Monday, January 31, 2000
Snow's days are numbered
Temps may climb into 40s this week
BY JEFF CARLTON
The Cincinnati Enquirer
A warming trend should be enough to melt Tristate snow by week's end, forecasters said.
Scattered flurries this morning could add about an inch of snow today with a high temperature around 30 degrees, said Jason Nicholls, an AccuWeather forecaster.
The temperature is expected to break into the 40s by Wednesday, which should be enough to melt remaining snow, said Mark Tobin, a meteorologist with AccuWeather.
The National Weather Service predicts highs in the mid-30s.
Either way, it will be warm enough for most of the snow cover to melt, said meteorologist Don Hughes of the National Weather Service.
Most areas have about 4 inches of fresh snow on the ground, what's left from 7.3 inches dumped on the Tristate this month. That's 0.2 inches above the average.
The weather system that blanketed Mississippi this weekend was expected to drop several inches of snow here, but the Tristate remained on the northern outskirts of the system and warmer air turned the system's snow into a combination of snow, sleet and freezing rain.
The extended stretch of snow and cold weather is good news for the ski business. Mike Mettler, director of skiing at Perfect North Slopes in Lawrenceburg, said the slopes have been busy for 11 straight days.
“When people see the snow in their back yard, then they start coming out to ski,” he said. “It's been neat having snow cover on the ground.”
Cincinnati's public services department has been busy battling the snow but has all of the city's major roadways “wet and running,” meaning they are clear of snow and ice.
Though this month's snow accumulation is within 0.5 inches of last year's total for January, the city has used 13,500 tons of salt, less than half of what it used last year, said a spokeswoman for the department.
The city's system for clearing roads must have improved because fewer angry people are calling to complain, department spokeswoman Diana Frey said.
Last year to this point, the department received more than 6,000 complaints.
So far this year, fewer than 1,000 calls have been logged.
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