'We will get everything:' Ice, snow, bitter winds and more will blast Ohio this weekend

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12-02-2025

The weather on Valentine's Day will not be rosy or sweet.
The forecast for Valentine's Day weekend in Ohio expects snowy and icy weather with bitter, cold winds, according to Mike Griffin, a meteorologist who works in the Cleveland office of the National Weather Service.
"We have three different storm systems that will give us crazy weather," Griffin said.
Conditions could become so bad that dinners and dates might be affected, especially those scheduled for Friday evening.
"If you're out with your sweetheart, make sure you plan for tricky travel," Griffin said. "You might not want to stay out late."
The first not-so-lovely storm was slated to reach the Buckeye State late Wednesday afternoon.
"We'll start out with a wintry mix," Griffin said. "Then maybe get a little freezing rain."
Wednesday's temperature was expected to climb from the high-20s at lunchtime to 34 degrees by dinner and then nearly 40 closer to midnight.
The freezing rain was forecast to end sometime during the Wednesday evening commute, then remain liquid the rest of the night.
The warmer weather, though, will not last long. In fact, the high of about 40 degrees for Wednesday and Thursday will be set in the few minutes before and after midnight.
By sunrise Thursday, everything will be frozen again.
Snow is possible Thursday in some portions of North Central Ohio. The day's low is forecast at about 15.
The second storm will likely hit the region on St. Valentine's Day.
Friday will begin mostly sunny with a high in the upper 20s, but then the clouds will blow in.
"That one looks like it's going to be a multi-day system," Griffin said. "It will start out as a kind of moderate, maybe brief, heavy snow, potentially on the leading edge of the system."
The heaviest snows in Ohio Friday are expected during the evening commute and during the dinnertime hours.
"There will be snowy conditions on the roadways on Friday night," Griffin said.
Snow accumulations of 1-2 inches are possible Friday evening.
Then the temperatures are expected to climb from the mid-20s Friday night to the high-30s by Saturday morning.
"Saturday could actually have a few levels of thunder," Griffin said. "It will be 40 degrees: cold, rain and windy."
The ground and rivers throughout Ohio will be frozen by the time the rain starts Saturday, meaning the new water will be forced to stay atop the surface.
"We can see some problems on area rivers," Griffin said. "Areas might get jammed up with ice jams, so that's something to be mindful of this weekend."
Temperatures will fall into the 20s again Saturday night into Sunday morning.
"Saturday night and then Sunday we switch back all over snow on the backside," Griffin said. "We actually might get several inches of snow."
By Sunday afternoon, the high should hit 30. Snows will linger until the storm finally leaves the state.
"We will get everything this weekend," Griffin said. "Just a crazy swing, and the conditions will have it all basically."
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The third storm will reach Ohio sometime early next week.
"It's a little uncertain that far out," Griffin said.
Early indications are that the nighttime lows will fall into the single digits nearly ever day next week.
"We could see a flash freeze potential," Griffin said.
The early part of the week could also be windy at times.
"The wind chills might be really cold," Griffin said. "We're talking about wind chills of potentially minus-10 or colder."
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This article originally appeared on Mansfield News Journal: The weather this Valentine's Day weekend will not be rosy or sweet