So long, showers – Justin Gehrts

Well, yesterday’s rain was disappointing… unless you live in just the right spots in the north metro! The morning activity didn’t materialize as nearly well as I’d expected. Here’s the estimated rainfall map:

CMH got only a tenth, but the OSU Airport picked up four tenths.

Here’s the wider view. You don’t have to go far to find much better rain!

This week’s Drought Monitor will be updated this morning. I’ll share the latest from that in tomorrow’s newsletter.

The 614cast

Today’s tl;dr

🌥️ Morning clouds and an isolated shower, then some afternoon clearing. High in the mid-70s.

Forecast highlights

👋 Goodbye, rain chances

Before our current weather system kicks off to the east, it could produce a stray light shower in your neighborhood. However, most of what’s left over will be to our south and east, and rain chances should end by early afternoon at the latest.

And then we enter another dry stretch.

There’s a small chance that a shower could pop up on Monday if a disturbance swirling to our south ends up a ways closer to us. Because that doesn’t currently look to be in the cards, I’m leaving even a speck of a rain chance out for now. And even if that thing does come farther north, I think conditions will overall be unfavorable for rain… drier air will have taken hold, for example.

⬆️ Warm for a while

Today will be seasonable with highs in the mid-70s, and tomorrow will be similar — just a couple degrees warmer.

Readings hang out close to 80 this weekend into early next week, slipping back some later next week. But even beyond a week from now, it looks like temperatures will stay above average.

The normal high in the first week of October is in the lower 70s, so it doesn’t have to be particularly warm to be above average. Even so, if you’re looking for crisp weather… you’ll be waiting a while.

📊 Today’s almanac

Normal low/high: 53 / 75
Record low/high: 33 (1967) / 93 (1900)
Sunrise/set: 7:22 a.m. / 7:23 p.m.

🚗 Sun glare during commutes

We’re in the time of year when the sun is low enough during commute times to make seeing a bit of a challenge.

East-west roads are especially problematic since they’re pretty aligned with the sun. So what can you do about it?

Since you can’t see as well, treat it as you would any other difficult-visibility situations: Leave more room between you and other vehicles and slow down as necessary.

Make sure your windshield is clean, both inside and out. If there’s dust, grime, streaks, and so on, that can worsen the glare.

The sun can be an issue even when it’s behind you. I’ve found it helpful to flip my rearview mirror as I do when a car is behind me at night. And if you don’t have daytime running lights, turn on your headlights if the sun’s behind you; it’ll help vehicles driving into the sun see you better.

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