WHEELING — As residents and city workers continue recovering from this week’s heavy snowfall, more winter weather is heading toward the Ohio Valley for the weekend.

The National Weather Service forecasts a low pressure system, during which residents can expect another 2½ inches of snow. Snowfall will start Friday night and continue into Saturday morning, with the brunt of it coming on Friday. The weather system should move out of the region by Saturday afternoon.

There is a chance that the area may see temperatures above freezing Monday, but until then the cold will persist as well.

Ahead of the storm, Ohio County Emergency Management Director Lou Vargo urges residents to stay tuned into weather reports and prepare accordingly. Vargo said it is a good time to have extra food and water on hand and to bundle up with multiple layers, making sure to cover hands and faces.

He also encourages residents to limit travel on roadways unless necessary. If trips are required, drive cautiously and be aware of bad road conditions. Give plows plenty of room to prevent accidents.

“If you need to be somewhere, give yourself some extra time,” Vargo said.

While city crews have been hard at work all week to clear roadways, there are many secondary roads that take longer to get to and may be less safe to travel. Additionally, Vargo said residents should be sure to check in with elderly family members and friends and not forget about outdoor pets. If it’s too cold for us, it’s too cold for them, he said.

Wheeling City Manager Robert Herron said residents have been very cooperative with the city ordinance requiring those in designated areas to clear their stretch of public sidewalk within 24 hours of snowfall, which has been enforced during this week’s storm.

The city has found only six property owners to be noncompliant after notices were issued and a reinspection conducted Thursday. There have been very few issues with snow clearing, he said.

“We appreciate the cooperation we’re getting from those areas because it has been outstanding,” Herron said.

Herron said the city will continue to plow every street and it is helpful if residents avoid blowing or shoveling snow from driveways or sidewalks into the road.

Mike Coffman, the assistant general manager of Menards in the Highlands, said shovel sales have skyrocketed to more than 300 purchased in the last week. The home improvement store has also gone through 16 or 17 pallets of road salt bags, much more than they would sell on a typical winter week, but on par with other winter storms.

Coffman said Menards just got another shipment of salt and shovels in on Thursday and plenty are in stock for the next bout of snow this weekend.