major winter storm

Another major winter storm is continuing over the Ohio Valley late tonight... As you can see to the right, the Columbus, Ohio area is simply getting dumped on at the present time. Areas of southern Indiana and portions of central Ohio, stretching into northeastern Ohio and northwestern PA are going to receive a hefty accumulation out of this system. It wouldn't surprise me to see a few spots with well over a foot of snow, especially over central and northeastern Ohio through late tonight.

Lots of Gulf and Atlantic moisture wrapping into this system currently with southerly winds aloft acting as a potent conveyor belt. Add to that plenty of cold air and you're bound to see lots of snow. High pressure over the western Great Lakes is contributing to problems as well, providing a tight gradient and thusly blizzard conditions over parts of southeastern Indiana and western Ohio.

It isn't particularly rare to see major winter storms during the early part of March in this part of the country but it isn't exactly common either. Hopefully, not for just those people in the Ohio Valley, but us at work, this will be the last major winter storm there for the rest of the winter.

Spring is technically only a couple of weeks away, right?