Think the weather's been bad? It's about to get worse

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County engineer and a county commissioner say road maintenance crews have been doing the best they can this winter to keep roads clear of ice and snow under extremely challenging weather conditions.

And it’s about to get worse, according to the National Weather Service.

The temperature in the Mahoning Valley will be in the single digits by 5 p.m. today and below zero tonight, said Will Kubina, an NWS meteorologist in Cleveland.

Except for a brief time Saturday when the high will be in the upper teens, it will be unseasonably cold for the next week, he said.

The high temperature between Saturday night and Sunday night will be 3 below zero with a low of minus 10, Kubina said.

Wind-chill values will reach as low as 30 below zero, he said.

“It’s going to be unseasonably cold,” he said. “The average high for this time of the year is in the upper 30s. We won’t see that for the next week. This will be the coldest stretch we’ve had this winter.”

Add to that, the NWS said there is a chance of snow each day through Sunday.

The weather could result in school closings.

Read a more extensive look at the weather and its fallout in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.