Supposed to fly out Tuesday Morning at 630 am


LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST TUESDAY...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST TUESDAY.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES COULD APPROACH TWO INCHES PER HOUR WITH THE HEAVIER BANDS. RAPID CHANGES IN DRIVING CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITY SHOULD BE EXPECTED. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVELING OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY.

THE HEAVIEST LAKE EFFECT SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL LIKELY FALL OVER INLAND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. MORE THAN A FOOT OF SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE MEADVILLE AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED OVERNIGHT IN BOTH ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. LOCAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO A FOOT CANNOT BE RULED OUT OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY WITH SIMILAR AMOUNTS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. SOME LOCATIONS COULD HAVE BETWEEN TWO AND THREE FEET OF SNOW ON THE GROUND BY TUESDAY EVENING. LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WILL SEE LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL. BUT... EVEN THE CITY OF ERIE COULD HAVE UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW BY TUESDAY.

IN NORTHEAST OHIO... THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO BE OVER LAKE AND GEAUGA COUNTIES. A BAND OF INTENSE SNOWFALL HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER THAT AREA. OVERNIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY. LOCAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE IN THE WARNING AREA. IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE EASTERN END OF THE COUNTY. WESTERN PORTIONS OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY WILL SEE NO MORE THAN AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. TRUMBULL... PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE COUNTY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL DROP OFF SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE SOUTH. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ON MONDAY ACROSS ALL OF THE WARNING AREA WITH SIMILAR AMOUNTS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. A FEW LOCATIONS IN GEAUGA AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES COULD HAVE UP TO TWO FEET OF SNOW ON THE GROUND BY TUESDAY EVENING.

REMEMBER... LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXTREMELY VARIABLE. ACCUMULATIONS CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY OVER JUST A FEW MILES. BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN CONDITIONS AND ALLOW FOR EXTRA TRAVEL TIME. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME A PROBLEM AS THE SNOW STARTS TO PILE UP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IN NARROW BANDS TO CLEAR SKIES JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN ROAD AND VISIBILITY CONDITIONS.

I just put on the Weather Channel it looks like northeast Ohio is in for a huge snow dump.

I was looking forward to leering at the hot blond weather lady Heather but all I got was Al Roker.

Appears to be North, yet so is their airport. Go later.

Got home, Was just a snowy windy take off.