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Posted: 5:00 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28, 2012

Light snowfall expected this weekend

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Keuana Lillard (left) and Sandra Austin clean snow off their vehicles at Bridgewater Falls during Wednesday’s snow storm.
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A city of Middletown snow plow clears the tarmac at the Middletown Regional Airport during Wednesday’s snow storm.

By Eric Robinette

Many residents may be through with the snow, but the snow isn’t quite through with Southwest Ohio.

Forecasts from the the National Weather Service are calling for 1 or 2 inches of snow today into Saturday.

“We’ve got a trough of low pressure moving in on Friday, and it looks like you’re on the western edge of the worst of it,” said NWS forecaster Brian Coniglio.

The forecast calls for a 70 percent chance of snow tonight and on Saturday. High pressure moves in on Sunday, making for clear skies, but there is a possibility snow could return Monday, dropping an additional inch that day, Coniglio said.

Wednesday’s snowfall totals of 6 inches in some areas of Butler County have exceeded the entire amount of snowfall last winter season, which brought a total of 5.6 inches between November 2011 and March 2012, the weather service reported.

Some road crews from the county engineer’s office were still plowing streets Thursday, according to Chris Petrocy, spokesman for the Butler County Engineer’s Office.

“The snow was heavy and wet and was accumulating 1 to 2 inches in an hour, so we were mostly in plow mode. We can’t lay down salt and then just plow it off two hours later,” he said.

When it comes to driving on the snow, Kimberly Schwind, the public information officer for AAA, had two simple words: “Be prepared.” She said many people were not, partly because Ohio had such a mild winter in 2011-2012.

“People were not prepared because they drove too fast … you have to prepare to drive in the ice and snow. We had people panicking and slamming on their brakes, but that can cause a spin-out,” she said. “If you ease off the gas, that can correct the spin. Since we had a mild winter last year, it’s a re-learning process.”

Schwind also advised that people should get their cars tuned up and check their batteries and the condition of their tires. Dead batteries tend to be a problem in the winter, when people let their cars idle in the cold too long, she said.

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