We want to make sure that we get to meteorologist sam roberts for a look at whats happening right now. The snow is coming down. Samantha it is. Its not just isolated or lakeeffect, this is a sin noptic snow event where we get a system moving through bringing us snow. Its pretty much everywhere seeing the snow. West of sandusky weve got drier air here. Toledo over into defiance, lima, not a lot happening right now as we get that dry air working in. If youre out in the western fringe of our forecast region, ottawa, erie, seneca counties, youre the first to get a break in the snow. Look west of i69 there. You can see south bend, kalamazoo has snowshowers. If it holds together it could clip us later today. Steady snow now, and then then lakeeffect snow out in the snowbelt for tonight. If you like winter, today is your day. I know my snow lovers probably are very excited to look out of the blinds this morning and see a blanket of white on the ground. Not only do we have snow around, its going to be very cold and windy. Temperatures fall through the day, and with the wind factored in it will feel in the Single Digits this afternoon. Very chilly stuff. Now, i can stand here and tell you how chilly it is. Its easy for me to say, right . Im inside. Outside in the thick of things is meteorologist john loufman, and hes not in the car this time. Hes actually outside showing us whats happening out in chagrin. John, how are we looking out there . John i tell you, i can stand out here and tell you how cold it is because im out here in the cold. Ive only been out here a minute because we just jumped out of the truck. This is 271 moving along at a this is typical because the odot crews have been out. I brought my weather toys. Yes, i am a weather geek, and so i am going to measure the wind here. Youll see nearly 20mileperhour wind out here. My body temperature is 98. 6 and im dressed in layers with a heavy hat on and this. Im going to check my cheek to see what my temperature on my cheek is. There you go. 36 degrees. So im 4 degrees above freezing on my exposed flesh. So if you have babies, little ones heading off to the bus stop, maybe youre headed into the cold, ive been out here fewer than five minutes and this cold wind and snow flying and the temperatures in the 20s, which is relatively warm, have clipped my cheek as near freezing. Be careful as you head out this morning and take it easy as well. It back to laura and see whats happening on the rest of the roads. Laura boy, that wind out there, too. You can definitely hear that wind being picked up on my microphone outside. That wind is a real doozy, too. That can do a number for your drive as well. You soo he the snow flakes flying in the air and how fast the wind is blowing. You hear it with the microphone, right . That wind blowing that fast makes your commute bad when you have snow blowing at your windshield causing visibility problems. More of a reason to give yourself more time when youre out there on the roadways. I480 at west 130th right now, youre making your way through there. I hope you can get out the door earlier this morning. You need more time on all the roadways. Look at the yellow. This is not the usual stuff, but the accidents are already piling up. We talk about that more in a bit. Brian. Brian laura, thanks very much. You will see the School Closings theyre categorized by School Location in three separate crawls representing counties east, south and west. You can find the entire School Closing list on our mobile app or on cleveland19. Com. Tia our other top story this morning, a family of four found dead after a house fire late last night. Brian tragic. Investigators spent the night at the scene in northfield township in northern Summit County. Nichole vrsansky is live at the scene this morning. Shes talked to people out there this morning. Just tragic, the parents and two Young Children lost. Nichole absolutely. An unbelievable tragedy, brian, tia, everyone at home. A family of four, a mom, a dad and two young girls ages 8 and explosion. You can see whats left of the home behind me. The damage is just incredible. The windows blown out. What happened. What caused this home to explode . Investigators, of course, will be out here today trying to answer those questions. Northfield Center Township fire chief frank risko did not believe its a natural gas explosion. Dominion does not believe there was a natural gas leak or a natural gas explosion either. The call came in around 9 00 last night. Its on south oakmont and sky haven road fully engulfed when firefighters arrived. Other area departments were called in for assistance. The mom and two girls were found together near the front of the home and the father at the back of the home near the garage. Its a tough night dealing with want elements outside and the its difficult. I mean, this is our first remember. Ive been with the Fire Department for over 25 years, fatality that ive been that i had to work on. Its not easy. Nichole these Summit County sheriffs department, the last remaining emergency crew, on scene today keeping the scene secure for the investigation. The identity of the victims has not yet been released. Of course, if anything comes out as far as any updates on the investigation, well be sure to let you know. Back to you in the studio. Tia the Canton Police department will hold services on thursday for a fallen k9. This story is making national headlines. Police dog jethro died after a burglary suspect shot him on saturday. That suspect is still in the hospital. A gofundme account for jethro has raised 26,000. A possible strike is looming for westlake schools. A vote is expected today on a new contract. The teachers and support staff have been working without a contract since the start of the school year. You can look for a push notification on the cleveland 19 mobile app. The u. S. Preventative Services Task force has a new list of guidelines for Breast Cancer screening. Brian q. Mccray is here with details. Researchers are modified the recommendations they put out last year as we understand it, right . Q. exactly. The u. S. Preventative Services Task force recommends women between 50 and 74 get regular screenings, and women in their 40s make an individual decision after talking with their doctors. This is a big change from what the task force recommended back in april that called for screenings every other year starting at 50. Screening women at 40 and every year has the biggest decrease in mortality, saves the most lives. Q. doctors continue to stress the key to beat Breast Cancer is to catch it early. In the next half hour, i show you why many doctors still say its important for women between 40 and 49 to have regular screenings. Thats coming up in about 30 minutes. Brian q. , thanks very much. 6 09 on your snowy tuesday morning. School closings keep coming into our website and the mobile app. You see them right there at the bottom of the screen all morning long. Tia its not just snow, but bonechilling wind gusts as well. You could hear it when john loufman was out there. Samantha very windy, guys. The winds are only going to pick up through the day, and then you get the snow factored in. That can make it very tough to see. So save yourself a little extra time this morning. I know thats easier said than done, but you have to go slow out there. Many roads, sidewalks still covered in that snow. Slow going there as well. Then its cold. The windchill around zero later today, but i have good news for you if youre longing for a warmup. Straight ahead. Brian forget the ice scraper. You better get the blowtorch out. Tia youll need it. Brian are you kidding me . The story behind this ice car on lake erie, plus a live update from odot on current Road Conditions. Ive mil, lo ndertarrskieabov lete flany me, ny alinehat love ontencee in ive a me ana ha f eve buci spd. Dble mil whethe rst ar es. Nannu fee nblacuts, et t funegin dt fce min. T thdiscer i milecard i wa a gat spe. O dont . So iike. I geall my eens ani trnot fai. Is. I cado eily. Benefir hethy ape. Just a coue ofpoonls ery day ans wer avin. Pl, it allatur, clr, tastfreend ssols colete. It clicall pren tkeepe fuer lger d helpkeepe healy inde a out beneber althshap th, i n do brian good morning. President obama delivers his seventh and final state of the Union Address tonight. The president is expected to speak bluntly about the nations challenges and opportunities and push for reforms to the countrys crowded prison system. The speech as untraditional. Tia if you think cleaning up your car is rough this morning, oh, baby, put yourself in this guys shoes. In buffalo one driver made a bad decision, horrible decision to park along lake erie, the wind, cold and water blowing off the lake encased the car in ice. Safe to say this car is going nowhere until it warms up. Samantha can you imagine that . Thats called riming. Its without the h and y. Switch it up there. Brian is too funny. The time is 6 14. My graphics want to talk about tonight, but oh, no, i want to talk about today. We have 1 to 4 inches possible from whats out there tonight through tonight. But out in lake and ashtabula and geauga counties, 4 to 8 inches of snow possible. Once the snow were dealing with now is out of here, we have lakeeffect coming for tonight. Of course, not everyone will have to deal with that. Over the last three hours weve had persistent snowshowers out there. Almost everyone is still seeing snow. Out in our far western counties back to the west of sandusky, ottawa, south into seneca county, you can see were dry there. Toledo down into lima is also dry. The i75 corridor, no major problems right now. Back to the west sturgis into kalamazoo back into south bend, theres more snow here, and that make it our way later on today. So we get the steady snow right now. Then you may get a little bit of a break later this morning before additional snowshowers fire up. Lunchtime you step outside i think you could still see snowshowers, and then this afternoon again late in the day up. Off and on throughout the latter half of the day well have snow around. The temperature is kind of weird today. We start off near 30. Not bad. You factor in the wind it doesnt feel like 30. Either way, we start off near 30 and drop into the lower 20s by the evening commute. With that wind factored in all day, feeling like teens this morning and then feeling like Single Digits this afternoon. Bitterly cold weather, and cold tonight. 11 overnight with wind its going to feel like its below zero and again that lakeeffect snow gets going tonight from cleveland out to the east. We have a lakeeffect Snow Advisory in place for counties we were just talking about. 4 to 8 inches, lake, geauga and ashtabula counties through 8 00 tomorrow morning. Snow plus wind, bad driving conditions in these areas overnight and early tomorrow. Now, by late morning tomorrow, the lakeeffect should have stopped. I think that band will lift to the north, and well get a little break. But later tomorrow, well say evening, after sunset through thursday morning, you may see a few additional snowshowers move through. It shouldnt cause any major problems, and it should be pretty light. Of course, well be here watching it for you. Thursday afternoon into friday were dry. The tail end of the week is very quiet here. Look how much warmer. 33 on thursday and 45 on friday. Rain moves in friday night, and then we get a mix of rain and snow on saturday before all snow on sunday. Oh, more accumulations. If you got to be out and about driving in it, you may not love it. Again, i know my snow lovers are pumped that winter is finally here. Laura. Laura i do want to mention i was just talking with one of our viewers and friends out in the world of twitter. Randy mcconnell. When you get the snow on your house and driveway and on your vehicle, before you hit the road out here, dont only just clear off the windshield. Make sure to clear off the entire back, front, sides and top of your vehicle. When you really get going at higher rates of speeds on the highway, that snow flies off and ends up on the windshield behind you and cause a bad accident. Its a safety thing. Be courteous to your fellow neighbors, friends and everyone else on the roadways. Across the area we have different slowdown spots that contribute to the fact that we have in snowfall out there. Not only whats on the roads right now but what is actively falling right now, and its hard for odot to keep up with it. Theyre working hard out there. You can see where the yellow spots are on the east side. You have some on the west already, and at 6 18 we dont see this thing. An accident in akron and at i71 at west 25th street. This car went off the roadway be careful on the roads. Guys. Brian thanks very much, laura. Were now joined live on the phone with our friend odot spokes woman amanda mcfarland. Tia you have 80 trucks out there on the roads. Its a busy morning for your drivers. Thank you for being with us this morning. Can you tell us what the priorities are out there right now . Good morning. Thanks for having me. Our priorities are always our interstate, state, and u. S. Routes. Those are the routes odot is responsible for maintaining. You will see them throughout northeast ohio this morning. Amanda, i wont say its a difficult job for you guys, because youre right on top of it. As sam roberts has explained all morning long. Were not just zeroed in on the east side here. We have a snow event everywhere, which, i guess, in essence would get your guys spread out a little bit more than usual. Actually, our crews are all weve got maintenance garages scattered around our three counties. So we have different trucks and snowplow operators that are responsible for certain areas. So with this widespread event what were seeing is everyone is getting to stay in their own territories for this event. Sometimes when we see the lakeeffect hitting the snowbelt region, we do have the ability to shift crews to that area to focus on it. But since this is so widespread, everybody is staying in their territories. Tia were looking at a truck live right now on the roads. Thank you so much for joining us this morning. We appreciate it. Thank you. Tia time is 6 20. We continue our Winter WeatherTeam Coverage. Meteorologist john loufman joins us with live pictures of our current Road Conditions out there. Brian some relief at the pump for soccer moms. A new luxury minivan with better john im meteorologist john loufman in the storm chaser keeping an eye on the roads across northeast ohio from this perspective. Meteorologist sam roberts is keeping an eye on the wind and tracking the snow on ford first alert doppler. Of course, our Laura Demaria keeps us uptodate on accidents, brokendowns and slow spots and places where the bridges and overpasses are causing problems. We have you completely covered here on cleveland 19 news this morning. Tia of course, we will hear from odot later on in this newscast as well. Again, we talked to them once. Well talk to them one more time. If you missed the circus in town a few months ago, you missed the last time ringling brothers will have elephants in cleveland. Barnum bailey will stop using the elephant act in may. Thats a year and a half earlier than what was previously announced. The asian elephant fleet will enjoy retirement in florida. Never seen before. This is the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica first hybrid vehicle were told of its kind. Luxury, and it gets more than 30 miles to the gallon. Its vamped up. Tia i guess. Brian if a minivan can be vamped up, this is it. It goes on sale this spring. Chrysler also announced the wrangler jeep pickup truck. Thats pretty cool. Those will be manufactured in toledo. Tia vamped up. Does that mean its also a hemi . No, its a hybrid. There wont be a hemi engine on it. Lets check back in with sam. Its still snowing out there all over. Samantha it is. Almost everybody is seeing snow now. We have some drying out taking place. Lets look out towards sandusky. Your snow is almost over for now. Youre going to get a break as the back edge of batch number one moves through. Theres more to the west, so we through, and then lakeeffect tonight. Winter is here rejoice, my snow lovers. Be right back with your forecast. Brian all right, sam. And reducing the risk. New guidelines for women on when they should Start Talking to when caret crangs t, ali cathinabou getng rief. Onlyicorte mi haa pateed fastissoing rmul it startto rievesudd crangs st. I ner kn wheillneedelie all i saw was a big fireball about 30 feet high. Im like, oh, boy, thats not good. Brian a family of four exploded in Summit County. Tia well have a live report from the scene in a moment. Good morning, im tia ewing. Brian im brian duffy. Thats the latest information that our crew got out there this morning. The other big story were following is the weather. Were under a Winter Weather advisory. Our Team Coverage including cleveland 19 meteorologist john loufman in the cleveland 19 storm chaser. Our traffic anchor Laura Demaria is monitoring the rush hour traffic. We start with sam roberts in the first alert forecast center. Sam. Samantha guys, you know, you dont need me to tell you. Snowing outside, right . You need me for the forecast. I want to help you get ready for your day. The kids, they get outside and they love it, but you got to get out and go to work, right . Are you going to be able to get there . Lets look at the radar over the last three hours. That snow has been blowing through here. We got an Alberta Clipper that has come town. That means its pretty fastmoving. Allday event. You look further to the west and you can see we do have a little bit of drying out taking place. Steadiest snow happening right now in the city of cleveland all the way down 71, 77. Snow is all over the place. So a good bet no matter where you are in the forecast region. You will be waking up to snow. No better feeling as a kid, right, then looking out the blinds and seeing that snow on the ground. Its great, but its not great for your morning drive. Youve got the red light on that morning commute simply because weve got the snow around. Some roads are snow covered. Weve still got a little bit of ice out there from the last couple of days, so a likely snowy drive early on. Temperatures start off in the 20s, upper 20s but they fall into the lower 20s for your drive home. Im going to give you the caution light for drive home because i think well still be seeing snowshowers particularly prepare for on again off again snow later today, and then all the lakeeffect for tonight. The time is 6 31. Ive been telling you all morning the roads are not spectacular, but john loufman is out in the storm chaser, so he knows exactly how they are looking. John, where are you right now, and what are you seeing . John im seeing snow flying, sam. You can see it too as we flip the camera on 422 headed into town. Its snowing to beat the band out here. Brian duffy said that he was traveling 422 this morning he saw a lot of snow, and it was piled up on the roadways. Of course, these odot crews have been out as you just talked to the spokesperson from odot about how many crews are out and laying down the salt. The temperatures here in the 20s, and that is good news because the salt works when the temperatures are in the 20s. Weve been to Lorain County on 90. Weve been on 271. Weve been on 480. Weve been on 176, and weve seen the same story everywhere weve gone. Snow, snow, and more snow and especially blowing snow across the roadways that are cleared. Bridges and overpasses particularly susceptible. Oh, those entrance and exit ramps are really slippery. Let me tell you from personal experience. Were headed up to 90 and go 271 to 90 and 90 inbound for the morning commute and folks headed there. For now we turn it over to laura. Laura, i sure hope there arent many accidents out there, but in these conditions i wouldnt be surprised if there are. Laura there are definitely a couple accidents that have been reported, and i would assume there will be more before the day is through today. I dont want those to happen. However, these are some rough conditions out there, and sometimes we get in the rush of life and trying to get place to place and we forget how bad these Road Conditions really are. Even if we have lived here our whole lives and have been through the conditions, theyre its not getting necessarily any better any time soon. Odot is out there. They know about the issues and trying to fix them. We need extra time on the roadways this morning. I 9 0 at 271 is very, very wet out there. Ive got this map of akron. You see where the slowdowns are, but a quick mention here. Echo hills Elementary Schools is closed today. We heard from the superintendent in stowe. They have a broken boiler. They have to get it fixed and get the school back open tomorrow. Tie ya. Tia you notice the School Delays and closings lists running at the bottom this morning. We have more than 35 closures and delays alone. The most impacted area is eight districts closed in the area. We have the entire list on cleveland19. Com and of course the cleveland 19 mobile app. You can check that on your smartphone. Four people are dead. Explosion in northfield Center Township. Brian its a half hour south of downtown cleveland near macedonia. Nichole vrsansky is working the story all morning. She joins us now. This happened about 9 00 last night, correct . Nichole thats right, guys. Around 9 00 last night the calls came in. This is such a tragedy. A mom, a dad, two young girls 8 and 12 years old were killed in the explosion. To put it into perspective, guys, just a few moments ago the school bus came stopped in front of the house and the doors opened. Heartbreaking. The Summit County sheriff is still on scene securing the scene for the investigation that would likely pick up later today trying to figure out what caused this home explosion. As i mentioned, the calls came in around 9 00 last night. The house is on south oakmont and sky haven road in northfield Center Township. Fully engulfed whether the firefighters arrived. Two girls were found together in the front of the home. The father was found near the back of the home near the garage. Right now the chief says this does not look like a natural gas explosion explosion. Dominion gas company was out here last night surveying the neighborhood. They dont believe there was a gas leak either. Whatever it was, it was powerful. Neighbors heard the explosion and felt it. My mom was like, hey, did you hear that . No. I walked outside, and as soon as i walked outside the garage, all i saw was a big fireball. Right now they dont suspect it was gas. There was no trace of the gas explosion. Nichole and that neighbor you just heard from, randy, i spoke with him earlier today. He actually ran inside the home when he saw the flames to do what he could to save anyone that might have been inside. He said a dog ran out, so he was able to save a dog, but heard nothing and saw nothing and he had to get out because the he was visibly shaken this morning. Such a tragedy. The Fire Department is expected to be out here in a few minutes. We notice there is some snow and some flames that have started in hotspots starting back up, reigniting at the home. Were live this morning in northfield Center Township. Back to you guys in the studio. Brian all right, nikki. Thanks very much. Ohio Governor John Kasich will be on the main stage in the debate. Its the last time kasich will have a chance to make a national impression in a debate before the first primary in iowa on february 1st. Tia late singer david bowie has an unusual namesake to honor his legacy. Check this out. Meet bowie the baby penguin born on david bowies birthday. No word if its a boy or girl. The penguin will make its public debut at a zoo exhibit this spring. Brian that thing is little. Tia very small, and they grow up and are huge. Brian how do they survive in the cold . Tia its the way that their bodies are designed, brian. How do you survive in the cold . Brian im not in the cold. My parents, i think, brought me in the house. I may have been out in the cold. Maybe thats why i got all the tia see what i have to deal with . Brian maybe thats why i have all my problems. They didnt bring me outside. Im talking about in iceland or wherever penguins are from. They waddle around in the cold. Antarctica. Tia i cant read this. You go ahead. You got it. Brian im not reading it. A Winter Weather advisory is in effect and well get a live report on the roads from the Ohio Department of transportation. Maybe they can answer my penguin question, sam. Samantha maybe they can. I dont know anything about penguins other than theyre cute last three hours we have snow moving through. Its tracking generally off towards the east. Pretty much everyone is waking up to snow. Out there. Its beautiful but its not beautiful if you have to drive in it, right . We talk about Road Conditions, which are not so great. Spoiler alert. Well take a look at the extended forecast when we come today, you have more ways to access the number one care in ohio. Simply click in for an express care online visit any hour day, or night. Walk in to our express care clinics or our 24 7 Emergency Departments or call in today for an appointment today. Cleveland clinic is here for you. Anytime, anytime. Anywhere. Brian good morning. Youre looking at the headlights coming at you on 480 eastbound, thats 77 over the top. You can see how slow everything is right now, and laura will update that. Theres snow and salt flying up off the roads, all kinds of tia its a lot to deal with. Brian even if youre not getting snow, your commute is going to be slower today. Tia take your time out there. Were joined on the phone to tell us about the roads. Justin is on the phone right now. Brian youre South District for the, portage, stark and summit counties. You havent seen a lot of snow up to this point this year. First test of the year for you. Hows it going . So far so good. We talked to county managers in the three counties you mentioned there. We have about 55 crews out between those three counties there. The primary routes, the interstates are running pretty well. Most of them are wet and some are snowcovered in some areas. Its drifting and blowing a little bit. No matter where youre at, you have conditions where you go out and plow and treat the road and five minutes later it has a halfinch of snow on it because of blowing and drifting out there. Tia that was my next question for you, justin. How do you make sure that you keep those roads extra clear . Well, thats really one of the hardest thing we battle there, is the wind and the drifting snow. Really what we do conditions right now, temperatures are above 20 degrees, so we plow the roads and lake down a thick coat of salt or salt brine there. When the snow blows over the road, it helps to met it off. As long as its 20 degrees or higher, the salt works well. Below 20 we have to use other brian thanks very much. As always, remind people to stay away from the plows when they see them out there . Just give them some room out there and take it slow this morning and give yourself extra time especially on the secondary routes. Brian thanks, justin. Appreciate it. Thank you. Brian hes saying the wind is the biggest issue. Any break from that anytime soon . Samantha no. The winds pick up through the day. Right now we have gusts up to 30 Miles Per Hour and later on 40mileperhour wind gusts brian problems all day, then . Samantha yes. White knuckle driving and additional snowshowers are possible later on. Its a wintery day. Its january and its supposed to be cold and snowy. We havent had a lot this season, especially during the morning commute. This is what it looks like right now at cedar point. Everything is covered in snow. This speaks for itself, right . The ground just coated. A beautiful coating of white there. Again, not so beautiful if you have to drive in it, right . Sandusky was starting to dry out, but snow is kind of filling in here back to the west. So you got more on the way in those areas out west where it has stopped. Cleveland, mentor, akron canton, worcester, mansfield, good morning to you, elyria out towards the east side, yes, we are stuck with the snow for quite some time. We have a ways to go. All morning long ive been tracking an area of drier air to our west, and remember, if youve been watching through the surrounding areas, lima, the snow had stopped. Well, now, again it is filling in, so we have more snow to track for you, and theres more back to the west well be watching this morning as well. Prepare for a wintery start to the day. Temperatures at 30 in some areas, mild for this time of the year. Mild by comparisons sake. Earlier in week it was just like ridiculously cold, but last week into the weekend. Now temperatures are getting warmer, but they fall through the day. Remember, weve been talking about the wind. Of course, thats a big issue today. So it doesnt feel like its in the 20s and 30s. It feels right now like its in the teens and even some Single Digits. Its going to feel like that all day. The forecast windchill today through time, well feel like the teens this morning, and then this afternoon its going to feel like its in the Single Digits. Look at 3 00 excuse me. 4 00. Its going to feel like its 3 degrees out there. So really cold stuff, and then you through time now. Most of the snow, the steadier snow, i think, is out of cuyahoga county, akron canton. We should be done with steadier snow by 9 00 or 10 00, but were not totally done for the day. Thats the first batch. We have more coming through late morning into the afternoon. Tonight the lakeeffect machine gets going. Evening commute, 5 00, 6 00 out snowshowers. Those hang around into tonight. This is a simulated satellite and radar at 11 00 tonight. Cleveland out to the east still has lakeeffect there. Thats why we forecast about 4 to 8 inches of snow. Lake, geauga, and ashtabula counties and 1 to 4 for sh else. A lot of us are on the higher end of that, right, after seeing snow since very early this morning. Tomorrow we start off with a little lakeeffect in the morning especially out in the snowbelt. Dry by the afternoon and a few possible by Late Wednesday into thursday morning. Very cold tomorrow and unsettled. Well talk about the weekend coming up in just a few minutes. Laura im a little worried about the evening commute, too, with those people headed back home after a long day at work. You get a little tired after the day, so be careful then. Lets talk about whats going on out there right now. We have snowfall all the way across the area right now. Its causing slowdowns and causing accidents and many roadways. For drivers and for odot and everyone out there right now. Look at the yellow out here. This is not typical this early in the morning. This is all snow related right now. Were not at rush hour. Every road has slowdowns. You need to take it slower on the roadways, so thats the right thing to do. Give yourself more time out the door so you can take it slow and also deal with any slowdowns there may be. Another accident down to the list that i talked about this morning out on the turnpike right at i90 here. This is headed westbound this morning. Going to be some slowdowns if you head out west on the turnpike this morning. Time for the cheap gas report. The average price is 1. 84 per gallon. Gas is 1. 70 in canton at the canton fuel. Its 1. 69 in moreland hills. Here in cleveland were at 1. 66 over at gas usa on euclid avenue and coleman road. Tia this is a story weve been following this morning with many others. The u. S. Preventative task force is amending its recommendation about who should get mammograms. Brian the biggest change affects women 40 to 49. Q. exactly. The u. S. Preventative Services Task force say women of average risk should make an individual choice to be screened between 40 and 49 and be screened every other year between 50 and 74. Mammograms are twice as effective at saving lives in women 50 to 59 as in women who are 40 to 49. Still in the younger age group, about four deaths are prevented for every 10,000 women screened over at i decade. Patients screened with mammography have smaller cancers and cancers that are node negative, dont have any spread to the nodes and lymph nodes and less likely to have chemotherapy. Q. some worry about the message it sends to women. We have to remember women in 40s and younger can still get Breast Cancer. Tia. Tia time now is 6 50. Coming up on cle43, channel 43 at 7 00 a. M. , we continue to follow new developments on the deadly house explosion in northfield Center Township. Brian a local High School Wrestler is not only beating down a lot of opponents. You have to see this. Sam. Samantha a great story. Stick around for that one. Stick around for the forecast, too, because today is a first alert weather day. Were looking outside right now at the radar, and it is a blanket of white. Snow lovers, kids, you love it, right . Making some snow angels later today. Moms and dads got to drive in it. Well talk about your commute forecast and an early look at the weekend when we come back. 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Plows are out working, but please be aware that some secondary streets will be snowcovered. All my coworkers ran into on the way in, so you will likely run into it as well. Snow is still coming down, and well be stuck with it for the next couple of hours especially in the cleveland area. It will take a while to get even a break in the snow. Periods of snow for today. That 8 00 icon was doing something funky. Its not awake yet. That should be a snow flurry there. Temperatures start off near 30. Windy, and we fall into the low 20s with periods of snow through the day. Laura i have to add in here since sam said all my coworkers drove in through it. Sam is such a hard worker working so diligently on the forecast she was here before it started, which means she was here last night. Hardworking sam. We love you, girl. Out there on the roadways right now at i90 at columbia. You see where the snow is everywhere. Its a bit of a mess out there. You see where we have the slowdowns. The yellow spots are definitely going to be a slower spot heading into rush hour. Not even at rush hour yet. You see where the areas have a slower drive time. North olmstead to cleveland running slower this morning. 23minute ride, and akron to dlooefd 49 minutes up 77. We have accidents out there. 71 at west 25th street, turnpike westbound near i90, thats a bad one, two lanes blocked with that accident. Were not even in rush hour. Most people arent even on the road yet. Brian its already slow. Tia rough for kids going to school, too. More than 40 School Closures and delays right now. You may want to download the cleveland 19 app for to get that or go to cleveland19. Com. Laura echo hills elementary is closed because of a boiler issue as well. Brian well do it all again on cle43. Are company should treat you like family. [phone rings] Operator HealthCare Customer Service caller hi this is patricia ramirez. 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