Good afternoon bloggers,
There is a southwest moving disturbance, sort of a backdoor cold front coming our way, with thunderstorms developing along it. A backdoor front is one that comes in from the east or northeast, which is not like most cold fronts that come in from the north or northwest. This front separates an air mass with higher humidity from a slightly cooler and less humid air mass to our northwest. It is being masked a bit by some diurnal effect, but by tonight the dewpoints will drop and we may see lows in the 50s tonight. Look below at the 2 PM surface map. It is 69 degrees with thunderstorms near Chillicothe:
The radar image, below, is from 1:50 PM this afternoon. Heavy thunderstorms have tried to organize along the backdoor cold front. They are moving southwest, heading our way and right near Chillicothe who had 2 inches of rain yesterday.
Thunderstorms and showers will likely continue to form along the front and move southwest. There is a 40% chance that you will see one of these thunderstorms later this afternoon or evening before we lose the heating. We will be covering these developments on NBC Action News at 5 and 6 PM tonight, and then we are on around 11 PM tonight with all of the new data, after the Olympics. Michael Phelps is going for another gold this evening.
Have a great day!
Gary