Monday was a record-setting day for snowfall at the Dayton International Airport with 5.9 inches recorded, according to the NWS in Wilmington. The previous record was 4.3 inches set in 2003.
Montgomery County was placed under a Level 2 Snow Emergency, but was lowered to Level 1 at noon and removed by later in the afternoon Tuesday.
The sun on Tuesday helped to dry out the pavement on the thoroughfares, which Stovall said are in decent shape.
“We’re probably going to make a transition to residential streets sometime this evening to start to address those,” he said.
This doesn’t mean the snow will disappear, he said. The city’s residential streets are narrow with lots of on-street parking, so plows will make a path down the center and put down salt that will help to break up the snow.
Now, Stovall said he is monitoring the forecast for more snow showers. Various weather models predict will bring anywhere from 3 to 6 inches. The showers are expected to start moving in overnight Wednesday and continue into Thursday night.
Stovall said his crews will make sure equipment is ready for another round of snow and said that the city has plenty of salt. “We’re in good shape so that’s a non-issue for us,” he said.
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