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
Hamilton and springboro, mason, sitting at 32. A cooler start this morning. If you went jacketfree over the weekend, short sleeves, today is it. At least this morning. Looking at the radar, we have mostly clear skies. A few thin clouds to the north and to the south. Some thin clouds through the day but generally, not bad for february. Right now it is 35. At lunchtime, 45. This afternoon, 49 for the high. Go ahead and call it 50 s. Good. We will stay in her 50 for the next couple of days. How are the roads looking . Kyla still off to a great start so far. This is what you will see, Clear Conditions on the interstate systems. 71 at pfeiffer inside the 275 loop, rolling right along. Same thing at colerain and treatment for the 75 interchange the men for the 75 interchange. Construction your galbreath. Commute right now. That will take place overnight will stop275 at mineola pike, things are picking up as expected heading into the 6 00 hour. We will have a covered for you coming up in a co
Mark good morning in for joining us, on mark hayes. Lisa and i m lisa cooney. More headlines coming up, but let s get a check on the forecast. Randi it was a short week for many people with the holiday on monday. It seems so long ago though. We had snow and cold. That is gone and it is all about the warm up. As you look at temperatures right now, starting out with many around 40 degrees. We have a couple of spots that are cooler right now. Dry ridge at 35. He called the spun the area. Loveland sitting at 41. Mason currently, 43. This is a great way to start out your friday. It is going to get one but it is also going to get breezy through the day. We are starting out with clouds north of town and clear to the south and west. As we zoom out, you can see it is dry across the region. Clouds are clearing out the wind currently 1015 mileperhour wind. Back toward chicago, wind 2025 miles per hour. That will be the case this afternoon. Your plan for today, 8 00 a. M. , sunny, breezy, and 38 d
Marker let s get over to randi rico for the latest on the forecast. She will make sense of these cold weather for us. Randi well, it is february. It is called. Snap we have had. Every little bit of colder the winter, the temperatures two days later jump back up again. Staying that way. Speaking of snow this morning, flurries and snow showers coming off Lake Michigan rolling in our direction. Not everywhere, but they may be tossing down a fresh coating. Southern portions of the county, price town, newmarket, south of marshall, could see a light coating. You may see this good through sparta, head through folsom. Along 127, a coat or slick spots. Enough to coat the roads in a few part of towns, but not an issue for everyone. Just something to keep in mind. Temperatures in the teens, expect single digit windchills all day long. Kyl, how are the roads looking . Kyle that are then yesterday, but watch out for refreezing. If you see spots that look wet, they are probably icy this morning. Tem
Snow photos. We love seeing them. Also be sure to keep your eye on the bottom of the screen for all closings and delays this morning. 5 00 a. M. On your monday. Good morning. I m lisa cooney. Mark and i m mark hayes. Randi rico and kyla woods are in this morning with your weather and traffic. Let s go straight to randi rico for the forecast. The advantage to this weather, all these outfits we wear. It is nice and warm. Look at all the advantages. Randi president s day s ales. You can take advantage. We are starting out with temperatures in the 30 s today. Welcome to the transitional late winter time in cincinnati. Winter weather advisory until 10 00 this morning. Most of the main roads have been the potential for some patchy freezing rain and drizzle. Later today, a chance for some rain. Here is a live look outside. A little bit of freezing mist possible. Notice on the radar, no big areas of snow. That ended last night and gave the road crews plenty of time to get there job done, at le