Warm, breezy with scattered showers, thunderstorms this afternoon, evening

Clouds will increase for the afternoon, when there will be scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, a few of which could be strong to severe, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.

[7:20 AM] Warm and humid conditions will promote the development of scattered to numerous storms this afternoon through the evening, especially near/S of the I-71 corridor. Gusty to damaging winds and torrential rainfall rates will be the primary threats with this activity. pic.twitter.com/2rzVlHEAkP
— NWS Wilmington OH (@NWSILN) August 17, 2024

Today also will be breezy, with wind gusts as high as 28 mph. The high will be around 89 degrees.

[1:25 PM] Several clusters of storms are beginning to organize in southern OH and northern KY. These storms will bring with them gusty to isolated damaging wind and brief torrential rainfall. Stay weather-aware through this afternoon! pic.twitter.com/kcEtWu5BqB
— NWS Wilmington OH (@NWSILN) August 17, 2024

Tonight, there will be a chance of showers and thunderstorms that will end after midnight. Clouds will increase overnight for mostly cloudy skies on Sunday morning. The overnight low will be around 67 degrees.

Sunday will be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then rain likely with a chance of storms in the afternoon.

Sunday won’t be quite as hot, with the the high around 80 degrees.

Both rain and storm chances will fall after sunset on Sunday, trailing off after midnight. The overnight low will be around 65 degrees.

On Monday, it will be mostly sunny with a high around 78 degrees.

Monday night will be mostly clear with an overnight low around 54 degrees.

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