It’s already shaping up to be a harsh winter, and temperatures are dropping below 10 degrees for the first time this season. The National Weather Service has issued a Cold Weather Advisory for the Miami Valley — a new advisory first revealed last October.

Dangerous wind chills and more snow are making Thursday and Friday First Alert Weather Days, according to the FOX19 NOW Weather Team. A Cold Weather Advisory is in effect for the Tri-State until 9 a.m.

The National Weather Service in Charleston issued Wednesday a ‘cold weather advisory’ for much of the South Carolina coastline as very cold temperatures move into the region. A ‘cold weather advisory’ is issued by the National Weather Service when seasonably cold air temperatures or wind chill values,

Officials in Jefferson Parish issued a cold weather advisory due to an arctic blast bringing temperatures down to the low 30s.

A Cold Weather Advisory is NOW in effect until 9 a.m. today for Butler, Clinton, Greene, Montgomery, Preble, and Warren counties in Ohio. It also includes Union and Wayne counties in Indiana. A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued starting Friday at 11 a.

Meteorologist Scott Gagliardi said some light snow was possible on Saturday. Here's his Thursday noon forecast.

WVLT First Alert Weather Days continue through Saturday, with cold air and surfaces setting the stage for the next system to come in as all snow with spotty wintry mix Friday and snow to keep adding up into early Saturday.

Friday will start partly cloudy before becoming mostly cloudy by around lunch. After lunch we have another round of snow coming in. It’ll start first out west, then move out east. Arrival times look to be west of Roanoke by around 2 to 3 p.