The 614cast
Today’s tl;dr
🌤️ Mostly sunny, breezy at times in the afternoon. High in the lower to middle 70s.
Forecast highlights
🍁 False fall has arrived
Sunshine! 70s! No humidity!
FALL IS HERE——
Okay, okay, just like everyone else, I’m excited that we’re fiiiiiinally getting a long run of wonderful weather. But it’s also still just the last week of August, so I also know not to get my hopes up that summer doesn’t have at least a few toasty days left in the tank.
But we don’t have to concern ourselves with that for now. Canadian air is in place, and it won’t be letting go for a while. Highs this week will be in the 70s, which is notably below average.
The upper-level pattern has a trough — a southward-dipping air flow — over the eastern U.S., which is responsible for this early fall preview.
That trough should eventually relax going into the weekend, but summer-feeling weather will not return yet at that point. So, enjoy this lengthy taste of what’s eventually to come!
📊 Today’s almanac
Normal low/high: 63 / 83
Record low/high: 46 (1887) / 99 (1959)
Sunrise/set: 6:53 a.m. / 8:13 p.m.
🪟 Fall outlook updated
Last week, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center updated its fall outlook for September through November.
Odds favor temperatures overall being warmer than average, a situation that covers a prettttty large area.
The CPC gives Columbus a 45% chance of being warmer than normal, 33% chance of being near normal, and 22% chance of being cooler than normal.
For precipitation, odds are even across the board; at this point, it’s just as likely that we’ll be near normal or wetter than normal or drier than normal.
🌭 For the weather weenies
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It’s the time of year for Cape Verde hurricanes, the longest and most powerful storms (Associated Press)
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Businesses face ‘chaos’ as EPA aims to repeal its authority over climate pollution (NPR)