Thursday, January 28, 1999
Winter on hiatus 1 more day
Wednesday's high 4` short of record
BY PHILLIP PINA
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The Tristate's unseasonably warm weather is expected to continue today before a front moves into the region and drops temperatures back to normal levels this weekend.
With the exception of the two weeks of ice and snow early this month, Greater Cincinnati's winter has been spring-like. Wednesday's high of 66 degrees was about 30 degrees above normal, and 4 degrees below the record set in 1944.
The temperatures were warm enough that security workers in the federal courthouse in downtown Cincinnati set up a fan to cool off the large lobby.
The warm weather didn't deter several hundred skiers at Perfect North Slopes in Lawrenceburg.
Often, the best time to ski is in warm weather when the snow is soft, said Rudy Rudisell, snowmaking supervisor at Perfect North.
“When people don't see snow in their front yard, they don't think about skiing,” Mr. Rudisell said. But his crews have worked long days using 150 snow-making machines to cover the hillsides with the artificial version. And despite temperatures in the 60s, all of Perfect North's runs are open.
The jet stream has meandered north into Canada, allowing warmer air to move into the Tristate, said Allen Randall, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wilmington. Temperatures today are expected to be near 50 degrees with a 50 percent chance of rain.
This weekend a front moves into the region and will drop temperatures back to normal, with highs in the 30s.
Cincinnati.com Weather Page
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