📺 Programming note: Because of time constraints and limited internet access, this will be the only newsletter this week. The 614cast Monday tl;dr 🥵 Sunny and hot, high in the middle to upper 90s with a heat index topping out near 105. Giphy.com Forecast highlights 🔥 Dangerously hot and humid all week The heat continues […]
The 614cast Friday tl;dr 🌤️ Mostly sunny in the morning then partly sunny, high in the middle to upper 80s. Giphy.com Forecast highlight 🥵 Hot. Humid. Summer begins today, and yikes is it going to feel like it very soon. Today will be warm but quite tolerable, though, since the mugginess won’t be out of
The line of storms last night produced a 56 mph wind gust at the OSU Airport at 7:59 p.m., just short of the official severe wind threshold of 58 mph. Severe thunderstorm warnings (yellow) stretched across a good share of the state as of 9:15 p.m. last night, and a few places to our north
The 614cast Wednesday tl;dr ⚡ Partly cloudy with isolated showers/storms; more near or after sunset. High in the mid-80s. Giphy.com Forecast highlights ⛈️ Tonight’s storms could be strong The Storm Prediction Center bumped up our severe weather chances with the storms that come through late this evening into the overnight hours. There are still questions
The 614cast Tuesday tl;dr 🌧️ Occasional showers and storms, high in the lower 80s. Giphy.com Forecast highlights ⚡ Periods of storms, a few could be heavy & strong Most of us escaped rain during the daytime yesterday, although we’ll have showers and storms still scattered about the area today. Rain chances drop off later this
Not everybody got in on downpours this past weekend, but those who won’t feel the need to water their garden for a while. A small chunk of eastern Franklin County even had a flash flood warning Saturday evening. You can see just how localized the heavier stuff was: Iowa Environmental Mesonet The 614cast Monday tl;dr
📺 Programming note: Starting with the next newsletter on Monday, I’m moving to a morning publication time rather than early evening. The 614cast Weekend tl;dr ☂️ Scattered showers/storms (mainly afternoon and evening), humid, highs close to 80. Forecast highlights 🚫 No guarantees for totally dry days The weather pattern for the next six days or
The 614cast Friday’s tl;dr 🌥️ Cloudier with an off-chance of an afternoon shower/storm, high in the mid-80s. Giphy.com Forecast highlights ☂️ Humid with some rain/storms this weekend A stray shower or storm is possible Friday afternoon and evening as a front settles closer to central Ohio. That same front will dangle around all weekend, and
⚠️ An Air Quality Alert is in effect on Thursday. MORPC expects ground-level ozone pollution to reach levels that are unhealthy for sensitive groups. Read their update here. Did you see the Full Strawberry Moon last night? It happened to have crept juuuust above our neighbor’s roofline when I went to bed last night. There
