Sunny and cool weekend with patchy frost tonight

Columbus and Central Ohio Weather

QUICK WEATHER FORECAST:

• Today: Mostly sunny, high 57
• Tonight: Mostly clear, low 36
• Sunday: Few Clouds, high 59 (38)
• Monday: Mostly sunny, high 64 (46)
• Tuesday: PM rain showers, high 67 (47)
• Wednesday: Stray Shower, high 59 (37)

FORECAST DISCUSSION:

Parts of central Ohio will wake up to a little cloud cover this Saturday morning, but at the day goes on skies will become mainly sunny. Below average temperatures will remain over the weekend. Saturday’s high temperatures will only reach the upper 50s across the area. Winds will be slightly breezy at times.

Overnight the coldest temperatures in a while will make their way to central Ohio. In the city lows will fall to the mid 30s. Many counties to the north and east of Columbus will be under a freeze watch starting at 2 a.m. Sunday morning and last until 8 a.m. Lows in these area will be closer to lower 30. Skies will be mostly clear and winds will become lighter.

Sunday will continue the sunshine, and a slight bump up in temperatures. After a frosty morning for some, all of us will be highs returning to the upper 50s. This is still close to 10 degrees below normal for this time of year. Winds will also be calmer compared to Saturday. It’s a close call, but weather wise Sunday will be slightly better compared to Saturday.

The upcoming work week will stay relatively quiet. Highs will move closer to normal throughout the week with one exception. Rain showers will move across the area Tuesday afternoon into early Wednesday morning. The showers will come along with a cold front when the rain arrives. There will be a brief midweek in temperatures, but a rebound will be on the way by next weekend.

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