Rain, warm weather coming to Columbus, could break temperature record
Got a case of weather whiplash?
Unseasonably warm temperatures and up to a quarter inch of rainfall are expected today in Ohio’s capital city, less than two weeks after a winter storm brought conditions reminiscent of the arctic and at least four inches of snow.
It’s going to be so warm, in fact, that the outside temperature will likely break a daily record set when Grover Cleveland was president and later tied when Harry Truman was in the White House.
The National Weather Service on Tuesday morning called for a high of near 65 degrees. A record high temperature of 64 degrees was recorded on Jan. 3, 1897 in Columbus. The temperature again reached 64 degrees in Columbus on Jan. 3, 1950.
Logan Clark, a meteorologist with the Wilmington office of the National Weather Service, attributed the rainfall and unseasonable weather to a low-level jet, or a region of relatively strong winds in the lower part of the atmosphere.
“That’s what is ushering in this excess warmth, and moisture as well,” he said.
With less foliage on trees at this time of year, the rainfall could lead to flooding in some areas, Clark said, adding the threat is currently more pronounced in northern Kentucky and southwestern Ohio.
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