00:00to the northeast now where sleet and snow iced over windshields in parts of Pennsylvania
00:05yesterday. Take a look at this video. Yeah, it's the kind of stuff that we really would like to
00:11not be seeing anymore. I'm sure at least that's where I am at this point in the season and that's
00:17the kind of stuff it's just so annoying to clear it off of your windshield. It's tricky. Yeah, but
00:24it's a sign. It's early March. We're in that transition period. We're still dealing with
00:28some ice, but we're also dealing with severe weather like I was talking about. So focusing
00:32on the northeast now, you have a little bit of both in the forecast. In the short term, it is
00:35more of the
00:36ice that we have some rain and thunderstorms and a sign that we're shifting towards spring. The ice
00:42is starting to be isolated to northern portions of the region where it is still on the colder side.
00:48That's a good sign if you're hoping for spring. Taking a look at future radar, you can see heavy
00:52rainfall in the Ohio Valley. That's the focus. I've been talking about this, so let's focus in more on
00:56the ice. Thursday afternoon, we start to see that mixing working its way in, even more so as we head
01:02into the evening and the overnight hours. We do get some snow mixing in as well, but the ice is
01:07going
01:07to be the higher impact situation. Friday morning, that's out of here, and I know you see what could be
01:12the next round in the Great Lakes, but that actually moves north. It's not going to be a big impact
01:16for us
01:16in the northeast. More is on the way, though. Here's a big line of thunderstorms. This is going to bring
01:22our severe weather threat by the time we get to Saturday, and then, of course, heavy, widespread
01:28rain with the yellows, the oranges, the reds. That's going to lead to ponding and flash flooding
01:32risks as well. So, of course, we have to have a warm-up to get to this point, and that's
01:38exactly
01:39what we're going to have by Saturday afternoon. Already late week, it's working its way into the
01:42Ohio Valley, but we start to spread north and east as we go through our Saturday. Not everybody gets in
01:47on this. We still have northern portions of the region sticking to the 40s, but hey, it's not the
01:5220s. It's not the teens. We're going to take the winds where they are, right? Here's that severe
01:58weather threat I was talking about, though. Right now, it's a low-end threat, level one out of four.
02:02However, you should still be staying weather aware. What you should be thinking about right now.
02:07Do I have multiple ways to receive watches and warnings for anything that pops up, any severe
02:13weather or tornado warnings in my area? And what am I going to do this weekend if there is a
02:18severe
02:19thunderstorm warning, a tornado warning, a flash flood warning in my area? So, specifically, what
02:24we're most concerned about here, flash flooding, hail, and damaging wind gusts. Now, can't rule out
02:30nicely a tornado or two, but that is not the biggest threat at this point. All right. Other thing to
02:36keep
02:36in mind, as we see that warm-up continuing into mid-March, areas where we still have ice, especially on
02:42our
02:42rivers, we can have an ice jam risk. This is another source of some flooding. So, just another
02:48thing to keep an eye out for as we go through the next couple of weeks.
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