Category: Weather

The cooler and less humid air will be paying us a visit for a few outstanding days!!!!

For my friends in Winchester, VA, it’s famine (no rain) with a brutal heat (upper 90s°F). For my friends in Vermont and New Hampshire, it’s the case of far too much rain in a short duration. Vermont’s cleanup will go on for months…. but at least this Saturday is looking quiet and decorative according to the Lyndon Institude steaming web camera.

Like so many of us, it feels like July! Former FOX 8 colleague Alexis Walters verified that this morning.

So let’s cool off a little and head to Iceland for a little sight seeing in “the west of Iceland.”

The trajectory of Beryl will determine where the heaviest swath of leftover rain will occur. Right niow, odds favor western Ohio for the heaviest rainfall between Tuesday night and Wednesday noon.

Early last weekend, the dew points were as high as they typically get in August:

Thankfully, all of that oppressive air moved out on Sunday night. This is what the drier air looked like this morning. Ahhhhhhhhh!

Strong downpours are likely to develop between noon and 6 p.m. Wednesday, especially in the northern counties of Ohio:

Rainfall in the 1-2” category could easily flood low-lying areas and near rivers and creeks .NEVER drive into a road that disappears in water. You don’t know how deep that water is.

Issued Tuesday, June 25, 2024
8:30 a.m.

This is the line of storms whose high clouds are getting stripped off by strong winds aloft and getting pulled into Ohio after a pretty sunrise.

As of 8:30 a.m., the leading edge of storms is 150 miles away. Gusts between 70-80 mph were common in Michigan tjhis morning with many people losing power.

The good news is that I believe these storms will lose their “power” as they move into high pressure here in the Ohio Valley… however, many of the storms will survive the trip in, but winds will generally gust in the 30-40 m.p.h. range instead of hurricane force. CLICK HERE for the latest radar loop from Cleveland Hopkins NOAA NEXRAD.

(Loop below from the 8 a.m. hour – is not current.)

As of last hour (1 p.m.Thursday), we officially hit 90°F for the fourth consecutive day. Additionally, dew points have been in the mega-muggy category (no kidding!).

BUT there is change coming! The pattern allows two distinct pushes of cooler, drier air next week:

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Will the high clouds leftover from Gulf Coast moisture and diurnal thunderstorms from the last 2 days be enough to prevent daytime highs from hitting 90°F?

Stay tuned.

In the meantime, you can feel the humidity hanging heavy in the air now.

Here is a good example of what happens when a strong thunderstorm moves in after a steamy, hot summery day: