The National Weather Service in Cleveland details a serene picture of Great Lakes weather with an approaching system poised to stir the pot. According to their Area Forecast Discussion, Cleveland residents are basking under high pressure with “beautiful weather and more sunshine” expected through Sunday, a welcome pause before weather patterns shift.
NWS Cleveland mentions that the weather remains “very quiet with high pressure,” seemingly reluctant to disrupt the peace. The northeasterly to easterly low-level flow, while keeping temperatures cooler by the lakeshore, with highs only in the lower to middle 60s, gives people farther inland a taste of warmth, with temperatures climbing up to the lower and middle 70s. However, an upper-level low will slowly creep northward from the Lower Mississippi Valley. It is marked to push moisture and rain chances into the Ohio Valley by late Monday afternoon.
Transitioning into the short term, the NWS notes, “Showers and thunderstorms will increase from the south Monday evening,” evolving into increased coverage on Tuesday due to an accompanying upper-level trough. This could mean a break in Cleveland’s otherwise uninterrupted sunshine as the system works its way through the region, bringing with it overnight lows sitting near what some might call the ‘sweet spot’ of 60 degrees…