Area experiences first snowfall of the season

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Snow showers will likely turn to rain this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.

It will be breezy, with a chance of rain lingering through the afternoon, mixing with snow after the sun goes down before trailing off.

Highs will be around 37 degrees, though wind chills will make temperatures feel like the upper 20s. The chance for snow will be mainly before 10 p.m. Total accumulation will be less than a half inch.

After the rain and snow trail off Sunday night, it will be breezy and clouds will also gradually start to decrease, although it will still be mostly cloudy by daybreak on Monday.

Matthew Campbell, meteorologist for National Weather Service Wilmington, said the Dayton-area weather forecast for Monday is “a little bit complicated” because there’s a chance for snow showers after midnight, but that goes away by 4 a.m.

A chance of wintry weather returns with a 30 percent chance of rain or snow between 8 p.m. Monday and 1 a.m. Tuesday as temperatures dip down toward the freezing mark, Campbell said.

Accumulation from Monday into Tuesday was expected to be around a tenth of an inch of snow, he said.

Later Tuesday will bring much warmer temperatures with a high near 58 degrees.

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