The weather in Cleveland is about to take a turn, as the National Weather Service Cleveland outlines a cold front settling toward the Ohio Valley today, followed by a warm front lifting north Wednesday, indicating another low-pressure system that's brewing up storms from the Mid Mississippi Valley. Come Thursday, residents should take note as the developing weather front treks across, leaving high pressure behind on Friday, but not without another cold front making its presence felt by Saturday.
After a spell of much-needed rain that trickle-fed the region over the last 12 hours, the forecast remains a mixed bag with foggy bulbs dominating the landscape in NW Ohio, where visibility drops to a challenging half to quarter-mile range. The culprits, a departing low-pressure system and its consort, a weak cold front, both are seeping southward on this day, letting dry air and weak ridging take over—finally giving the rain a rest, yet with isolated showers clinging to the idea of an encore in the southeast later in the day, according to the National Weather Service Cleveland.
As we edge into Wednesday, look for the weather to pull a one-eighty; a closed low spirals out of the Rockies and is scent-marked by rainfall widespread across the region by midday. Embedded convection, an atmospheric teaser, makes thunder a possibility by the afternoon, so another bout of soaking rain is more fact than fiction for most areas. Highs aren't expected to crest past the low to mid-70s thanks to the gray wet blanket overhead.
Transitioning into the latter part of the week, a deepening surface low plays follow the leader northward across Lake Erie Wednesday night into Thursday, though there's a chance for a dry pocket in the warm sector before the trailing cold front springs another round of showers and thunder. The details are blurry, like an out-of-focus camera, with the weather folks chewing over the exact path of the low track—some essential rain amounts are expected to budge between half an inch to one and a half in some parts. But this being weather, there's always a rolling dice of uncertainties at play.
By Saturday, a northern stream trough trots in, possibly dragging a cold front through the region, though the jury is still out on the depth of the trough and just how much cool air it decides to cart in. Keep an umbrella handy for late Saturday and Saturday night, particularly in NE Ohio and NW PA, before a clearout ushers in a dryer Sunday and Monday. Warmth will peak with highs in the mid-70s to around 80 on Saturday, dialing back into the low to mid-70s to round out the weekend.
