A cold front combined with an upper level disturbance over the region to produce a shot of light snow over the region.
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The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
A cold front combined with an upper level disturbance over the region to produce a shot of light snow over the region.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 9, 3:36 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington OH 336 PM EST Sat Dec 9 2017 .SYNOPSIS... Low pressure and a cold front will push east across the region this evening. Weak high pressure will then build into the area later tonight into Sunday. A clipper system will move through the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley Monday into Monday night. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... Isentropic lift ahead of a cold front to our west this afternoon is resulting in light stratiform snow over the eastern two thirds of the CWFA. This precipitation will move east over the next several hours. Scattered snow showers will then follow in association with a cold front and upper level PV anomaly. Additional snow accumulations will be a half inch or less. Winds will also become gusty this evening due to a brief tightening of the pressure gradient and some mixed winds from aloft. Models concur that snow shower activity should quickly come to an end between 03Z and 06Z as large scale subsidence follows in the wake of the front/anomaly while low level flow backs away from Lake Michigan. Stratocumulus clouds will linger with 850 cold pool, but should begin shifting east late. Lows will generally be in the lower 20s, although a few upper teens could occur across the far west. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... Forecast area will remain in a northwest flow aloft through the short term. A couple of disturbances are forecast to drop southeast across the region. First, a weak ridge of high pressure will move east across the region on Sunday. Stratocumlus clouds will be replaced by mid level altocumulus as one such disturbance passes through during the day. Although we will begin to warm air advect, clouds across the region, especially north, will limit warmth. Highs will range from the lower to mid 30s. For Sunday night, another disturbance will quickly move in behind the first one. This feature, along with a weak trof axis, should only result in clouds. Lows will drop into the lower to mid 20s. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... An upper level shortwave will enter the region from the northwest on Monday and create a chance for some light snow north of metropolitan Dayton during the day, then spreading ese towards Columbus in the evening and spreading slightly to the southwest and Cincy metro area overnight. A lingering lake enhanced band may affect the region on Tuesday, primarily running from north of Dayton to along and south of Columbus. This will die out during the day Tuesday and the threat for any precipitation will remain in a lull until Wednesday night when the next surface low tracks through the Great Lakes and receives some support with the passage of an upper level shortwave. This activity should peak early Thursday at this moment in the forecast process. Dry conditions will be favored from Thursday night onward. Temperatures for this forecast period will be cool and below freezing through Wednesday, then warm slightly on Thursday to the low 30s in the north and around 40 south of the Ohio River. A brief cooling period will occur Friday behind the Thursdays front, with a warmup into the 40s expected Saturday given a good southerly flow and high pressure to the southeast of the region. && .AVIATION /21Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... An embedded disturbance will push southeast across the region late this afternoon into this evening. This feature will be accompanied by a surface cold front. Weak lift ahead of the front will bring mainly MVFR conditions in light snow to the terminals. Behind the front and in association with the disturbance, snow showers are expected, with a brief influence of lake effect off of Lake Michigan early this evening. During this time frame winds will become gusty from the west/northwest with gusts between 20 and 25 knots. Snow showers will drop visibilities locally to IFR while ceilings primarily remain MVFR. As the disturbance moves off to our east between 03Z and 06Z, snow showers will taper off. MVFR ceilings will then linger late, with VFR conditions returning from west to east between 09Z and 13Z. Gustiness will subside as well. On Sunday, in a northwest flow aloft, a quick moving disturbance will cross the region. This feature will bring mid clouds. Winds will be locally gusty between 15 and 20 knots from the southwest ahead of a weak surface trof to our west. OUTLOOK...MVFR ceilings and visibilities are possible Monday night into Tuesday. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. KY...None. IN...None. && SYNOPSIS...Hickman NEAR TERM...Hickman SHORT TERM...Hickman LONG TERM...Franks AVIATION...Hickman
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington OH 400 AM EST Sat Dec 9 2017 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-101000- Wayne-Fayette IN-Union IN-Franklin IN-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio- Switzerland-Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant- Pendleton-Bracken-Robertson-Mason-Lewis-Hardin-Mercer-Auglaize-Darke- Shelby-Logan-Union OH-Delaware-Miami-Champaign-Clark-Madison- Franklin OH-Licking-Preble-Montgomery-Greene-Fayette OH-Pickaway- Fairfield-Butler-Warren-Clinton-Ross-Hocking-Hamilton-Clermont-Brown- Highland-Adams-Pike-Scioto- 400 AM EST Sat Dec 9 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for East Central Indiana, Southeast Indiana, Northeast Kentucky, Northern Kentucky, Central Ohio, Southwest Ohio and West Central Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Light snow and scattered snow showers will move across the region today into tonight. While most locations will see a half inch to an inch of snow, isolated areas will see upwards of an inch and a half of snow. Visibilities will be reduced at times with the snow, especially this evening as winds pick up across the region. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report snow accumulations to the National Weather Service.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
500 PM EST SAT DEC 09 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0441 PM SNOW 3 W CHEVIOT 39.16N 84.67W
12/09/2017 E0.5 INCH HAMILTON OH TRAINED SPOTTER
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KCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
502 PM EST SAT DEC 09 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0418 PM SNOW 3 NNE WESTERVILLE 40.16N 82.90W
12/09/2017 M0.7 INCH DELAWARE OH PUBLIC
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KCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
504 PM EST SAT DEC 09 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM SNOW NNE BATESVILLE 39.30N 85.22W
12/09/2017 M0.6 INCH RIPLEY IN TRAINED SPOTTER
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KCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
507 PM EST SAT DEC 09 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0504 PM SNOW CLINTONVILLE 40.05N 83.01W
12/09/2017 M0.9 INCH FRANKLIN OH PUBLIC
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KCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
524 PM EST SAT DEC 09 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0437 PM SNOW 2 WSW WASHINGTON COURT 39.53N 83.47W
12/09/2017 M0.5 INCH FAYETTE OH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
0508 PM SNOW 2 SSE WYOMING 39.20N 84.47W
12/09/2017 M0.5 INCH HAMILTON OH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
0521 PM SNOW 1 W SCIOTOVILLE 38.76N 82.91W
12/09/2017 M0.5 INCH SCIOTO OH EMERGENCY MNGR
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JEFFSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
600 PM EST SAT DEC 09 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM SNOW 5 W FINNEYTOWN 39.22N 84.61W
12/09/2017 M0.5 INCH HAMILTON OH TRAINED SPOTTER
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HATZOSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
A half inch of snow was measured 6 miles south-southeast of Moores Hill.
The observer northeast of Alpine measured a half inch of snow.
The observer in Brookville measured a half inch of snow.
The fire department northeast of Batesville measured .7 inches of snow, while the CoCoRaHS observer 4 miles northeast of Osgood measured a half inch.
The emergency management agency in Richmond measured an inch of snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, December 2017
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 729004, 729005, 729006, 729008, 729009.