Ohio is heading into a clear and quiet Wednesday night, Oct. 28, with no watches, warnings or advisories in effect anywhere in the state, according to the National Weather Service. The Weather Service office in Cleveland said in its hazardous weather outlook that no hazardous weather is expected tonight or through the next several days, and skies stay mostly clear to clear statewide overnight as temperatures fall into the upper 40s and lower 50s.
Evening readings set the tone for the night ahead, with Columbus clear near 58 degrees, Cleveland clear near 60 and Dayton clear near 62 as of the 9 p.m. hour. Overnight lows reach near 51 in northwest Ohio, near 48 in Columbus, near 50 in Dayton and in the low to mid-50s along Lake Erie in northeast Ohio, on light south winds around 5 mph, according to the National Weather Service. Travel overnight faces no weather problems anywhere in Ohio.
In northwest Ohio, tonight is mostly clear with a low near 51, and Thursday turns sunny with a high near 77, according to the National Weather Service. Southwest winds strengthen to 10 to 15 mph on Thursday, with gusts as high as 25 mph, before a weak front brings a 20 percent chance of showers Thursday evening, mainly before 10 p.m., and a cooler low near 42.
Northeast Ohio follows the same pattern, clear tonight and then sunny and breezy on Thursday with highs in the mid- to upper 70s, pushing toward near-record warmth for late October. The front reaches the northeast Thursday night with a chance of showers early in the night, then Friday turns noticeably cooler along Lake Erie, with highs falling back into the upper 50s to low 60s around Cleveland while sunshine returns.
Central Ohio stays clear tonight with a low near 48 in Columbus, then sunny on Thursday with a high near 77 to 79, according to the National Weather Service. Thursday night turns partly cloudy with a low near 48, and Friday stays sunny and a touch cooler, with a high near the upper 60s. Southwest Ohio is similar, with Dayton clear tonight near 50, sunny near 79 on Thursday on a southwest wind around 11 mph, and partly cloudy Thursday night near 48.
Southeast and southern Ohio also stay mostly clear tonight with lows near 50, then see a mostly sunny Thursday with highs in the mid-70s, according to the National Weather Service. That part of the state carries the slightly higher shower chance with the front, at about 30 percent on Thursday afternoon and again early Thursday night, before skies clear and lows fall to near 40 by Friday morning. Friday itself is sunny statewide, with highs in the mid-60s in the north and near 70 in the south.
Halloween on Saturday looks dry across Ohio, which is good news for trick-or-treat plans, with mostly cloudy skies and highs in the low to mid-60s, including near 65 in Columbus and Dayton and near 62 in Cleveland, according to the National Weather Service. Saturday night lows settle in the upper 40s to low 50s. Clouds thicken on Sunday with highs near 70 and a 20 to 30 percent chance of showers arriving later in the day, mainly Sunday night, as the long dry stretch finally begins to give way heading into next week.