Rain chances return this afternoon with seasonable temperatures

Tuesday starts off partly cloudy, but skies will fill in with more clouds by the afternoon. Chances for scattered rain showers will arrive later in the afternoon and evening hours. A few rumbles of thunder are also possible. Seasonable temperatures are expected with highs reaching the mid 80s.

QUICK WEATHER FORECAST:

• Today: Scattered showers, high 86
• Tonight: Partly cloudy, low 67
• Wednesday: Rain & rumbles, high 86 (68)
• Thursday: Spotty storms, high 84 (62)
• Friday: Mostly sunny, high 84 (63)
• Saturday: Few clouds, high 88 (67)

FORECAST DISCUSSION:

Tuesday starts off partly cloudy, but skies will fill in with more clouds by the afternoon. Chances for scattered rain showers will arrive later in the afternoon and evening hours. A few rumbles of thunder are also possible. Seasonable temperatures are expected with highs reaching the mid 80s.

Tonight after the rain chances subside skies will return to partly cloudy. Winds will be very light coming from the south. Temperatures will fall to the mid 60s.

Tomorrow begins with partly cloudy skies for the first half of the day. This includes a dry start to the Ohio State Fair. More chances for rain and rumbles pick up by the afternoon and evening hours. Some showers may fall during the MLS All-Star Game in downtown. Highs will be in the mid 80s.

As the work week comes to an end so will central Ohio's rain chances. The amount of predicted precipitation will still be very small and not greatly improve current drought conditions.

By this weekend a ridge of high pressure will build over the Great Lakes. This will keep our weather fair with plenty of sunshine. A warming temperature trend starts up again by the beginning of next week.