COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Cloudy and chilly today with freezing rain this evening, changing to rain overnight.
- WEDNESDAY: Cloudy, chilly, evening ice/mix, high 36.
- TONIGHT(ICE ALERT): Evening ice/mix changing to rain as temps warm, low 32.
- THURSDAY: Early rain, cloudy, cool, breezy, high 50.
- FRIDAY: Partly cloudy, chilly, high 37.
- SATURDAY: Early wintry mix then rain & showers, high 49.
- SUNDAY: Cloudy, few flurries, high 37.
- MONDAY: Partly cloudy, high 37.
- TUESDAY: Cloudy, snow showers possible, high 35.
Good Wednesday morning! We have a Winter Weather Advisory for all of Central Ohio due to freezing rain expected this evening and overnight.
We will be cloudy and dry during the day today. Temperatures are in the mid-20s this morning, and we will warm into the mid-30s this afternoon. A light breeze out of the east will make it feel like the 20s all day long.
Showers will start moving in from the southwest this evening, and the surface temperatures are expected to be near and just below freezing, but higher above us, the air will be warmer for liquid rain. As that rain falls onto our cold surface then we are expected to have it freeze into a glaze of ice as freezing rain. We will have these pockets of freezing rain starting after the evening commute and last until about midnight or a little later. We will have warmer air moving in from the south after midnight and we will start changing back over to liquid rain overnight and for early Thursday morning.
Ice accumulations could be up to 0.2”, which will weigh down branches and power lines for the possibility of power outages. Higher ice totals will likely be for the northern half of Ohio, with lower ice totals to the south, since the warmer air will start moving in from the south first. With temperatures warming overnight and liquid…
