Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Chilly weather and some sun today in Northeast Ohio will give way to warmer and wetter conditions

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Today will have more of a seasonal feel in Northeast Ohio ... not freezing, but definitely brisk, and there will be some wind for an added chill.

Tuesday saw temperatures reach 63 degrees and about a half-inch of rain in the afternoon and early evening. Today's high is not expected to go much above 40 degrees, with most of the day expected to be in the high 30s.

The good news is there should be at least some sunshine, and it might be the last significant sun sighting in a while. Temperatures will move into the upper 40s and might surpass 50 later in the week, but there will be strong chances of rain every day through Sunday.

Nationally, it's been a mild December for much of the nation. The Weather Channel reports that Chicago's latest "first measurable snow of the season" is on record as Dec. 16, 1965. Des Moines, Iowa, also is challenging its record for longest amount of days between a measurable snow (277 days), set in 1889.

The Weather Channel says this could soon change. It says cold air currently is trapped in Canada, but some of it is expected to move down into into the Rockies, Plains and Upper Midwest starting Friday. It's expected to expand into the Northern Great Lakes by this weekend. However, as of now, forecasts do not show this cold-air mass reaching Northeast Ohio.

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