Few rain chances this week for Columbus area
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST:
- Tonight: Partly cloudy, low 66
- Tuesday: Nice start, pm rain & rumbles, high 86
- Wednesday: Chance of rain & storms, high 86
- Thursday: Chance of storms with front, high 84
- Friday: Mostly sunny, high 84
FORECAST DISCUSSION:
Good Monday Evening,
It has been a cooler than normal day today due to some morning rain showers that slowed temps from climbing through the day. Some of us had some much needed rainfall today, where others hardly had a drop. This is problematic, as much of our area is running 3-5" below normal for rainfall over the past 60 days.
Overnight tonight, we will be partly cloudy with lows near normal in the middle 60s, and a very light breeze. Tuesday will start off with partly cloudy skies, but by the 2nd half of the day, expect some pop-up showers and storms to move up into the area, highs will surge to the middle 80s, or right about normal.
Wednesday we will continue the trend with more pop-up showers and storms, and highs in the middle 80s. The coverage both afternoons will not be amazing, and will not be a drought busting type event. Normally this time of the year, we should be picking up an inch of rain per week on normal, so even spots that are lucky enough to get 3 days of rain this week will not fulfill our normal amount for the week.
Thursday rain chances will remain in the area, widely scattered ahead of a cold front that will push through the area by late day on Thursday. As mentioned last week, this will be more of a "clearing front" vs a cold front in that temps will actually start to warm up after the front's passage for Friday and the weekend. The front will clear out the unsettled weather, but the hot summer sun will warm things back up for the weekend.
Highs will remain in the middle 80s Thursday, and Friday, with clearing to mostly sunny skies on Friday. Saturday high pressure will be overhead with highs in the upper 80s. The high will start to drift east for Sunday, and increase humidity, and bring a very isolated chance of a pop-up shower or rumble mainly in the south with highs again in the upper 80s.
We will remain in the upper 80s to start next work week, with a little better chance of pop-up thundershowers.
-Dave