(WJW) – Weather fluctuations! Our last 72 hours have been wild, record lows, severe weather, and lake effect snow! Below are the most prominent reports:
Friday starts out cold with sunshine. Clouds will accumulate during the day as temperatures rise into the low 50s.
We'll stay dry for most of the day before a weak system brings rain in the evening, overnight and early Saturday.
Most of the rain will be overnight. Rainfall begins in the area around 5pm-6pm
Nothing heavy and mostly choppy.
Here is the expected amount of rain:
Another weekend for over 60s:
Temperatures will rise and become higher than average by about 20-25 degrees at the beginning of next week.
The first 70° in March is not out of the question on Monday. Enjoy!
The next chance of rain arrives Tuesday into Wednesday.
Here's the latest 8-day forecast:
Large temperature fluctuations at this time of year are very common in the southern Great Lakes. For example, going from the 1930s to the 1950s, and even the 1960s, is nothing new.
Meteorologist Scott Sabol I took a look back and found that March and April have historically seen the greatest day-to-day temperature fluctuations.
Note that these fluctuating temperatures are not just “Ohio thing.“
Here's a look at the areas in the central United States that see these changes most frequently this time of year:
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