000 AWUS81 KCLE 070216 RWSCLE LATE EVENING OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1015 PM EDT TUE SEP 6 2005 SUNNY SKIES RULED ACROSS OHIO AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK. ANOTHER SUNNY...WARM AND DRY DAY WAS FELT ACROSS OHIO TODAY AS THE TOTAL MINUTES OF SUNSHINE RANGED FROM OVER SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY TO NEARLY SEVEN HUNDRED MINUTES. HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGED IN THE UPPER 70S TO THE MID 80S. IT REACHED 84 DEGREES AT BOTH CINCINNATI AND TOLEDO...WHILE AKRON CANTON CAME IN WITH 78 DEGREES. AS THE EVENING FELL UPON THE BUCKEYE STATE...TEMPERATURES DROPPED INTO THE LOW 60S TO NEAR 70 DEGREES. LIGHT EASTERLY WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH KEPT BREEZES DOWN AS SINKING AIR FROM HIGH PRESSURE OVER 30.35 INCHES OF MERCURY LINGERS OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CHANGES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS OHIO TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. PERHAPS...A FEW PATCHES OF LIGHT FOG MAY DEVELOP IN SOME LOCALIZED AREAS...OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLEAR WITH LOWS IN THE 50S. TOMORROW WILL BE ANOTHER DRY DAY WITH SOME CLOUDS NORTH BUT MOSTLY SUNNY SOUTH. HIGHS WILL AGAIN BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S. THE CAUSE OF THIS DRY WEATHER IS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM NEW ENGLAND ACROSS OHIO. THE RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND MOVE SOUTH TOMORROW AND THURSDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL HAVE LIMITED MOISTURE SO JUST A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN AGAIN FOR FRIDAY AND A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BE OVER THE AREA FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. HIGHS WILL AGAIN BE A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S. DURING THE NIGHT SKIES WERE CLEAR WITH ISOLATED PATCHES OF DENSE FOG. THE FOG BURNED OFF QUICKLY AFTER SUNRISE. LOWS WERE GENERALLY IN THE 50S. $$