I think a lot of people were wondering,
you know, is that air quality going to
stick around now that we have the rain?
Is that going to stick around?
This is a live picture though, to start
this morning from North Bank Park where
we can see, you know, it's
raining out there kind of in
a cloud waking up this morning.
Will it clear out in time
for the fireworks? That's
the question, Yes, Yes, I've been
keeping an eye on that this morning.
Because I was curious myself.
So the rain has already cleared out,
a lot of that smoke.
Of course, we haven't seen much sunshine,
so it's hard to tell at this point.
Yeah, but once we get past today,
we will see some clear skies
and a lot of those smoke plumes
are looking less intense.
They're starting to get a little
bit more diluted, so.
And the flow is looking like it's
going to hold off through the 4th. So
we're going to be looking at some clear
skies for at least a couple days.
So I think we'll be good to go.
I'll tell you what though.
My lawn and my flowers have loved this rain.
They were so dry to start the
summer and it's just been a
good dose that they've needed.
Yeah, for sure.
And that was the other thing is like,
we had such a dry stretch.
I would hate to go into the 4th of
July with the dry stretch of weather.
So it's been really, really good
that we've had a really wet weekend.
It's going to help out with fire
safety through the week, right?
So good news.
In that regard, and we're getting
a lot of rain today as well,
even this morning looking out over downtown
right now like you just saw as well.
Can't see too much.
We've got some heavy
showers reducing visibility,
definitely be causing some issues on
roadways over the next little bit.
Be careful about hydroplaning,
these showers are heavy for now.
And they're slowly moving off
towards the east this morning.
If you're in areas like Marysville,
Delaware Mary and Kenton Bell Fountain
already looking much drier and
you'll spend a good portion of the
morning on the drier side of things.
We're not entirely done with the showers,
but it won't be a horrible day to get
in and out because we will be in and
out of those showers throughout today.
All right, temperatures right now,
not as bad as yesterday.
We're seeing some improvements right now.
We've got 70 degrees in Columbus,
68 in Delaware, 69 in Marion,
Kenton,
69 degrees and 68 as we look to Springfield.
So a little cooler.
We don't have quite as much
humidity packed in either,
because that's going to help
us out through the afternoon.
So we're still tracking a severe
weather threat through today.
Here's what we've got.
We got the scattered showers this morning,
pretty heavy as well.
We're going to see some spotty
stuff through midday and then a
stronger wave arrives with that
final cold front later this evening.
So that cold front is the reason why we
still have a severe weather threat today.
That is the main concern because
as it comes through,
it's going to mix everything
up and we've got potential for
a few storms within the line.
That develops to become stronger,
especially if you're in these areas
highlighted in yellow where we've
got our likely severe weather threat.
This has been shifted South by the
Severe Weather Prediction Center,
which is good news most of us.
Now just within that possible threat
area and within the slight risk within
those areas of yellow main concern
just going to be really gusty winds,
we could see some hail as well,
everything else not looking
nearly as likely with this system.
So the severe weather we see on the
scale of things not going to be quite as
widespread or damaging as it could be.
All right,
let's walk through your hour by
hour forecast.
So we already have the rain out
there right now.
We're going to slowly watch this
start to move out.
We get dry skies for a little while,
possibly seeing some popups.
It wouldn't surprise me if we
see those through midday and into the
afternoon, but not as likely to be
severe as what we'll see later in the
afternoon and evening. Now by 3:00.
O'clock, we've got some sunshine,
some popups starting to develop,
temperatures in the 80s.
We keep warming things up by 7:00.
O'clock, here comes that line.
It's getting itself together.
It's eating up that energy
going to bring that gusty winds.
Thunder, lightning,
possibly Some hail as well.
And then it wraps up relatively quickly.
It's out of here before midnight.
We're dry through most of
the overnight hours.
There still is a chance for a couple
showers as we head into Monday.
Not widespread, not super heavy,
but they will be out there.
You still might need to
keep the umbrella handy,
especially as we head to the afternoon
when we've got those heavier showers.
Your rainfall totals for this system.
Pretty good,
most of us seeing at least 1/4 of an inch,
some just over an inch and a half,
close to two inches.
Here's a look forward again Monday,
some spotty showers Tuesday,
maybe a little bit of drizzle
for a few spots,
but relatively we're looking
pretty dry for the 4th,
which is good news,
and we're going to keep that
going through Wednesday.
Temperatures climb back to the
upper 80s Wednesday afternoon,
cooling down Thursday,
with more chances for thunderstorms
by the end of the week.