A warm front will continue to lift over Northern Ohio through the remainder of the day and hang up over Lake Erie tonight bringing warm temperatures and an increase of rain chances to Stark County going into the weekend.

The warm front currently moving northward through the region will park over Lake Erie later tonight and become nearly stationary through Friday. This will bring some warmer temperatures to Stark County communities with daytime highs getting into the lower 60s and nighttime lows in the lower 50s. Our rain chances will also increase the next few days with the potential for some thunderstorms as pieces of energy rotate around an upper level low pressure system located over the Mississippi River Valley.

The warm temperatures are rapidly melting the remaining snowpack. This, coupled with the additional rainfall that's expected, could cause some local flooding problems in some areas of the county going into the weekend. The heaviest rainfall through Friday looks to be across Northwest Ohio but we can't rule out some locally heavy rain which would also put some of our rivers and streams at risk for flooding.

The main flooding potential will occur Friday night into Saturday with most locations around the county receiving a half inch to an inch of rainfall during the period. Thunderstorm activity also looks best during this same time period.....

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