Round 2 - November 15th

We got a little more ice here in Central Ohio than I was anticipating last night, but nothing that truly stuck to the roads and caused major problems. Instead it was tree icing that caused most of our problems, with many tree branches snapping under the weight and pulling down power lines.

Weighted pine trees were a pretty common site:

Areas west were hit much harder. Sometime last night they were changed over to an Ice Storm Warning, the first one issued in the Wilmington warning area since 2014. They were able to get just cold enough overnight that some of that moderate rain froze to the roads.

But now we're on the backside and the cold air is rushing in to higher levels of the atmosphere. That's why it's currently 34.5° where I am with wet snow beginning to fall. We're warmer than we were overnight, but the atmosphere is just right for snow to fall.

Most of Central Ohio should change over to primarily snow before sunset, and the back end of the upper low, shown above, should enhance snowfall sometime overnight.

I don't think we're looking at a huge event tonight, but half an inch isn't out of the question. Another issue tonight will be some of the refreezing of all that rain we got today. Between refreezing and a little snow, we may have another tricky morning of travel tomorrow. Take it slow!