Toledo Weather - Mar 4, 2014 Toledo 7-day forecast Last Update: Mar 4, 2014 6:15 am Today: A slight chance of light snow between 4pm and 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 20. Wind chill values as low as zero. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Tonight: A chance of light snow, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. Wednesday: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. Northeast wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Wednesday Night: A slight chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. Wind chill values as low as -2. Northeast wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 28. East wind around 9 mph. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 13. Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 36. Friday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Saturday: A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 33. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15. Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 31. Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. hr. fxus61 kcle 041146 afdcle area forecast discussion national weather service cleveland oh 646 am est tue mar 4 2014 synopsis... high pressure over the area will weaken through tuesday. a cold front will drop south across the area late tuesday then high pressure will move east across the northern lakes into maine by thursday. another cold front will move across the area friday night and stall to allow a low to move along the front from tennessee to the mid atlantic coast by sunday. && near term /through tonight/... high pressure over the area weakens some today. shortwave energy will move across the central lakes and while precipitation will primarily stay out of our area...this feature does bring with it mid/high clouds. included a slight chance of light snow across the extreme north...likely just a flurry at best. after a cold start highs will recover to near 20...which is still 20 degrees below normal. && short term /wednesday through friday night/... a stronger shortwave will brush the great lakes tonight and push a weak surface cold front south into the area late tuesday night. better moisture and upper support stay north and east of the area and have continued just the slight chance precip. somewhat better moisture wednesday with a little lift lingering...and therefore pops a category higher. high pressure and drier air then settle south for thursday. temperatures still remain well below normal for tonight through thursday. precipitation when it occurs will be light. finally get some return flow for friday and moderating temperatures. finally able to forecast daytime temperatures near normal. precip free until friday night when a cold front crosses the area. temperatures initially could be borderline for snow. && long term /saturday through monday/... some over running precip still shows up saturday into saturday night but none of the models indicate a significant wave developing on the front as was hinted at a few days ago. will keep a chance of light snow in the forecast saturday/saturday night. some rain also possible if the precip develops quickly enough on saturday before the colder air gets deep enough. sunday should be dry with temps somewhat below normal but not brutally cold. the next cold front is progged to slide across the northern great lakes on monday. we should find our way into the mild pacific southwest flow ahead of the front. will forecast temperatures near/slightly above normal next monday. the front appears as if it will sag across the area monday night or early next tuesday. && aviation /12z tuesday through saturday/... a weak trough of low pressure will cross the lower great lakes this afternoon. most areas will see an increase in clouds but ceilings will remain vfr. a brief snow showers is possible near lake erie and north. will only mention the snow in the keri taft forecast this afternoon. mid/high clouds and vfr conditions will persist tonight. outlook...non vfr late wednesday into thursday. && marine... relatively weak weather systems will cross the lower great lakes this week. a reinforcing push of colder air and a north flow is expected late today/tonight through mid week. the flow will come back around from the south and southwest by friday ahead of the next front. the next front is expected to sag south across the lake friday night and the flow will veer from the north again by the weekend. && cle watches/warnings/advisories... oh...none. pa...none. marine...none. && $$ synopsis...oudeman near term...oudeman short term...oudeman long term...kosarik aviation...kosarik marine...kosarik hr. fzus51 kcle 040905 nshcle nearshore marine forecast national weather service cleveland oh 405 am est tue mar 4 2014 for waters within five nautical miles of shore on lake erie lez142>149-041515- maumee bay to reno beach oh-reno beach to the islands oh- the islands to vermilion oh-vermilion to avon point oh- avon point to willowick oh-willowick to geneva-on-the lake oh-geneva- on-the-lake to conneaut oh-conneaut oh to ripley ny- 405 am est tue mar 4 2014 today...south winds less than 10 knots becoming mostly onshore. mostly cloudy. a slight chance of light snow this afternoon. tonight...north winds less than 10 knots. mostly cloudy. wednesday...northeast winds 10 knots or less increasing to 10 to 15 knots. mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. wednesday night...northeast winds 5 to 15 knots becoming east. cloudy in the evening...then becoming partly cloudy. waves omitted due to the nearshore waters being mostly ice covered. see lake erie open lakes forecast for thursday through saturday. the water temperature off toledo is 32 degrees...off cleveland 33 degrees and off erie 33 degrees. hr. !http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7363/12926495423_be9bcfc740_o.png! hr. !http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7385/12926500073_86b08cfbdb_o.png! hr. Forecast.io Toledo hi-lo temp predictions: * today, Tue, Mar 4 : 22 and -1 * Wed, Mar 5 : 22 and 11 * Thu, Mar 6 : 26 and 12 * Fri, Mar 7 : 38 and 21 * Sat, Mar 8 : 35 and 31 * Sun, Mar 9 : 32 and 20 * Mon, Mar 10 : 39 and 19 * Tue, Mar 11 : 40 and 29 #toledo - #weather