Saturday, March 13, 1999
Late-winter storm will snow on our parade
BY JANICE MORSE
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Today's special guest for Cincinnati's annual St. Patrick's Day parade: Frosty the Leprechaun.
If weather forecasts calling for up to 8 inches of snow hold true, this miserable month could become the Tristate's snowiest March on record.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Wilmington, Ohio, a record 13.9 inches of snow fell in March 1896. Today's snowfall could push the month's total, which stood at 5.3 inches Saturday, nearer that 103-year-old mark.
AccuWeather Inc. is predicting 4 to 8 inches of snowfall in Cincinnati today, accompanied by winds of up to 30 mph.
“It's going to be a pretty miserable day,” said Jim Candor, an AccuWeather meteorologist.
Earlier forecasts called for as much as 10 inches, but forecasters said late Saturday the storm was not developing as expected. Indications pointed to about 4 inches of snow for the region, and if the system strengthens throughout the day, as much as 8 inches is possible.
A winter storm warning, issued Saturday afternoon, was to remain in effect for the region this morning. Temperatures are predicted to hover in the 30s.
Today's date has been mild in recent years. During the 1990s, the most snowfall recorded on March 14 was a mere 0.4 inches, in 1992.
Thanks to last week's snowstorm, which dumped 5.2 inches on the ground, snowfall in the Cincinnati area already has exceeded the normal total March snowfall of 4.2 inches.
While snowfall has been higher than normal this month, temperatures have been mostly lower than normal.
The normal high for today is 52, but forecasters say we'll be lucky to see the high 30s.
By Wednesday — St. Patrick's Day — temperatures are expected to climb high enough to melt that snow you've been cursing.
Monday's high could reach 46, Tuesday the 50s, and Wednesday the 60s.
Check out the Tristate radar at Cincinnati.Com/Weather
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