Air Quality Alert: Hazy skies, rain returns tonight and Sunday
AIR QUALITY ALERT
An Air Quality Alert has been issued for Franklin, Delaware, Licking and Fairfield counties through Saturday evening due to fine particulate matter and pollutants in a pattern of lights winds.
The skies are mostly cloudy and hazy, with a stalled frontal boundary lingering across northern Kentucky. Temperatures will range into the upper 70s.
As the front shifts north ahead of a wave of low pressure tracking east near the Ohio River later tonight, a complex of rain and few storms will move into the southern half of the state. The rain could be locally heavy, with totals upwards of an inch.
Sunday will start off the wet side with a few periods of rain, before an area of low pressure slides farther east. Clouds will linger through the afternoon, holding temperatures down to the low 70s.
Low pressure in the Upper Midwest and a cold front moving east will trigger storms on Monday afternoon and night. The rain will end early Tuesday, with a clearing trend, although a secondary cold front will generate some afternoon clouds and an isolated sprinkle. High pressure builds into the region midweek, with temperatures warming to the low 80s and dry weather through Thursday.
Saturday: Clouds, haze, a little sun. High 78
Tonight: Cloudy, rain, rumbles after midnight. Low 64
Sunday: Showers taper off, mostly cloudy. High 74
Monday: Mostly cloudy, showers, storms p.m. High 75 (63)
Tuesday: More sunshine, humid. High 76 (60)
Wednesday: Sunny. High 81 (58)
Thursday: Sunny, warm. High 84 (62)
Friday: Mostly cloudy, few showers. High 84 (65)
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