that is a good thing. It is kind of a catchup game because even over the past couple of minutes, the cow much of the snow has tapered off. it is literally light snow and a few flurries compared to steady and moderate snow. It will continue to improve but now, it is a matter of clearing those roads. so much has happened overnight, that is a problem. my dinah is looking much drier. it is now south of you. akron, you are seeing some scattered snow showers around in the vicinity. this is very light compared to just a little while ago. and we are expecting lighter snow showers and a general taping trend tapering off trends. that is not to say we wont have any snow at all. i think there will be a few flurries from time to time but here is some more great news as you are waking up with lake Cuyahoga County has been canceled to 10 oclock this morning instead of 4 00. also, ashtabula until 4 oclock today. the other big story for all of you, it is still called. we are in the teens. and we have more snow to track coming up. Lets see what is going on in the south. You are approaching the interchange and akron. we also saw there was a significant snow band that passed through the area. there was at some point. we did see a lot of snow coming down although it appears that the snow has let up. you can see the semi passed us. morning. the roads are snow packed and snowcovered. we have been showing you all morning. some people are taking it easy and some people are not. you do want to give yourself extra time so that you do not have to speed if you are trying to get to work on time for school on time. we have seen a few issues. some people sighting here and there. we have also seen a semi hit a ditch. these are some of the issues we have been seeing. i reached out to the dot just to get some information from them and see what they are dealing with. especially with all of the snow packed and snowcovered roads. i have yet to hear back and when i do, i will let you know what they have to say about this. The snow called nightmarish conditions yesterday. the conditions are okay. Good news for the eastside this morning. these are the conditions we have been seeing all over the place on the east side. 90 all the way out to brewing which was really troublesome yesterday. traffic is moving at the speed limit. nobody really seems to be slowing down. the only thing that could cause issues is the wind and that snow will blowoff onto the road. other than that, the roads are completely clear. they want to make sure they dont have a repeat incident but as you can see, you have a couple of spots expected. and you can see the snow picking up now. it is starting to blow but other than that, things are you for that report. we always appreciate you. right now, we have a number of accidents. we will fire thatwkyc. Com traffic blog where you will have all of the instant information. Right now, we are seeing delays because of this crash at waterloo road. it is off to the right. if you take 77 between arlington and 76, the central interchange, top and its heading north. that right is typically a five minute ride. now, we look to the north not to the north but state route 8 n. About a fiveminute delay. and also some slowing on 271 between 271 and 77. we take a look here. 71 and 271 and this picture has that drive time, 23 minutes. when it comes to lake effects know, we have you covered. not only on the air but also online. we really appreciate you sending in pictures. if you have a picture or a report, send it in to facebook or twitter. and look at the shot. this is from big t. Madison on the lake. they had 8 inches just yesterday. a 12 hour period. snowballing this morning to try to get everything cleared out. we also have a special photo album. we will be posting them right weather conditions, Road Conditions in your town. that is very important to us you out the door. remember, always those reports using 3 whether weather. in other news this morning, today, that cleveland divorce attorney charged with lying to police during the investigation into the murder of a client will be arrested today. he was arrested for a stabbing in 2013. she was killed outside his office building. she said she was not prepared for the Divorce Trial set to start the next day. the city of cleveland once tamir rice his family to pay 500. the 12yearolds last dying expense. saying that the money is past due. 450 for the ambulance. advanced life support and the lawyer for the family says the claim is insensitive. police are asking for help to find a man missing for the last 12 years. Michael Hodge was last seen in the area of one 72nd. 172nd. red hair and blue eyes. if you have any information, call cleveland police. 4500 people finally back on dry land after their crews ship is forced to turn around because of the weather. the video coming in overnight. the amazing video of firefighters battling flames this is to 61. 261. the snow is still coming down. greg, holly, danny. We will get to in this morning. lets head over to moraine. you have developing news. thats right. the 40 day armed takeover of a wildlife refuge may be near the end. the last four occupiers say they will turn themselves in this morning. they told the fbi that they will leave their guns and walk out while holding an american flag. there are the last of the group that took over the refuge last month to protest federal land use policy. several were arrested. one was shot dead by police. nafta video you have to see. california firefighters called flames. they found the family dog scared and hiding. the firefighter pulled the dog from the back bedroom and carried her to safety. the dog was reignited reunited with his owner. and no one was hurt. late last night, the Royal Caribbean cruise ship had to cut its trip short. the rough conditions tossed passengers around and the forecasted conditions were just going to get worse so the luxury liner will give everyone a discount for future trips if they can brave it again. we hear it is about 50 off the next cruise. i dont know. i dont know if i would do that again. I will talk to greg, he is our cruise expert. we will start with holly. in, greg was recently on a cruise. Can you take us with you next time. we will get to the snow totals and chat. we will talk about todays letter weather which is brutally cold. most of these are south. medina, especially. robertson schools are closed today and it is all because of that very persistent lake effects know south of cleveland overnight while you were asleep your we are seeing a general trend to these lake effect snows today. and bitter cold the for the weekend. look at what a difference a few hours next on radar. snows are kind of fizzling as we speak. there is also light snow as we get closer in, it is much more scattered now and madonna and seven counties. that is good news. you can see them adina is seeing a break. that is really traffic for the morning commute. it was so hard yesterday with that and moving in midday. the lake effect Snow Advisory in effect until 10 am as opposed to 4 pm. that was a change overnight while you were asleep from the National Weather service. advisories and warning do still go until 4 oclock this afternoon. We dont make those decisions. if the Weather Service decides to back off of those, we will let you know. teens, Single Digits and air temperatures. it is very blustery. hour. and wind chills are all coming in below zero so you had better bundle up as you leave the house. right now, it feels like a below in worcester. that snow is really hard to clear with the wind. it was still so light and fluffy. but you had better get it cleaned up today because there is more on the way. heres what were looking at in terms of snowfall totals. all across northeast ohio. i have gotten reports of as much as 2 to 6 inches. 8 inches the most. John tweeted me this morning using the hashtag 3 weather. This is the last night. So i am counting on your fresh reports this morning as you clear out the driveway and sidewalk, take a measurement for me. Three weather. Facebook, instagram and twitter. Up this morning because look what is coming. Maybe another quarter to a half inch. It is really the next system, friday night into saturday. Another push of arctic air and that could drop an additional 1 to 3 or 4 inches. And you see the banding off to the lake. And then oleary over toward medina. We will be tracking more snow as we get into friday afternoon. That is right. As you can see, after our bus stop forecast. Temperatures in the teens this morning. Lets get to that and this is friday. Basically, 430 in the evening 4 30 in the evening. So, for your friday evening plans, tapering off of the snow showers. Heres a look at your seven day forecast. Around 20 tomorrow but we have snow move in later in the day and really frigid on saturday. Low in the Single Digits. Wind chills below zero. Valentines day sunday, we are around 20 degrees. 618 6 18, lets check to drive. good morning to you. we hope youre having a great start to your thursday. we are seeing those snow an accident we are seeing the snow and accidents. for those of you taking 277, here is 77 where to 77 meets. as a crash. let the this area. also, we are seeing a 10 to 15 minute delay on 271 n. Between 71 and 77. 271 has been slow all morning in that area. 71 n. At west 25th street, a fiveminute delay after going around the metro curb curve to get to the bridge. for those of you in the west shore way, the drive time, the average speed is supposed to be 35 miles an hour because it just dropped a couple of weeks ago but now, people are used to going fast here but we are slowing down so please be careful. we are seeing delays throughout the region. i am tweeting them out at the bk why see wkyc. Com. 6 19 right now. big changes being made to twitters timeline. by the social media shift is causing a lot of controversy. it is time for weather out your window. You wouldve thought i planned this is like taken over a week ago. How cute is this. Her granddaughter alyssa and grandson, kh having a good old 6 23. A live look at the shore way. Looking pretty good right now. Yesterday, there was a multivehicle accident. It is looking super clear this morning. We have also cruise to the south of us which pretty slammed. Holly will be along with her if you have logged on to twitter today, you may have noticed the tweets were out of order. That is because the social media site rolled out a new format generated by algorithms. It shows the tweets if think she would like first. There was there were repercussions for users. Time for my biggest winners and biggest losers and sports. My biggest losers, we know the old saying. There is no eye in team but there is only but there is an eye in the word fight. This happened late last night. Firstquarter timeout. They start shoving each other and im not sure what the fight was about. But this team is a mess. They fired their coach. The suns should have fought with the warriors instead but they lost the game. The suns go to break needing to apologize to each other. Have you seen that in a while . a fight. my biggest winners our forum the of laura basketball league. h3n2 start with their season but they rallied together. and they won the whole tournament. congratulations to the whole team. i like those jerseys. it is lightening up. we are still seeing snow showers in spots. and even a few flurries through of the heavy lake effect start today. temperatures are in the teens and we will not climb out of the teens. it actually feels zero and below. on the travel maps, not a lot going on in the lake effect for this afternoon but we are tracking more snow and we will have that coming up. Coming in on the morning newsfeed, were following developing news out of north korea where we have learned of an execution. if you would like a car and a little bit of luxury, why tesla might not be out of your welcome back at 6 30. youre looking at a live look of route 18 heading west. we have Team Coverage as we track another snowy commute. we just got breaking news out of cleveland. a fire truck was involved in an accident on 480 e. A fire truck was involved in an accident on 480 e. We have a crew that is close to the scene. there are actually two accident in that area. that area is probably a good place to avoid. in the meantime, as we look at these live pictures, medina the snow happened while you were asleep in medina and akron. is certainly fading a lot now. if youre not staring at your tv, it is literally hit or miss light snow showers. we had steady snow an hour ago so things are getting better. in general, we will be tapering today but we will zoom in to the medina area. we still have some light snow falling in spots. nothing to compare it to what we had earlier today nothing compared to what we had earlier today. if youre just tuning in, a bit of a change. a lake Snow Advisory for medina county. now until 10 am. that will expire earlier. it is blustery. 10 to 20 mile 10 to 20 mi. h winds. you take the winds into account and the bitter cold and you get zero and below. so even though we are dry are in a lot of places, there will be icy spots. we are starting to see accidents to the north. i am tweeting out information for you for those of you who live to the south. we are seeing a 5 to 10 minute delay on 77 n. Near the central interchange. i just got an alert that two lanes are blocked. as you are approaching 71 n. and brooke park. also a crash on 90 e. Heres a picture on fulton road. you can see something is going fairly normal on 90 e. To the west. also 71 n. Into downtown, we are seeing a 3 to 5 minute delay from i4 80 and on jennings, a two minute delay. dont forget, when you hit the roads, tune into our partners, 1100 total traffic. it will help you avoid the slowdowns and the crashes. thank you for getting us through this. you can see Tiffany Tarpley is traveling along the route right now. reporter were coming up on medina road and medina county. for the most part, traffic is moving along pretty slowly here as they are navigating the snow this morning. we were traveling west on 76 w. cleveland and we also have slowed traffic there so you have more people out. this is rush hour heading into work this morning so you just have to be careful and be cautious with that. we know that road crews have been out dealing with all of this. there is not a lot of snow coming down now but we have heard of issues and medina this morning so were heading that way. we will bring you the latest as we get it. We will checkin to the east. you have been up and down the eastern counties as well. a couple of things that you need to know. the roads look pretty good. especially compared to yesterday. everything is pretty [ null ] clear all the way up to 90. heres a live look at what is going on on the shore way. as you can see, they are moving along. number one, if you are working so you need to dress accordingly and number two, even if the roads are clear at different times, the wind will pick up all of this know and really throw it out there. at times, visibility will be a problem. occasionally, you will see a big draft come up and other times, completely clear but other than that, the lanes look at a good. they did a pretty good job on the east side this morning. just look out for those big wind gusts that holly has been talking about all morning long. be sure to bundle up. we want to help you stay ahead of the weather. you can get School Closings sent right to your phone with the channel 3 i alert system. more rain moraine. a manhunt is underway in los angeles after a oneyear old girl was shot and killed in her crib. they believe the bullet was intended for a gang member but the little girl was struck instead. developing overnight, south korea says north korea executed its army chief of staff. the chief was executed for corruption and other charges. if this is true, it would be the latest. tesla is known for its very first luxury. 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Wind chill at zero and below and i have more snow to tell you about. We have live Team Coverage. Greg is here to look at this welcome back here Medina Schools are all close this morning. the medina and akron areas hit the hardest. were getting a big backup on i i 480. we are told the driver of the car was not seriously hurt and all of the firefighters are okay. there have been a number of accidents reported along for 80 in this area. can you will have an update. a little sports note for you. the cavs are all for the all star break. kevin love injured his sojourn shoulder last night. it is the same shoulder as last year. he needed surgery and six months of rehab. he says he should be ready when the cavs come back from the break. 120111 in what was kobes last game. lets save some money. good morning. survival, the focus of my regalia today. this is something that i have learned can brighten up the darkest corners of your property. take a look at the sos light. down to 19 bucks. i will show you how to they work in a moment that they are superbright here great for hunters. great to work in the garage or under your car. great for that earlymorning dog wash. fully adjustable. they dont get rider or more expensive less expensive than this. take a look. this is one light. to lights, 2 lights, three lights. my entire Storage Facility beautifully lit. i will tell you, i am going to buy several. i do a lot of work in the too, can look fantastic like that. it is not only allowing you to see but the scene. you can wear them but simply adding that visibility is a great way to go. you never know. i was going to go out. and one other thing, my bonus deal could be the best deal of the year. right at the end of the show, people are not going to believe this. so you are going to take the bonus deal and take the rest of the year off. [ laughter ] im looking forward to that. i know things are tapering off a bit. the Medina Schools are closed. school. i like the scrolling at the bottom of the screen. lake effect snow showers are tapering off. we will see some sunshine. it will be a very misleading sky. heres the deal with the lake effect. what a difference. we are down to a few flurries and light snow showers compared to intense snow overnight while you were sleeping. that is why were seeing all of the closings through medina today. what a difference a few hours make and we are seeing improving conditions as we continue to zoom in. there is still light snow but no big deal and as we zoom out again, you can see that the whole area is looking much better. So i would not be surprised. Is only until 10 oclock instead of 4 00. The cold is the other part of regionally and locally with current temperatures in the Single Digits and wind chills that are 0 to 8 below. And greg, we got snow on the ground and more coming. This is going to be a very short rate before get additional snowfall over the weekend. these are snowfall totals not only from the Weather Service but for you, the viewer. 8 inches in 12 hours yesterday. they got buried. john in akron tweeted 5 inches and look at that report out of medina from drew. Thank you so much for tweeting it to me. 6 1 2 inches that is why the problems on 71 and 76 down into summit county. state in place. 2 to 3 inches in portions of Cuyahoga County. you have to clear the snow today because i think there is more on the way. it is really the next system. the neck shot of cold air friday night into saturday. look at these numbers. a number another one to 3 inches. you can see a little bit of lake enhancement. maybe in medina county. east of cleveland. you could see another 2 to 3 inches. and then, it turns really cold as we head into the weekend. it sure does and i have our forecast onto for tomorrow, early evening. greg was talking about that next blast of snow. 5 00 tomorrow night, snow pushing through this next round bringing really frigid air. and we are just going to have a with the lake effects no tapering today, some sunshine tomorrow. 1 to 3 inches is possible. this is more toward tomorrow evening that the snow arrives. we will see a few of those left saturday. low Single Digits around 20. and then we will start to see more seasonable weather early next week. 6 48 and antisense this picture and. it is great. it is ginger. the german shepherd. all of her colleagues have been talking about sending her this picture. so a special shout out to all of you this morning. thank you for making us smile. if you would like to buy a home, contact ginger at [ laughter ] stories trending online. models are rejoicing this morning after the altar of harry potter announced a new story about the boy wizard. the new play featuring harry potter and his children. it is being performed this summer in london. 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Reporter for tiffanys. tiffany. reporter coming up, i will let you know what we have learned from the Sheriffs Office when it comes to welcome back to your morning rush. it is almost 6 23. holly has your forecast and danny is keeping an eye on the roads for us. marine is following other news of the day. lets check out our our reporters. we have been tracking the Road Conditions all morning long for you. we are now and vaginas. downtown medina. we are now in medina. several accidents. people have beard off the road and into ditches. i am sure Danielle Wiggins is keeping track of that this morning. conditions will bury you in the southern areas. we were on 77 a lot this morning and it was treacherous out there driving. good morning. breaking news on the road. a cleveland fire truck was rear ended on i480. lets see if we can see it on the map. it is causing a big backup. luckily, no one was hurt. this is near the airport where last night, some flights were delayed after a small plane slid off the runway onto the grass while landing at cleveland hopkins. the pilot was the only person on board and was not injured. the runway was only temporarily close down. i just checked and there are no flight delays at hopkins this morning. We take a look at that drive time. An accident you were just talking about on 480 e. A 40 minute delay so please let someone know that there is slow traffic in that area. also, slowed down town. the crash before the inner 55th. your biggest delays on 77 n. approaching the interchange with a 10 to 15 minute delay. lake effects tapering off. that is not to say there are no slick spots. be careful. some sunshine, very cold today. wind chills are zero and below. another round of snow to track for tomorrow. later in the day toward dinner and the next front will bring one to 3 inches of snow for you and bitter cold air for this valentine weekend. 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