19 First Alert Weather Day: Very cold pattern with lake effect snow in area through Wednesday

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The two big weather stories heading into the next few days are lake effect snow for areas east of Cleveland starting this afternoon, and another round of bitter cold temperatures. with subzero wind chills, Wednesday and Thursday.

Lake effect snow bands will continue to develop along the lakeshore and east of Cleveland.

Lake and Ashtabula county are under a WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning.

Where squalls persist, areas of the snowbelt could pick up an additional 3-5″+.

Ice coverage continues to expand on Lake Erie, especially on the western basin.

A lot of the lake still has thin ice coverage which means lake effect snow will still be possible through the next few days.

Temperatures tonight dip into the single digits for many.

A frigid day tomorrow as high temperatures won’t make it out of the teens.

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