Great weekend ahead for Columbus area

QUICK WEATHER FORECAST:

• Tonight: Few clouds, low 61
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, high 86
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, few clouds later, high 87
• Monday: Clouds increase, isolated pop-up late, high 87
• Tuesday: Rain & rumbles, high 83

FORECAST DISCUSSION:

Good Friday Evening,

It has been a nearly ideal summer day today, with temps in the lower 80s with mostly sunny skies. Tonight, expect a few clouds around, with a light breeze, and temps closer to normal in the lower 60s. Saturday should be another beautiful day, with highs back near normal in the middle 80s with mostly sunny skies.

The weekend will finish with a few more clouds on Sunday with temps a degree or two warmer in the upper 80s. We will stay in the upper 80s on Monday with clouds increasing, and an isolated t-shower possible late. We will have much higher chances of rain and storms starting on Tuesday.

Expect some storms by the afternoon Tuesday as well, with a more saturated airmass, we could have some pockets of heavy rain and highs in the lower 80s. Rain and storms will remain on and off through the day on Wednesday with highs in the lower 80s. As the warm front stalls in our area ahead of our next cold front, we will still have rain in forecast on Thursday with a few storms possible too.

Highs will remain in the lower 80s on Thursday, and with the cold front pushing through overnight into Friday, we could have a few lingering showers on Friday morning, but with sunshine returning late, highs will be in the middle 80s.

-Dave