A number of schools, businesses, and churches announced closures for Sunday and Monday across Greater Cincinnati in anticipation of the major winter storm that is taking aim at the area.
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Our winter storm continues to move in Sunday and we are under a Winter Storm Warning through Monday night. Travel will become very difficult later today and even near-impossible at times.
Snow will continue to overspread the area into the afternoon. Road temperatures are below freezing so this will stick, especially on untreated surfaces. Snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour are possible this evening and this is when I expect roads to really go downhill. Visibilities will also be greatly reduced due to the heavy snow.
Some warmer air higher in the atmosphere will nudge in here from the south late tonight. This will provide several areas with sleet and freezing rain at times, the most concerning being areas near Owenton, east to portions of Mason and Robertson counties. This is where the freezing rain potential is highest and where we could see some power outages.
We switch back to snow Monday morning, with additional accumulation likely throughout the day. We’ll also be breezy with wind gusts up to 25 mph.
Totals as of now will be highest south of I-70. Five to 8 inches of snow looks possible in portions of Butler, Warren and Clinton counties — as well as Fayette, Franklin, and Union counties in southeast Indiana. Localized higher amounts will be possible with a heavier band of snow that will set up.
South of the Ohio River, 2-4 inches of snow and sleet look possible. Up to 0.25 inches of ice is possible in our southernmost communities. All totals are Sunday and Monday combined.
A cold stretch settles in through the first full week of January. By Wednesday, wind chills will be in the single digits and dip below zero for Thursday morning. This lingers through the rest of the week.
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