Columbus officially got past 20° on Sunday, which means our streak of highs below 20° ended at eight days. That ties the longest streak on record, which occurred in both 1893 and 1899. But even with the continuously cold temperatures, the snow depth has been decreasing. There are two reasons for that: the snow settles […]

The 614cast Thursday’s tl;dr ⛅ Partly sunny, high in the mid-teens. (Giphy) Forecast highlights 🥶 Still awfully cold Is it time for our eight-year-old to go back to school? The other day, I was 99.9% sure she wouldn’t have school Monday or Tuesday, and was not optimistic about the rest of the week… so far,

Officially, the Columbus storm total snowfall through 7 p.m. was 12.1” and is noted as “storm total.” The National Weather Service says it’s the 5th-highest two-day snowfall event on record. 11.9” fell just on Sunday, which is the 3rd-highest calendar day snowfall on record. To see all the snowfall reports since 3 p.m. Sunday, head

The format of this newsletter will be different since it’s off-cycle and I’m slowing down after a 3 a.m. alarm this morning (I helped out 10TV WBNS on their morning show before coming home to do my day job). If you’ve been following updates from local sources like the TV stations or National Weather Service,

Before we get to the all-important snow… Has it been stupidly windy lately? Yes. Yes, it has. Wind gusts have peaked at 30+ mph nine of the past 12 days. The average daily wind speed has also been above the long-term average 10 of the days. This newsletter might be on hiatus for the next

The 614cast Monday’s tl;dr 🌥️ Scattered light snow ends, then decreasing clouds. Blustery with a high near 20 early, then falling temperatures. (Giphy) Forecast highlights 🐧 Brief arctic blast Okay, I realize that having a penguin emoji next to a headline about an arctic blast doesn’t make sense because they don’t even live in the

⏰ I’m setting my alarm prettttty early this Sunday. I’ll be filling in on weather duties for 10TV (WBNS) for that day’s morning newscast. It runs from 6–9 a.m., so tune in if you want to see how well (or poorly 🤣) I handle sleep deprivation on live TV. The 614cast Thursday’s tl;dr ⛅ Partial

The 614cast Monday’s tl;dr ⛅ Partly sunny, breezy at times, high around 40. (Tenor) Forecast highlights 📉 Midweek system brings rain to snow Our next weathermaker approaches Tuesday, bringing a chance of spotty showers late. That will change over to light snow on Wednesday, although the timing of the changeover is still in question. Most