A Lot to Talk About!

This will be a very active night across all of Ohio weather wise. Here is what we will be watching:
1. High wind gusts! A cold front will come crashing through this evening. With it winds will gust from 50-65MPM. Because of this the northwestern 1/2 of Ohio is under a high wind warning, and the rest of the state is under a wind advisory. Expect winds to steadily pick up this evening and start calming down tomorrow morning. Power outages are likely.
2. Severe Thunderstorms! The Storm Prediction Center has all of Ohio under a slight risk for severe storms tonight. The severe threat is mainly along the front, where a line of showers and thunderstorms already exist. Any thunderstorms will easily have the ability to allow the winds associated with a strong low level jet stream to mix down causing wind gusts easily to severe limits.
3. Large Temperature Drop! As the front comes through the temperatures will crash from the 40s to the 20s, and may even dip into the teens across the northern portions of Ohio. This could allow any water to "flash freeze" on surfaces, so untreated surfaces could be icy in the morning. The cold temperatures and strong winds will allow the wind chills to fall bellow 0 in most locations and along the lake shore as cold as -10, as the wind will be strongest there.
4. A Few Snow Showers...Any precipitation behind the front will turn into wind driven snow, which will not accumulate much but with the winds to blow it around it could make roads with the wind blowing across them to become slick. The Snow Belt has the best chance to pick up 1-2" but with the strong winds and ice on the lake the lake effect will be minimal.
5. Late Week Threat! I will have much more on that later, but all of the models are coming around to the idea of wintry precipitation over all of Ohio for at least a little bit Thursday night, with significant snow/ice over the northern portion on the state.
Here is a good regional radar.
Here are links to local radar for Ohio and surrounding areas:
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Detroit
Northern Indiana