12-5-17 Ohio: Rains push east today…discussing snowfall risks heading into the weekend. K.

Today’s video (6 min):

Updated simulated radar as the showers continue to push off to the east…a few lingering light showers can’t be ruled out into early afternoon south of I-70 but the bulk of the rainfall will be off to the east:

Fairly gusty again today mainly across the northern half of the state gusting up to 30/35mph:

We will be watching late Wed night into Thursday for lake effect snowfall across the northern tier of the state…locations south will likely remain precipitation free until Saturday:

Next threat for more a high percentage snowfall event comes Saturday as a solid piece of energy swings west to east into the state…details on timing and accumulation need to be fine-tuned but keep this timeframe in mind:

Updated weeks 1 and 2 long-range outlooks: