Another cold snap coming: Get cars off roads, bring pets inside, check on neighbors

YOUNGSTOWN

Communities around the Mahoning Valley have imposed street parking bans in anticipation of today’s snowstorm.

New Middletown, Niles, Youngstown and others are warning drivers cars left on streets could be towed at the owner’s expense.

Even politics got delayed by the storm, with a Mahoning Valley Democrat Club meeting postponed from Monday to 7 p.m. March 10 at Bogey’s Riverside Banquet Center, 3404 New Castle Road, Lowellville.

Saturday’s temperatures in the 40s reflected the calm before the storm.

Mike Joyce, 21 WFMJ-TV meteorologist, predicted 2 to 5 inches of snow in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys by Monday morning, with the higher accumulations more likely in Columbiana and Lawrence counties and southern Mahoning County, and lower accumulations to the north.

The event was to begin Saturday night as snow and sleet, with a 100 percent chance of snow today and a high of 25 degrees, and a 70 percent chance of snow tonight.

Another cold snap is predicted, with single-digit morning low temperatures expected through Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.

With winds from the north at 13 to 16 mph, wind chill values were expected to plummet to 11 to 13 degrees below zero tonight and Monday, the NWS said.

Pets should be brought indoors and residents should check on neighbors, particularly the elderly and those with young children.

For more on the weather, read Sunday's Vindicator or Vindy.com as we continue to monitor conditions.