As a low-pressure system maneuvers through the southeast and touches down in the southern Appalachians, folks in Columbus, Cincinnati, and you all beyond better have your umbrellas at the ready. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), this temperamental visitor is hitching a ride on the northern fringes of a more enormous, meaner weather beast and bringing some of that moody rain with it, mainly southeast of I-71 today and Wednesday.
The Cloudbank guest list indicates a fair turnout across the region, and the NWS's morning brief hints at a "fair amount of cloud cover across the region." Now, while the skies play the modest host above, the earthbound among us will catch the occasional shower this afternoon, courtesy of that nomadic low. Oh, and here's the kicker, the "low levels will remain dry, and most of the model solutions keep any measurable precipitation rather light."
With the barometric murmurs whispering of the low stalled out in the Appalachian corner tonight and into Wednesday, we're looking at slightly warmer evenings. Those lows in the snug 60s will tease at balmy nights, and by the time Wednesday afternoon rolls around, the southeast could see a "slight diurnal uptick with chance pops for a shower," as per NWS, but on the whole, expect warmth with highs cruising from the low to the mid-80s.
Looking ahead because, let's face it, planning is next to godliness, and high pressure is promising to usher in an era of dry weather as we glide into the weekend. A few renegade model members mumble about a chance of showers sneaking into next Monday's outlook, but hey, it's beneath our NWS forecasters to comment on such unsubstantiated gossip. Meanwhile, the mercury will perseverate with its push upwards, flirting with the 90s come Saturday before modestly retreating to the still-warm mid-80s as we step into the new week.
For you airborne wanderers, a certain weakened low promises more cloud than clout on your flying escapades. You'll traverse "an increase in mid and high level clouds through the day into the evening" with some patchy layers setting up camp around 5000 feet when night falls. The NWS tells pilots to expect "No significant weather," so keep those flight plans flowing and fingers crossed that the capricious low keeps its drama to a minimum.
