5-3-19 Ohio: Discussing updated weekend rainfall risks & continued active pattern potential into mid-next week. K.

Today’s video:

Total precipitation guidance through the weekend is below…favoring I-70 and points south for the bulk of the rainfall yet ahead of ~0.5-1.5″, localized higher in spots across the southern third of the state:

Into mid-next week we set-up another pattern that will be favorable for frequent, even heavy precipitation risks with that trough (lower pressure) west running into a ridge (higher pressure) east, which sets up a healthy corridor for widespread precipitation in the Ohio Valley and Midwest:

Latest 5-10 day precipitation anomaly below illustrates the potential to see more on the widespread heavy rainfall risks into the 2nd week of May…the exact details will change, but into mid-next right now the pattern certainly is favorable for dry weather:

Wind forecast over the next 4 days:

Temperature/precipitation charts over the next 10 days:

Toledo:

Columbus:

Cincinnati: