Tuesday’s nice weather comes with a side of smoky skies

You made it through Monday! Hopefully without getting soaked from the rounds of rain and storms that came through in the afternoon.

The 614cast

Tuesday’s tl;dr

👍 Mostly sunny and pleasant, high in the mid-70s.

Forecast highlights

🔥 Smoky haze on Tuesday

While we won’t have many clouds for most of Tuesday, the sunshine ought to be filtered by wildfire smoke as upper-level winds drive it back over Ohio.

This is the smoke forecast for Tuesday; yellows, oranges, and reds indicate greater amounts of smoke. Based on this model, the sky should be milkier in the afternoon and evening. At this point, it does not appear that enough smoke will filter down to the ground to cause big air quality concerns.

😄 Nice for now, warmer and more humid later

Tuesday’s going to be just about perfect (aside from the milky-at-times sky)… highs in the 70s, low humidity, and a little breeze.

Highs return to the mid-80s Wednesday and Thursday, which is seasonable (normal high is 81). Dew points will climb a bit day-by-day through the weekend.

☀️ Rest of the workweek looks dry

After the cold front that brought storms Monday afternoon gets past, high pressure takes control of our weather for a few days. That’ll keep rain away for most (if not all) of the rest of the workweek. Our next appreciable opportunity for rain probably will hold off until Saturday.

📊 Tuesday almanac

Normal low/high: 60 / 81
Record low/high: 41 (1988) / 98 (1911)
Sunrise/set: 6:02 a.m. / 9:00 p.m.

Sunsets after 9 p.m. last through July 14.

🏙️ Air quality alerts in central Ohio

The Columbus metro had air quality alerts in effect over the weekend since it was going to be poor enough to affect sensitive groups. The National Weather Service isn’t responsible for this weather-related alert here, though. Instead, it comes from the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC).

MORPC uses the Air Quality Index (AQI) when making its forecasts and issuing alerts. They’ve also partnered with Franklin County to create a neighborhood-scale air quality monitoring network.

You can sign up to receive MORPC’s air quality alerts here.

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