Sunshine returns to start week, snow returns for work week in Columbus area

QUICK WEATHER FORECAST:

• Tonight: Clouds decrease, winds relax, low 37
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, breezy afternoon, high 60
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, high 49
• Monday: Snow showers, blustery, cold, high 39
• Tuesday: Clearing skies, high 45

FORECAST DISCUSSION:

Good Friday evening,

It is a much calmer, but colder evening tonight, as the cold front has moved away from our area and skies are clearing from northwest to southeast, with temps running closer to normal. Tonight, expect a few clouds around later, with winds relaxing, and lows dropping to the mid to upper 30s.

Saturday, a few clouds in the morning will give way to mostly sunny skies, and winds will pick up out of the southwest in the afternoon and become breezy, with highs around 60. Saturday night, clouds will increase again, with a chance of showers around midnight as a weak cold front pushes through. Behind the front we will see clearing, and cooler temps Sunday in the upper 40s to near 50.

Sunday night another shot of cold air will drop south, and behind it, winds will pick up for Monday, with a chance of snow showers and highs only in the upper 30s with wind chills in the 20s through the day. Tuesday skies will start to clear, but it will still be a very cool day with highs only in the middle 40s.

We will start to see temps back to normal on Wednesday with highs in the lower 50s with sunshine. Clouds will return late on Thursday with highs in the upper 50s. Rain showers will move back into the area on Friday with highs still a bit above normal in the middle 50s.

-Dave