Clearing skies with cooler temps this Monday
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST:
- Today: Partly cloudy, high 49
- Tonight: Cloudy skies, low 41
- Tuesday: Scattered rain, high 48 (35)
- New Year’s Day: Light wintry mix, high 39 (27)
- Thursday: Mostly cloudy, high 32 (23)
- Friday: Chance of light snow, high 30 (19
FORECAST DISCUSSION:
Monday brings great improvement with clearing skies, calmer winds, and much more sunshine. Colder temperatures begin with highs only reaching the upper 40s. This is still above average, but that is going to change within the expended forecast. Winds will be much calmer as well.
During the night clouds will build up as the next weather maker moves into Central Ohio. In the early morning hours a rain showers will pick up. These showers are going to pick up as the morning goes on.
Scattered rain showers will make New Year's Eve very gloomy across Central Ohio. By the time this system exits on New Year’s Day, some of those rain showers are going to turn into a wintry mix. About a quarter inch of rain is expected.
Long term trends will see dropping temperatures across the area. Highs by the upcoming weekend will only reach the mid 20s. Colder than average temperatures will stick around for the majority of the first full week of the year.