The World According to Oatney

White Christmas

There is a Winter Storm Warning out for this part of Ohio, and the warning is set to last all day well through tomorrow. The storm that has brought the warning about is a massive one in terms of its length, and it has already brought huge amounts of snow to Western Ohio. Cincinnati has already gotten four to eight inches of the white stuff, and Hamilton County is under a snow emergency.

Parts of Columbus are already feeling the effects of heavy snow. Some area schools were slated to be open today (in this area schools often remain open until the 22nd or 23rd) but many of those schools just decided to add an extra day to Christmas break and have dismissed early. Delaware County is under a Level 1 Snow Emergency and has asked people who don't need to be on the roads to stay off of them.

Here in Newark it looked like the snow might skip us, even the weather maps were showing that Linking County was being passed over by the front of this storm. Nonetheless, the weather people here insisted that those of us spending the holiday in that county would not be spared the storm. It seems they have been proven correct, as outside my window the snow is indeed falling. We are guaranteed something we do not have here every year or even most years: A White Christmas.

With the snow, however, is going to come a blast of cold air. The forecast for Christmas Day is calling for highs of five to ten above, while the low on the first night of Christmas is still in dispute. Local Channel 4 meterologist Jym Ganahl says the low will be zero to five above, while the Weather Channel is calling for a Yuletide low of -7. Buurrr....

posted by Deacon David Oatney @ 2:03 PM