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Mostly cloudy today, wintry mix chance on Friday

A snow chance comes in before the weekend

The latest weather forecast from WCPO's 9 First Warning Weather team.

By: Jennifer Ketchmark

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Our Thursday forecast is mostly cloudy and chilly. Temperatures will start around the freezing mark and only warm to 40 degrees this afternoon. But at least it's a dry day.

Low pressure will move across the Ohio Valley tomorrow, bringing a chance for a wintry mix and, at times, light snowfall in the Tri-State. I don't see this as a big system or one that could bring about snowfall accumulations. But it isn't out of the question that we could see a dusting or up to 0.5" of snow in some isolated locations on Friday.

Here's how the system plays out. The first possible chance for precipitation comes in overnight, between midnight and 4 a.m. This would be a wintry mix and mainly to the north.

Then as temperatures fall around sunrise, another push of moisture will come in, but this time primarily falls as snowfall. There is where it's possible to see some light accumulations. This will be a wet snowfall as it comes down and a lot of it should melt as it hits the roads but some minor accumulations on elevated surfaces will be possible. That snow chance will be around from 8 a.m. to noon.

Then in the afternoon, heading toward the peak evening rush, we'll see another wintry mix chance coming in, potentially impacting evening travel. This too could provide some minor accumulations but overall, it's not a lot of snowfall and the majority of it should melt. But as temperatures fall later that night, any leftover moisture could turn into isolated slick spots.