Several rounds of showers tonight into Saturday

Overnight rain saturated Central Avenue Wednesday morning, Jan. 24, 2024 in Middletown. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Credit: Nick Graham

Credit: Nick Graham

Overnight rain saturated Central Avenue Wednesday morning, Jan. 24, 2024 in Middletown. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Expect several rounds of showers tonight, with a thunderstorm possible overnight into Saturday.

Today’s high reached 56 degrees in Dayton, 55 in Cincinnati and 57 in Columbus, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.

Rain is in the forecast before 11 p.m., then rain and possibly a thunderstorm between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m., then showers likely after 4 a.m. The overnight low will be around 49 degrees. It also will be breezy with a south wind of 13 to 22 mph with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Rain continues Saturday, mainly before noon. It will be cloudy with temperatures dropping during the day to around 46 degrees by 5 p.m.

Wind gusts around 40 mph will be possible Saturday evening into Saturday night, which will be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers before 1 a.m. There is a slight chance for rain to transition to snow as temperatures drop. The overnight low will be just below freezing, around 31 degrees.

Sunday will be mostly sunny and breezy with a high near 43 degrees. Gusts as high as 31 mph are possible.

Sunday night will be mostly clear with an overnight low around 29 degrees.

Monday will be sunny with a high near 54 degrees. Monday night will be clear with an overnight low around 38 degrees.

The forecast calls for sunshine with high temperatures in the mid-60s for Tuesday and Wednesday.

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