier snow bands will focus on the area’s southernmost communities. That system will linger overnight and into Thursday morning, bringing another 1 to 3 inches of snow to the area by Thursday morning. The potential for more than 2 inches of snow exists mainly along or south of the Ohio River. “Some places that had 10 inches last night, add another 2 or 3 inches, and we’ve got a foot of snow, and we haven’t made it to Thursday,” Rico said.A POTENTIAL THIRD ROUND Cincinnati will get a break from the busy weather Friday into Saturday, before another potent storm arrives Saturday night and into Valentine’s Day.This could also be accompanied by the brutal cold we have been watching with highs in the teens Sunday and below zero for lows by Sunday night. Details of this system are still being worked out, but it could bring with it more accumulating snow. Stay tuned.
The biggest winter snow storm in years battered Cincinnati overnight, dropping at least 5 inches of snow for most areas, with some seeing more than 10 inches.
And the snow is not over yet, with two more rounds expected by the end of the week.
With bitter cold temperatures, the snow on the ground is not going anywhere. When all is said and done, some communities could see more than a foot of snow by the week’s end.
LIVE RADAR // LATEST WEATHER ALERTS // CLOSURES & DELAYS
The big snow moved in late Monday and parked itself over Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky in the overnight hours. This system was definitely an overachiever, bringing heavy snow mainly between midnight and 3 a.m.
The system brought 2 to 3 inches of snow per hour in some areas.
“That is a crazy snowfall rate, one that road crews couldn’t possibly keep up with,” said WLWT meteorologist Randi Rico. “So that’s how we went from 2 to 4 inches of snow to having 8 to 10 inches of snow in some towns in the middle of the night.”
SNOW TOTALS: How much snow did your community receive?
And given the cold ground temperatures, that snow will likely linger through most of the week. This snowfall will be coupled with two more chances of accumulating snow this week, with no signs of melting.
A SECOND ROUND OF SNOW
Snow is done falling Tuesday. For the rest of the day, expect mostly cloudy skies with temperatures around freezing throughout the day.
By Tuesday night, another — and possibly even more potent storm center — will ride along the arctic cold front through Kentucky bringing widespread freezing rain and sleet south of the Ohio River.
Another round of snow will move in from the south beginning Wednesday afternoon. Expect this system to move in between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Heavier snow bands will focus on the area’s southernmost communities. That system will linger overnight and into Thursday morning, bringing another 1 to 3 inches of snow to the area by Thursday morning.
The potential for more than 2 inches of snow exists mainly along or south of the Ohio River.
“Some places that had 10 inches last night, add another 2 or 3 inches, and we’ve got a foot of snow, and we haven’t made it to Thursday,” Rico said.
A POTENTIAL THIRD ROUND
Cincinnati will get a break from the busy weather Friday into Saturday, before another potent storm arrives Saturday night and into Valentine’s Day.
This could also be accompanied by the brutal cold we have been watching with highs in the teens Sunday and below zero for lows by Sunday night.
Details of this system are still being worked out, but it could bring with it more accumulating snow. Stay tuned.