"The warm stretch at the beginning of fall caused the delay," he said. 20, but this year the date was closer to Oct. The foliage grew more colorful in October despite unseasonably warm temperatures because of overnight frosts, Parrott said.įoliage generally reaches peak fall colors around Oct. Wind gusts will approach 25 to 30 miles per hour, wrenching fall leaves from the trees, McGinnis said. Snow flurries are possible Saturday and Sunday, but no accumulation is expected he said. Snowflakes may be in the air Saturday, while leaves will be on the groundĪ cold front is projected to pass through the region, bringing with it chillier temperatures that will persist through the weekend, McGinnis said. "At this point, we feel like this is probably going to be the last week for most of the leaves to stay on the trees," said David Parrott, a fall color forester for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. 11Īnd the leaves that slowly transitioned from their usual green to the yellow, orange, deep purple, and red of autumn will really start to fall from their branches soon. Things to do this weekend: 10 best bets in Greater Columbus the weekend of Nov. “It will be warm through the early afternoon on Thursday,” said Nate McGinnis, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wilmington. Temperatures are expected to reach a high near 70 Thursday, then drop into the 40s on Thursday night, stay in the 50s on Friday, and light snow flurries are forecast for the weekend. It will still be fairly cloudy on Tuesday with highs in the upper 20s.The time to enjoy multi-colored fall foliage in Greater Columbus woods and parks is rapidly coming to an end.Īfter a last taste of temperatures in the 60s, the region looks forward to cold weather and, possibly, snow over the weekend. Sunday expect a cold start, but temps will climb to the middle 30s ahead of our next front, which will come through dry on Monday with highs near 30. The weekend will feature snowfall on Saturday with highs in the lower to middle 20s. Skies will start to clear late Friday and Friday night is going to be quite cold with lows dropping to near zero or below to start the weekend, especially with the fresh snow pack. Snowfall totals will be much lower in the south/southeast.įriday expect some scattered flurries early, then ending with mostly cloudy skies and a much colder day with highs in the lower 20s. In the south, especially south of US-22 we will have rain longer into early Thursday morning, but again the biggest winter threat will mostly be freezing rain/sleet as well.
Temps on Thursday in the city will top in the upper 20s to near 30. Thursday night this will be all snow with a few more inches possible before the event pushes east.
At this point, I think we are going to see some moderate levels of freezing rain to sleet, and eventually to all snow on top of that by later Thursday. If this transition happens earlier, this would mean a lot more snowfall. The later in the day this happens, the more freezing rain/sleet mix we will see, and the less snowfall. But as we get much closer to I-71 up to I-70 (Columbus) we are going to have a significant period of mixed precipitation from near midnight Thursday to possibly later in the day on Thursday.Įventually the colder air will push through the I-70 corridor and will change the precip. This will occur mainly after midnight early Thursday morning.Īgain, with the colder air north, this will be a mainly snow event for our northern, and northwest counties on Thursday, with high snowfall totals expected at more than 8″ with isolated areas pushing close to 10″+ the further north you go. This will start to slide in under the warmer air and initiate the change over to a wintry mix of freezing rain and sleet in our area. It is important to note that our northwest and northern counties will have some wet snow mixed in as well as the colder air will be lurking near our area.Īs we head into Wednesday night the colder air is going to start winning on its southward move. Most areas will pick up a half inch to an inch of rainfall on Wednesday. Wednesday will start off dry early, but will quickly see rain moving into the area.Įxpect most of us to have a wet day with some periods of on and off rain, some which will be moderate at times, but the prolonged period of rainfall is really going to be the reason that we see some pretty impressive rainfall totals by the end of the day. It will remain mild tonight with clouds increasing and lows dropping into the middle 30s, nearly 15 degrees above normal. It has been a beautiful day today, with our 2nd warmest afternoon of 2022 with highs in the lower 50s. Saturday: Cold start, chilly sunshine, high 24.
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