Cold start to the workweek, when will warmer temps return?

QUICK WEATHER FORECAST:

• Today: Mostly cloudy, high 32
• Tonight: Partly cloudy, low 18
• Tuesday: Mixed clouds, high 35 (24)
• Wednesday: Wintry mix late, high 39 (23)
• Thursday: Light flurries, high 30 (20)
• Friday: More sunshine, high 32 (22)

FORECAST DISCUSSION:

Conditions will slowly warm up over the next several days. Monday will stay below the freezing point all day under partly sunny skies. Wind chill temps will only mildly improve feeling like the mid 20s. A few snow flurries will be mostly contained to the first part of the afternoon hours.

Skies will clear up a little bit tonight, but the clearing skies will keep help things cool off even more. Lows tonight will be in the mid to upper teens. This is about 10-15 degrees below normal for this time of year. Winds will not be as breezy tonight, but many people will wake up to wind chills in the low teens.

Tuesday will finally bring temperatures above the freezing point. Very modest warming is expected ahead of the next weather maker. That is expected to arrive between Wednesday night into Thursday. This will bring a small chance for a wintry mix

Central Ohio will stay well below average the entire week. These temperatures over the next seven days and a bit beyond will be more comparable to January’s average temps. The good news is that things will become closer to normal by next week. The jet stream will begin to lift and more seasonable temps will eventually return to Central Ohio.