Currently the area is located to north of a stationary front
that is slowly moving south. Early in the week when the front was located to the
north of the region very warm and humid conditions gripped the area. Now it is
moving south a series of systems will track along it. Overall the pattern is
changing with a large ridge developing over the West and a deep trough
digging into the East. This is complete opposite of the weather pattern for
much of this month. This will promote much hotter conditions for the interior
regions of the West while the cool conditions settle over the Great Lakes
Region and the heatwave over the Southeast breaks.
Currently a weak area of low pressure is tracking along the
front through the Ohio Valley. Cloud cover and light rain prevented local temperatures
from rising out of the seventies (70’s) Conditions on Friday will be dry as
high temperatures hold in the middle seventies (70’s)
A much stronger system will approach the area late Friday into
Saturday. This storm system will spread widespread rainfall across the area for
most of the day. High temperatures will be held in the seventies (70’s)
once again due to the cloud cover and rain. On Sunday conditions will remain
cloudy and at times wet with high temperatures near seventy (70) degrees.
Early next week high temperatures moderate back into the
middle seventies with a constant threat of showers and thunderstorms as an active
pattern keeps weather systems moving through. Tuesday appears to be the target
day for the next system to affect the area with showers and thunderstorms.
After a very active period of tornadoes for May, activity has
calmed down drastically in June. So far only one hundred twenty (120) tornadoes
have been reported this month with June 22nd the most active with eighteen (18)
confirmed tornadoes.
With summer well underway it is past time to take a look at
what was the winter of 2014/2015. The overriding theme of the past winter was
the brutal cold. November started off cold and snowy but December by all measurements
was very mild with very little snowfall. Winter returned full throttle in
January as cold and snow became well entrenched throughout the area. Conditions
got even colder in February including a negative seventeen (-17) morning low
which is officially the lowest temperature in Cleveland since 1994. After an
early month snowfall in March temperatures moderated and the snow melted. Temperatures
for the meteorological winter averaged 24.2 degrees which is more than six (6)
degrees below normal. Officially the temperatures dropped below zero (0)
thirteen (13) times and on fifty of those days the high temperature failed to
reach thirty-two (32) degrees. Surprisingly seasonal snowfall ended up at 67.1
inches which is an inch below normal. The unyielding cold from January through
early March meant the ground remained continuously covered with snow is some
areas for more than two months. This past winter will be one to be remembered!
