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FORECAST | Snow ending, windy & briefly mild

The last few hours of winter will feel like, well, winter

CLEVELAND — Winter is hanging on tight to its remaining hours as spring officially starts late tonight at 11:06 p.m. We still have some lake effect snow early this morning, but as winds shift out ahead of our next storm system, lake snow will begin to wind down pretty quickly this morning. 

Our next system zips in from the northwest later today. We'll turn windy out ahead of it and an area of warmer air to our west will try to get into northern Ohio. Temps should rebound into the mid and upper 40s, but with the gusty wind, it will feel more like the mid 30s for much of the day. 

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Briefly Mild Today

Behind this system, we'll turn colder again on Wednesday with scattered snow showers. Temps will remain steady or slowly fall through the 30s. Waking up Thursday, we'll be in a deep freeze with temps likely dropping into the upper 10s and low 20s. Yikes! Spring! 

Attention will then turn toward a system late week that will bring some rain and wet snow late Friday. As of right now, the track goes right through northern Ohio, bringing us mainly a cold rain.

In terms of any big warm-ups, we'll have to wait until perhaps next week. Signs point toward a trough developing out west, which would help push the temps upward in the eastern U.S. Model guidance still remains split on this idea, but what we do know is that we'll have to wait awhile before any spring-like air returns. 

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3-day forecast

TODAY: Becoming windy. Brief push of mild air. A rain or wet snow shower is possible.  Highs in the mid to upper 40s. 

WEDNESDAY: Scattered snow showers and colder again. Upper 30s. 

THURSDAY: Brighter but cold. Mid 30s.

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