The National Weather Service in Cleveland has your fall weather sorted. They've got it all laid out: the highs, the lows, and all the fronts. According to the latest forecast, we're clingin' to the edge of a high-pressure ridge before a cold front from the western Great Lakes decides to butt in later tonight. Full steam ahead into the weekend, we're looking at another ridge muscling in from the Upper Midwest toward New England. For all you weather junkies out there, Sunday's going to be a dash more dramatic with a warm front charging northward and a cold front on its heels as an occluded low makes tracks northeast across Ontario.
Let's break it down for the next couple of days. Today, you can count on some vapor voodoo over the river valleys first thing, but that'll burn off as soon as the sun gets cranking. By the time we're all rubbing sleep from our eyes Friday morning, that cold front will have slipped southeastward through northern Ohio and northwest PA. A little birdie named the National Weather Service told us the front's passage ought to be a dry affair for most parts, although Lake Erie could stir up a couple of isolated showers as it warms up in the afternoon. The high temperature isn't shy either, flirting with the 70s to nearly 80 degrees later today.
As we glide into the weekend, high pressure's throwing a drying spell over us. Saturdays serve up temps that make it feel like we're sticking to the annual script upper 60s eastward and mid-70s westward. The mood shifts come Sunday with an upper-level trough dropping in for a visit and a warm front lifting the mood on Saturday night. The folks at the Weather Service expect a cold front Sunday that's bringing winds that could push waves into Small Craft Advisory territory on Lake Erie. If the elements align just right, buckle down for some potential thunderstorm rumblings, mainly across Northeast Ohio into Northwest Pennsylvania.
Looking into next week, brace yourselves for a cool down. Post-front, Monday's trying to reel temperatures back by about 15 degrees. According to the National Weather Service, high pressure will be calling the shots in the Ohio Valley while the eastern Great Lakes party with a trough. There's a slight chance that Lake Erie might get a bit moody with some clouds, but overall, it's a limited moisture affair with temps running a cool race slightly below normal through midweek.
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