Mark morning, everyone, thank you for joining us. Lisa we star your friday with a check on it forecast. Meteorologist randi rico. Good morning. Randi chilly. Lisa that sounds good. Randi we are rolling into valentine s day weekend, you will have to make your own heat. Lisa my face turned red. Randi it is a little misleading as you look at the numbers at cvg overtop of cincinnati. It says 20. Many spots are close to that. In portions of Northern Kentucky, most places are in the upper teens to write around 20. Further to the north were the skies are clear, it is much colder. 12 degrees right now in hamilton. Six in wilmington, seven and hillsboro. Clouds make a huge difference for us this morning. Some didn t hit the ground. Currently, chances for light, passing snow showers through portions of switzerland county, ohio county, portions of carol and gallatin county. For the morning, everyone will see the clouds increase. Temperature is about 15 degrees at 8 00 a. M. By noon, 23. Still fee
The potential for a dusting to halfinch between 5 00 to 8 00 tonight. Right now, it is all about the cold air. To the north, skies are clear so it is colder toward wilmington in hillsboro. Closer to 20 downtown through Northern Kentucky. There is a layer clouds that lingered overnight. Switching over to the radar, over the last couple of hours, a few returns. Not really seeing any of this hit the ground. If you see a couple of flurries, i would like to know. The radar sometimes picks up on these and the clouds within before they hit us. Here s the planner. Right now it is a cold 1, 20 at cvg, but colder than that for most of us. Toward lunchtime, 23. The winds pick up to the day. Temperatures in the teens through the afternoon. We will top out around 28. Snow showers between 4 00 to 5 00 for northern communities snow this evening, but it is not a lot, but even a dusting during the evening drive can be a problem at times. Kyla we re off to a great start we don t have any problems to rep
Rolled into the pole. Courtis a man found dead in a wrecked car on the westside of town. Only wlwt was there as police investigated what turned out to be a homicide. First, cold temperatures in store for Greater Cincinnati and more snow expected to fall. Her thank you for joining us. I am courtis fuller. Let s get a check of the forecast. , wlwt news 5 s meterologist erik zarnitz has more. Erik we will see a system similar to last monday and tuesday. Light snow, enough to pile up and cause problems. We have a Winter Weather advisory. That advisory goes into effect starting noon sunday all the way right now it is quiet outside , snow starting to gather across iowa and missouri. This is not a big snowstorm but it will bring in milder air and cause snow to break out. This evening, temperatures in the teens. It will feel like 510 degrees with light wind. The threat as the system moves and is not only with the cold air but with light snow and some models getting three inches of snow. That m
Randi always. No matter when you had out this weekend, staying warm is the key. I was looking at the windchill today, tomorrow, sunday, at any point, it will feel like teens and Single Digits. A couple of times, drop below zero. Cold all weekend long. Told us spots to the north where the skies are clear. One in 10 at six, hillsboro at 7 wilmington at 16 a layer of clouds south of cincinnati. We are seeing passing flurries in those areas. As we look in through southeastern indiana, south of 74, light snow showers falling. Right along 471. 421. Farther south, a batch of snow showers rolled through from owen county into grant county. For today, bundle up when you head out the door. Clarice south of the river. At noon, 23. 4 00, 28 for a high. We have snow on the way for the evening rush. Mind as they head out this evening getting ready for those big weekends. Kyla shakeup on the road. Plan for that if you have travel plans this evening. Our morning commute starting off try as you can see.
Bless their hearts. Wlwt news 5 is leading the way, on the winter weather. As we always do. Download our wlwt app. You can can see the nowcast, as well as get Severe Weather alerts, sent right on your phone or mobile device. The zika virus is now in Greater Cincinnati. The first case, a Butler County woman who travelled to south america. Butler county Health Director pat burg says the biggest risk is for pregnant women traveling to central and south america. It has been linked to birth defects in newborns. It is really making people nervous. Only one in five people infected will even show signs of symptoms. Pat burg it s relatively a mild illness so we have only 20 of the people that actually have the virus even become ill at all, most of the symptoms are mild. Jonathan it is hard to understand why you would get so upset about this until you learn about the birth defects part of this. With so few cases in the u. S. And even ohio Health Experts are in a bit of a holding educated and awa