Cold front overnight brings rain chances to Columbus area
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST:
- Tonight: Clouds increase, rain returns late, low 63
- Wednesday: Rain showers, especially in the morning, still mild, high 71
- Thursday: Clearing skies, high 62
- Friday: Mostly sunny, high 65
- Saturday: Mostly sunny early, more clouds late, high 65
FORECAST DISCUSSION:
Good Tuesday Evening,
After a record warm election day with most of us topping around 80 degrees, we are still enjoying a very spring-like evening with temps slowly falling to near 70 by midnight tonight. We tied the record this morning for warmest low for the date, shattered the daily high on the date of 77°, and broke the all-time Presidential Election Day high temp of only 74°.
Tonight, rain showers will move into our area, mainly after midnight with lows only dropping to the lower 60s. We will have more showers on and off on Wednesday as a slow moving cold front lumbers off to the east, with highs still near 70.
Thursday, expect clearing skies, with highs back into the 'closer to normal' range in the lower 60s. We will recover a bit on Friday and Saturday with sunshine and highs back into the middle 60s. Clouds will increase late on Saturday night with temps rebounding to the mid 60s on Sunday with rain expected. This will be with a warm front, and cold front pushing across the area at different points of the day.
Expect clearing into early next week with highs in the lower 60s on Monday and middle 60s on Tuesday.
-Dave