Snowfall totals on Thursday are expected to be light. The weekend forecast for a more serious winter storm remains uncertain.

The area is in for a bit of a warming trend over the next few days starting on Thursday. The National Weather Service’s forecast for tomorrow calls for highs in the low 30s with light breezes. An Alberta Clipper is expected to move through the area bringing another round of light snow that will total 1-3 inches in most places by the end of the day Thursday.

The wind chill in Columbus dropped as low as -5 degrees overnight, and as of 6 a.m. the air temperature was 5 degrees with a -3 degree wind chill

Bitter winds and a blanket of snow are headed for Ohio today. Snowfall is forecast to begin during the lunch hour, according to Alex Kennedy, a meteorologist who works in the Cleveland office of the National Weather Service.