Extreme Cold Should Break Before Weekend: Ohio Forecast

The dangerously cold temperatures should start to gradually warm up going into Friday, the National Weather Service is forecasting. Wind chill temperatures remain in the -25 degrees range through about Friday morning.

The severe cold may have claimed at least one life — a 59-year-old man in Euclid, broken water mains, closed schools, delayed mail delivery and trash collection, and wreaked havoc on northern Ohio. The National Weather Service's wind chill warning, which had been in place for all of Wednesday, could expire at 4 p.m. on Thursday.

In classic Ohio fashion, the -40 degree wind chill temperatures on Wednesday could turn to upper-40 degree on Sunday. Between Thursday and Sunday, there could be snow on Friday and Saturday night.

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Luckily, less than two inches of snow is expected to fall after the cold spell breaks. Between Friday night, when temperatures could drop to 16 degrees, and Saturday, when temperatures could spike to 41 degrees, Northeast Ohioans could see huge swings in the temperature.

Current forecasts show temperatures rising to about 50 degrees on Sunday and then remaining in the high 40s and low 50s throughout much of next week.

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