CLEVELAND, Ohio — You’ll want to keep your jacket or hoodie handy. Northeast Ohio will stay locked in a blustery, chilly pattern through Thursday as a broad trough over the Great Lakes fuels scattered to numerous showers and gusty winds.
A passing low-pressure system will continue to spin moisture across the region, keeping skies mostly cloudy and temperatures well below normal.
Afternoon highs will reach only the upper 40s to lower 50s, but steady westerly winds gusting up to 40 mph will make it feel closer to 40 degrees at times, according to the National Weather Service in Cleveland .
While showers will be spotty for many inland areas, steadier lake-effect rain will persist along the Lake Erie shoreline, especially from eastern Cuyahoga County through Ashtabula County. The heaviest