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7-Day Forecast
Today
Sep 25
67°
50°
Sat
Sep 26
71°
51°
Sun
Sep 27
70°
54°
Mon
Sep 28
70°
54°
Tue
Sep 29
71°
56°
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Rain chances return mid-to-late next week as a more unsettled pattern builds in, possibly pulling moisture from Hurricane Polo into the Ohio Valley.
Mid-next week
A beautiful afternoon ahead, mostly sunny and mild near 67°F. Tonight stays quiet, cooling to around 50°F.
Tomorrow
Sunny and pleasant again with highs near 71°F. A great weekend day.
Bring layers for tonight
1:50 PMIssued Sep 25, 12:52 PM
This afternoon you've got mostly sunny skies and highs near 67, with that dry pattern sticking around through the weekend. Tonight'll dip to around 50 under partly cloudy skies, and Saturday shapes up to be even nicer with sunny conditions and a high near 71. There's no rain in sight for Columbus through the weekend.
What's really driving this stretch of dry, cool weather is a broad area of high pressure that's sinking down from the northern Great Lakes. When high pressure parks itself like that, it forces air to sink (meteorologists call that subsidence), which warms the air and evaporates moisture. That's paired with northeasterly flow aloft, which is funneling in a deep column of dry air from the north. The result is textbook fall weather: plenty of sunshine, no rain, and temperatures that feel seasonably cool for late September.
The catch is that this setup won't last forever. By mid-next week, the jet stream pattern starts to shift as a trough digs in over Canada and pulls tropical moisture from Hurricane Polo into the central Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. That's when rain chances return to the forecast. For now, though, enjoy the dry weekend and clear skies.