According to the National Weather Service in Cleveland, Cleveland is enjoying the unseasonably warm October weather thanks to the high-pressure system hanging over the area. Locals and visitors are experiencing higher-than-normal temperatures, making for a rather pleasant fall. The National Weather Service forecast promises that the good conditions will continue through the weekend before things change midweek.
The NWS Cleveland office notes clear skies and minimal cloud coverage, contributing to daytime highs being "slightly above average." Locals can see temperatures reaching up into the low 70s in western counties, a trend that is expected to continue into Sunday. Despite the warmth during the day, overnight lows may reach the upper 30s to low 40s, so don't put away those jackets just yet. The ongoing high pressure means that most areas won't see frost. However, temperatures could drop cooler in isolated areas due to "increased radiational cooling," a phenomenon which is, perhaps, not the chatter at your local brunch spot but no less critical to the regional climate condensations.
Looking into the start of the week, "high pressure remains in control of the short-term forecast period with temperatures above normal," the NWS stated. This pattern predicts upper 70-degree weather, particularly on Monday, in the western third of the CWA, which includes Cleveland and its vicinity. However, as is characteristic of weather's fickle nature, an upper low from the four corners region is expected to shift towards the southern Great Lakes region towards midweek, potentially resulting in some cloud cover – but no precipitation is expected in the short term.
Change, however, is on the horizon as the NWS forecast indicates a "more significant trough in the northern stream" that will introduce a cold front moving east late Wednesday into early Wednesday night. As the usually busy work weekends, those warm temperatures will be a memory as highs revert to the 50s. Accompanying this cold front are showers, and "then likely to see isolated/scattered lake effect rain showers across the eastern lakeshore areas in the onshore cold flow through Friday night." So, while the sun might not be as generous, the rain certainly will be.
