Cloudy skies with evening rain showers, cool down coming

Columbus and Central Ohio Weather

QUICK WEATHER FORECAST:

• Today: Evening rain showers, high 65
• Tonight: Showers continue, low 48
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, high 56 (33)
• Thursday: Mainly sunny, high 60 (39)
• Friday: Chance of rain showers, high 74 (59)
• Saturday: Isolated t-storms, high 79 (63)

FORECAST DISCUSSION:

Central Ohio will finally se temperatures close to average for this time of year, but this will be short lived. Highs will reach the mid-upper 60s this afternoon. A cold front will bring rain showers that will move across the area starting late this afternoon. Along with the rain showers, breezy conditions will last the rest of the day.

Tonight into early Wednesday morning rain showers will continue. Close to a quarter inch of rain will fall, bringing Columbus’s total precipitation totals for April close to 6 inches. Winds will remain breezy at times overnight as the cold front moves through.

Tomorrow will be noticeably chillier. Overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning temperatures will fall close to the freezing point. A rebound in temps starts heading towards this weekend. More rain and a few thunderstorms will move through the weekend. During this time highs will top off in the mid 70s Friday and close to the 80 degree mark between Saturday, Sunday, & Monday.

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