One more dry day then wet weather returns.

This week is Ohio Severe Weather Awareness Week. It’s a good reminder to review your severe-weather plans and update your emergency-preparedness kits. The Statewide Tornado Drill is scheduled for 9:50am Wednesday.{/strong}

TUESDAY: Increasing clouds, dry, mild, high 57.
TONIGHT: Scattered rain showers, low 41.
WEDNESDAY: Cloudy, scattered rain showers early and late, high 55.
THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy, scattered showers & storms, heavy rain at times, high 69.
FRIDAY: Rain & showers, heavy rain in pockets, cloudy, high 54.
SATURDAY: Rain & showers, heavy rain in pockets, cloudy, high 59.
SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy, slight chance for rain late, high 59.
MONDAY: Rain & showers, high 62.

Good Tuesday morning! Hopefully you enjoyed the beautiful sunshine as we celebrated the Spring Equinox yesterday. Today we will see more clouds arriving through the day with morning temps dipping into the lower 30s and then rebounding back to around 57 this afternoon. We stay dry today and it is the only dry day on the 7-day forecast.

This evening rain showers will start arriving from the southwest and we will have light rain overnight and temps dipping to around 40. Cloudy for Wednesday with the early light rain showers and then another wave of rain showers later in the day. We may see some spotty light rain during the day itself, but most of the rain will be early and then again late. High temps in the mid 50s on Wednesday.

Thursday we get a surge of warm air and morning temps will be around 50 then we reach a high around 70 by the afternoon. The extra warmth will give more fuel for scattered showers and storms on and off for the day. Right now severe storms are not likely, but localized flooding will start to be a concern for Thursday through Saturday. Heavy rain at times for Thursday through Saturday. Friday and Saturday will be cooler with highs in the 50s. Rainfall totals will vary depending on the track of the heavier pockets of rain, but 2” of rain possible for some areas and even localized locations could see more than 3” of rain by Saturday night.

Sunday we get a slight break in the rain with mostly cloudy skies, but another wave of rain possible Sunday night into next Monday. Highs around 60 for the weekend and then lower 60s on Monday. So get outside and enjoy the mild, dry day today! Have a good one!

Andrew Buck Michael, Meteorologist.