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SNOW: Breaking down the travel impact today and how much we'll get

How much snow we'll see today

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

By: Cameron Hardin

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It's a 9 First Warning Weather Alert Day through Friday morning as slick spots could develop on the roads as snow falls.

The NWS has issued a Winter Weather Advisory that starts at 4 p.m. and will continue until 4 a.m. Friday. There's a lot to break down, so let's get into it!

THURSDAY MIDDAY - Scattered snow showers move off to the east and we'll see a lull in activity around midday. It will still be overcast and chilly with breezy winds from the west-northwest at 10 to 20 mph, gusting to 30 mph. This should last until about 3 p.m.

THURSDAY EVENING - The next wave of snow will enter the area around 3 to 5 p.m. This is more widespread than what we saw this morning. The snow intensity will increase the later it gets and that's when we could see some slick spots developing on the roads.

Bridges and overpasses are the places to be on alert first as those surfaces will be colder. But some random slushy accumulations of snow will be possible between 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.

How much snow are we talking about? This is going to be difficult to measure as a lot of the snow will melt as it hits the ground.

But it's not out of the question that we could see snowfall amounts ranging from trace amounts to 1" in many locations and up to 2" in some isolated spots.