Spring is ahead on the calendar...it starts on Wednesday.
But it sure won't feel like the first day of Spring is near on Monday morning.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Monday morning for much of Eastern Ohio, including most of the Akron/Canton area.
It's the kind of advisory the weather service puts up when there's a chance of light winter weather. Light snow and freezing rain is expected until precipitation turns into rain by Monday afternoon.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 335 PM EDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...A STORM SYSTEM WILL CAUSE A WINTRY MIX ACROSS THE REGION BY DAYBREAK MONDAY... .PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF AS SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN AND THEN AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING IT WILL TURN TO RAIN. THIS WILL HAPPEN MAINLY MONDAY MORNING...EXCEPT FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS OF ASHTABULA COUNTY AND INLAND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA IT MAY TAKE LONGER TO WARM UP. ROAD TEMPERATURES COULD BE ABOVE FREEZING BUT SOME ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR ON ROADS WITH MORE ACCUMULATION ON OBJECTS. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. OHZ013-021>023-032-033-180345- /O.NEW.KCLE.WW.Y.0010.130318T1000Z-130318T1500Z/ GEAUGA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-STARK-MAHONING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARDON...AKRON...RAVENNA...WARREN... CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN 335 PM EDT SUN MAR 17 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 11 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 11 AM EDT MONDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS....AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION AND UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW. * TIMING...MAINLY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION CAN MAKE ROADS SLICK...REQUIRING LOWER SPEEDS AND GREATER DISTANCES BETWEEN VEHICLES WHILE DRIVING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...CAN BE BRIEFLY BELOW 2 MILES IN SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT, THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
