Here Comes the Relief

Temperatures will reach 90° for the fourth day in a row here in Central Ohio, and for what I anticipate will be the last time in 2019. The monster ridge that has been persistent across the eastern US for what seems like months will finally lose its influence on our weather pattern starting this afternoon.

Expect a cold front and a regiem change late this afternoon. Usually large temperature swings see severe storms, but this is a relatively dry airmass taking over an already dry atmosphere, so there's nothing there to spark this afternoon. Northeastern Ohio may see some storms, but for the most part we'll stay dry:

While we won't be getting a much needed drink (more about that in a moment), we will be getting our first real taste of fall for all of us in Ohio. Watching this temperature animation over the next several hours is very satisfying:

We may not get out of the 50's tomorrow afternoon along and north of Columbus! That's quite a shock to the system compared to all of these record breaking days at the start of the month.

Here in Canal Winchester I recorded 0.78" of rain for the entire month of September, and I'm sitting at 0" so far in October. This has led to crunchy lawns and dried out crops across Central Ohio. During the middle of the year the rain seemed to come at a steady pace and keep us in good shape, but now most of Ohio is considered Abnormally Dry, with Moderate Drought taking place in Western Ohio:

It looks like our next good shot at rain is at the end of the weekend. Unfortunately October is traditionally our driest month anyway, so here's to hoping along with the falling temps we can buck the precipitation trend also!