Rain will move in early Wednesday, and continue throughout the day before colder air moves in, changing precipitation to freezing rain Wednesday night.
The watch goes into effect at 10 a.m. Wednesday through 7 a.m. Friday for Champaign, Clark, Greene, Miami, Montgomery and Preble counties, issued by the National Weather Service in Wilmington. The watch, issued Monday afternoon, calls for a heavy wintry mix, with possible accumulations of 6 to 11 inches of snow and one-tenth to four-tenths an inch of ice.
[7:04 PM] Here is our latest official snowfall and ice accumulation amounts for the upcoming winter storm. This will be a long duration event with impacts occurring earliest across west-central Ohio and eastern Indiana. Stay tuned for updates. #inwx #ohwx #kywx pic.twitter.com/nSWniEJI3M
— NWS Wilmington OH (@NWSILN) February 1, 2022
The high temperature Wednesday will be 43 degrees, but colder air moves in, changing the precipitation to freezing rain Wednesday night.
The freezing rain is expected to last throughout Thursday before changing to snow, according to the NWS.
Thursday night will bring lower temperatures, falling to around 10 degrees.
The colder weather will remain for Friday and the days to come.
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