Rain on the way overnight into Thursday for Columbus area
QUICK WEATHER FORECAST:
- Tonight: Rain late, breezy, low 43
- Thursday: Rainy, windy early, high 52
- Friday: Partly sunny, high 54
- Saturday: Clearing skies, high 57
- Sunday: Mostly cloudy, mild, high 60
FORECAST DISCUSSION:
Good Wednesday Evening,
It has been a milder day today with highs back in the upper 50s to near 60. Tonight, temps will remain mild as a system moves up from the southwest, and will bring rain into our area overnight tonight and into the day on Thursday. Temps will fall into the lower 40s.
Expect rain showers to have the highest coverage in the first half of the day on Thursday with wind the strongest in the morning. We will see the winds and rain tapering off throughout the day on Thursday, with highs near normal in the lower 50s.
Friday we will be mostly cloudy, with slow clearing late in the day on Friday. Highs will be back slightly above normal in the middle 50s. Weather should be nice for FFN week 3 of the playoffs this week, with numbers falling into the 40s by the end of the games.
This weekend, expect more sunshine for the first half of the day, with highs in the upper 50s with plenty of sunshine. We will see clouds increase on Sunday with highs back around 60. A quick shot of a showers possible overnight into early Monday morning. We will remain partly sunny on Monday with highs in the lower 60s.
Rain showers will return again late on Tuesday and into Wednesday. Temps will remain quite mild ahead of this system on Tuesday in the lower 60s. We will cool into the middle 50s on Wednesday, but much cooler air could return later into next week.
-Dave