"So it'll get to Tuesday and Wednesday it should start to warm up and start to melt." "The snow's just gonna stick around to the weekend at least, and then we are going to start to gradually warm up as we go into next week," said Lott. He said to expect the snow to stick around for Christmas and into early next week. Last week a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Wilmington, told The Dispatch it was too early to tell if Columbus would see snow on Sunday, but that changed shortly after, said National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Lott. But this year, it turns out there will be snow on the ground come Dec. Last week it was too soon to tell whether Columbus residents would get a white Christmas. Those traveling on the roads may subject themselves to arrest." Columbus to get a white Christmas after all All employees should contact their employer to see if they should report to work. No one should be driving during these conditions unless it is absolutely necessary to travel or a personal emergency exists. "All roadways are closed to non-emergency personnel. According to the sheriff's office, an emergency of that level is defined as:Īt 7:30 p.m., the Delaware County Sheriff's Office raised its Level 2 snow emergency to a Level three emergency, according to the sheriff's office Facebook page. This morning, Licking, Delaware, Madison and Fairfield counties also declared Level 2 snow emergencies.Īnd around mid-day, Pickaway County was raised to a Level 3 snow emergency and after 5 p.m., Licking County was moved to a Level 3 Snow Emergency, according to a tweet from the county's Emergency Management. More: What does it mean when Franklin County, Columbus are under snow emergencies? More: Warming centers open for Columbus homeless as cold weather hits, but hours limited at most urging motorists to drive cautiously and warning of hazardous roads. The sheriff's office had declared a Level 1 snow emergency for the county around 1:30 a.m.
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Drivers are urged to ask their employers if they should report to work. tweet, means that in addition to blowing and drifting snow, roads are very icy and only necessary travel is recommended.
The first real storm of the season hit Columbus overnight, bringing with it plenty of winter fury and flurries - and a Level 2 snow emergency for residents of Franklin County.Ī Level 2 snow emergency, which was announced by the Franklin County Sheriff's office in a 5:36 a.m. Most indications are for 1-2″ of melted water to fall through this event across the state, which will mean large snowfall totals for some, heavy icing for some, and some flooding for others over the frozen grounds.View Gallery: PHOTOS: Winter Storm Elliott batters Columbus Overall there is one thing almost of the of the data has locked on, and its that this system will be a slow moving system with ample moisture, meaning wet. To the southeast part of the state, heavy rains will be the main type, ending with some snow late Thursday night. during the period, with freezing rain and sleet, along with eventually snow falling as well. The I-71 corridor is likely going to see a heavy mix of wintry precip. types, with the best chances of heavy snowfall in the north/northwest part of the state. Wednesday overnight into Thursday will be when we see the shift from rain to mixed precip. Right now as the system is still quite far away, and has not fully formed yet, the track will be critical to the eventual precip. Wednesday will be the start of this winter storm, in fact, parts of our area (likely to be expanded/upgraded a bit) are under Winter Storm Watches for Wednesday later to Friday morning. We will start to see cloud cover increasing during the day on Tuesday, but it will be one of our warmest days in a while with highs back into the upper 40s with some low 50s possible in the south. A hint of Spring getting closer is the average high and low temps are starting to go back up again, as the mid-point of winter is Wednesday this week.Įxpect partly cloudy skies overnight with winds light to calm with temps in the lower 20s early and then starting to climb a bit as we head toward morning. It was a pretty looking fairly seasonal day to start the work week with temps in the middle to upper 30s today with plenty of sunshine. Wednesday: Rain likely, some heavy at times, high 44.Tuesday: Clouds increase, much warmer, high 47.Tonight: Partly cloudy, seasonal, low 22.
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