Current weather · Sep 26, 11:49 PM EDT

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ClearFeels like 54° · Humidity 82%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Cleveland, OH · grid 28,34
High
71°
Low
48°
Rain today
0%
Sunrise
7:25 AM
Sunset
7:24 PM

Hour by hour

NWS forecast grid

Scroll sideways for more hours. Pick an hour for every number.

Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Sat 11 PM54°54°48°82%0%N5 mph6 mph4%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 12 AM53°53°49°87%0%N5 mph6 mph4%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 1 AM52°52°50°93%0%N5 mph6 mph5%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 2 AM52°52°51°98%0%N5 mph7 mph6%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 3 AM52°52°51°98%0%N5 mph7 mph8%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 4 AM51°51°51°99%0%NNW5 mph7 mph10%—8 mi-100 ft
Sun 5 AM51°51°51°100%0%NW5 mph7 mph11%—7 mi-100 ft
Sun 6 AM51°51°51°100%0%NW5 mph7 mph13%—7 mi-100 ft
Sun 7 AM51°51°50°97%0%NW5 mph7 mph14%—7 mi-100 ft
Sun 8 AM51°51°51°99%0%NW5 mph7 mph13%—7 mi-100 ft
Sun 9 AM54°54°53°97%0%NNW6 mph8 mph11%—9 mi-100 ft
Sun 10 AM58°58°54°88%0%NNW7 mph9 mph9%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 11 AM62°62°55°79%0%NNW8 mph10 mph8%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 12 PM65°65°56°71%0%N9 mph13 mph6%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 1 PM68°68°55°62%0%N10 mph14 mph4%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 2 PM70°70°54°56%0%N12 mph15 mph4%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 3 PM71°71°54°55%0%N12 mph16 mph4%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 4 PM71°71°53°53%0%N12 mph17 mph4%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 5 PM71°71°52°52%0%N12 mph16 mph3%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 6 PM70°70°52°55%0%N9 mph14 mph3%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 7 PM67°67°53°61%0%N7 mph10 mph3%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 8 PM62°62°52°71%0%N5 mph7 mph3%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 9 PM60°60°53°77%0%N5 mph7 mph3%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 10 PM59°59°53°82%0%N5 mph7 mph10%—10 mi-100 ft
Sun 11 PM58°58°53°86%0%N6 mph7 mph13%—10 mi-100 ft
Mon 12 AM57°57°54°89%0%N6 mph7 mph14%—10 mi-100 ft
Mon 1 AM56°56°54°93%0%NNW5 mph7 mph11%—10 mi-100 ft
Mon 2 AM55°55°54°97%0%NNW5 mph7 mph14%—9 mi-100 ft
Mon 3 AM54°54°53°97%0%NNW6 mph7 mph26%—9 mi-100 ft
Mon 4 AM53°53°53°99%0%NNW6 mph7 mph33%—8 mi-100 ft
Mon 5 AM53°53°53°100%0%NNW6 mph8 mph23%—8 mi-100 ft
Mon 6 AM52°53°52°100%0%NNW6 mph8 mph32%—7 mi-100 ft
Mon 7 AM52°53°52°98%0%NW6 mph8 mph36%—7 mi-100 ft
Mon 8 AM53°53°53°100%0%NW6 mph9 mph23%—7 mi-100 ft
Mon 9 AM55°55°55°99%0%NNW7 mph9 mph76%——
Mon 10 AM59°59°57°92%0%NNW7 mph9 mph48%——
Mon 11 AM63°63°57°82%0%N7 mph9 mph20%——
Mon 12 PM66°66°58°73%0%N7 mph9 mph18%——
Mon 1 PM69°69°57°66%0%N7 mph10 mph17%——
Mon 2 PM71°71°57°61%0%N8 mph12 mph15%——
Mon 3 PM72°72°56°58%0%N8 mph13 mph15%——
Mon 4 PM72°73°56°56%0%N8 mph13 mph16%——
Mon 5 PM72°72°55°56%0%N8 mph13 mph16%——
Mon 6 PM70°70°55°59%0%NNE7 mph10 mph15%——
Mon 7 PM67°67°55°64%0%NE5 mph8 mph13%——
Mon 8 PM65°65°54°69%0%NE2 mph6 mph12%——
Mon 9 PM62°62°54°75%0%NE1 mph5 mph13%——
Mon 10 PM60°60°54°81%0%NE0 mph5 mph14%——

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Sep 26, 3:46 PM EDT to day 8, the National Blend of Models to day 11, the mean of GFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodaySep 2671°48°Mostly Clear0%wind 12 mph
  2. SunSep 2771°52°Sunny0%wind 12 mph · gusts 17 mph
  3. MonSep 2872°53°Mostly Sunny0%wind 8 mph
  4. TueSep 2974°57°Sunny0%wind 5 mph · gusts 10 mph
  5. WedSep 3074°62°Partly Sunny16%wind 10 mph · gusts 18 mph
  6. ThuOct 175°62°Chance Rain Showers55%0.49 inwind 14 mph · gusts 21 mph
  7. FriOct 270°56°Rain Showers Likely59%0.77 inwind 10 mph · gusts 20 mph
  8. SatOct 368°56°Chance Rain Showers42%0.33 inwind 10 mph · gusts 16 mph
  9. SunOct 467°53°National Blend34%0.37 inwind 12 mph · gusts 17 mph
  10. MonOct 563°49°National Blend16%wind 12 mph · gusts 18 mph
  11. TueOct 663°51°National Blend18%0.05 inwind 12 mph
  12. WedOct 7~66°47°Model mean
  13. ThuOct 8~65°49°Model mean
  14. FriOct 9~63°44°Model mean
  15. SatOct 10~64°46°Model mean0.04 in
  16. SunOct 11~62°41°Model mean

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like54°
  • WindN 5 mph
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity82%
  • Dew point48°
  • Pressure—
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility10 mi
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset · set
  • Moonrise7:13 PMMoonset 7:18 AM
  • Moon phaseFull moon100% lit

The National Blend of Models

NOAA NBM v5.0 · run of Sep 26, 8:00 PM EDT

NOAA’s weighted blend of every model it runs, to eleven days, with the chances the grid above does not carry. Where the local office’s grid reaches, its figure sits beneath the blend’s; where it does not, the blend stands alone.

  1. TodaySep 26—51°NWS grid 71° / 48°rain 0%wind 3 mph
  2. SunSep 2771°53°NWS grid 71° / 52°rain 0%wind 13 mph · gusts 20 mph
  3. MonSep 2872°53°NWS grid 72° / 53°rain 0%wind 9 mph
  4. TueSep 2974°58°NWS grid 74° / 57°rain 2%wind 5 mph · gusts 10 mph
  5. WedSep 3075°63°NWS grid 74° / 62°rain 23%wind 10 mph · gusts 18 mph
  6. ThuOct 175°61°NWS grid 75° / 62°rain 58%0.21 inwind 14 mph · gusts 21 mph
  7. FriOct 269°57°NWS grid 70° / 56°rain 49%0.46 inwind 9 mph · gusts 17 mph
  8. SatOct 366°56°NWS grid 68° / 56°rain 38%thunder 10%0.33 inwind 10 mph · gusts 17 mph
  9. SunOct 467°53°Beyond the NWS gridrain 34%thunder 11%0.37 inwind 12 mph · gusts 17 mph
  10. MonOct 563°49°Beyond the NWS gridrain 16%wind 12 mph · gusts 18 mph
  11. TueOct 663°51°Beyond the NWS gridrain 18%0.05 inwind 12 mph
  12. WedOct 764°—Beyond the NWS gridrain 17%wind 12 mph · gusts 17 mph
50°64°77°SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

BlendNWS gridChance of rain, hourly

The models, side by side

HRRR Sep 26, 8:00 PM EDT · GFS Sep 26, 2:00 PM EDT · GEFS Sep 26, 2:00 PM EDT · ECMWF Sep 26, 8:00 AM EDT · ECMWF AI Sep 26, 8:00 AM EDT

Each line is one model’s own forecast at its own grid cell: three kilometers for HRRR, a quarter of a degree for the global models, which can sit a few hundred meters above or below the town. Where they agree the forecast is settled; where they part is where it is not.

41°64°86°SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

DayNWS gridHRRRGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Sep 2671° 48°~58° 54°~69° 52°~70° 53°68° 51°~70° 48°
Sun Sep 2771° 52°73° 48°71° 48°71° 48°69° 50°~72° 48°
Mon Sep 2872° 53°72° 50°72° 51°73° 50°70° 51°~72° 50°
Tue Sep 2974° 57°—74° 53°74° 53°73° 51°~74° 50°
Wed Sep 3074° 62°—74° 57°75° 57°69° 58°0.06 in~78° 58°
Thu Oct 175° 62°0.49 in—75° 65°76° 64°0.13 in69° 62°0.44 in~84° 65°0.13 in
Fri Oct 270° 56°0.77 in—66° 54°0.19 in68° 59°0.49 in~67° 58°0.25 in~67° 58°0.25 in
Sat Oct 368° 56°0.33 in—67° 54°0.07 in69° 56°0.14 in~61° 53°0.07 in~64° 53°0.15 in
Sun Oct 4——70° 62°0.73 in66° 56°0.25 in~59° 53°0.85 in~62° 56°0.33 in
Mon Oct 5——55° 42°0.14 in61° 51°0.24 in~67° 57°~61° 56°0.02 in
Tue Oct 6——60° 40°~60° 46°0.09 in~60° 49°~67° 51°
Wed Oct 7——~69° 47°—~63° 42°~65° 51°0.03 in
Thu Oct 8——~60° 48°—~67° 48°~67° 50°0.02 in
Fri Oct 9——~56° 41°—~70° 48°~64° 42°
Sat Oct 10——~55° 38°—~66° 53°0.11 in~71° 48°
Sun Oct 11——~62° 41°—~62° 61°0.32 in~59° 57°

A ~ marks a high or low read from six-hourly steps, which miss the true extreme by a degree or two.

ECMWF ensemble meteogram

ECMWF ensemble meteogram for this place: box plots of cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and temperature from the 51 ensemble members for ten days.
Rendered by ECMWF from its 51-member ensemble, in metric units: each box spans the middle half of the members, the whiskers the rest, the line the control run. A forecast, not an observation. © ECMWF, CC BY 4.0.

The next 90 days

NOAA GHCN normals and records at Findlay (FDY) · Climate Prediction Center outlooks

No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one. Where the models stop, the calendar takes over: the 1991 to 2020 normal for each date, the record high and low ever set on it, and where the Climate Prediction Center leans warm, cool, wet or dry over the coming weeks, the month and the season. A site that shows a high for a date three months out is showing you this normal with a wobble.

The forecast reaches Sun Oct 11, from the NWS grid, then the National Blend, then the mean of the global models. Beyond it the lines are the calendar.

Climate Prediction Center (CPC) temperature leanwarmer 40% · Oct 202640% chance above normal · Oct to Dec-20°0°20°40°60°80°100°TodayOct 1Nov 1Dec 1

Forecast high and lowNormal high and lowRecord high and lowCPC leans warmer than normalCPC near normal or equal chances

Week ofNormalWarmest on recordColdest on recordTemperature leanPrecipitation lean
Sep 2669° / 47°96° (1953)27° (1942)no outlookno outlook
Oct 370° / 47°91° (2007)24° (1952)near normal most likely · days 6 to 1033% chance above normal · days 6 to 10
Oct 1067° / 45°88° (2010)24° (1964)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 1762° / 41°86° (1953)21° (1976)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 2457° / 41°83° (2023)21° (1962)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 3155° / 36°81° (1950)15° (1991)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 753° / 37°79° (2020)3° (2019)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 1447° / 33°75° (2016)10° (1959)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 2146° / 30°70° (1999)1° (1950)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 2844° / 29°70° (2005)-6° (1976)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 538° / 25°70° (1998)-7° (1958)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 1240° / 26°71° (2015)-11° (1962)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 1938° / 25°64° (1967)-18° (1989)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec

Health and activities

Rules of thumb over the next 24 hours of forecast, the warnings in force, the station’s report, air quality and pollen

None of these is a measurement. Each is a rating of the forecast ahead, and of what is happening at the point right now, against what the activity or the ailment is known to mind, and each names the figure that decided it. An ailment or a pest is rated as a risk, low to extreme; an activity, a chore or a journey as a condition, poor to ideal.

The sun is down, so each rating says which span it is for: tomorrow’s daylight, tonight, or the next 24 hours.

Health

  • Arthritisnext 24 hModeratehumid
  • Sinus pressurenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Common coldtomorrowLowmild
  • FlutomorrowLowmild
  • Migrainenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Asthmanext 24 hLowclean air
  • Heat stresstomorrowLowmild
  • SunburntomorrowLowweak sun
  • Frostbitenext 24 hLowmild
  • SleepingtonightIdealcool, quiet night

Outdoors

  • RunningtomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • HikingtomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • BikingtomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • GolftomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • Beach and pooltomorrowVery goodcool
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightFairbright moon

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hIdealclear skies
  • Drivingnext 24 hIdealclear roads

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • Drying laundry outsidetomorrowVery goodhumid
  • Painting and outdoor projectstomorrowIdealfine conditions
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestomorrowHighwarm
  • TickstomorrowHighwarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hLowmild
  • Outdoor peststomorrowModeratewarm

Stargazing

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast and the sun and moon

Tonight has no dark, clear hour without a bright moon in this forecast. Rated fair.

Night ofRatingDarkClear hoursClear and moonlessMoon litTransparency (est.)DewStrongest wind
SaturdayFair8:55 PM to 5:54 AM9 of 9None100%Poor5 h5 mph
SundayFair8:54 PM to 5:56 AM6 of 9None98%Poor6 h6 mph
MondayFair8:52 PM to 5:57 AM9 of 9None94%Poor6 h1 mph
TuesdayPoor8:50 PM to 5:58 AM0 of 9None87%6 h8 mph
WednesdayPoor8:48 PM to 5:59 AM0 of 9None80%9 mph
ThursdayPoor8:47 PM to 6:00 AM0 of 9None70%6 h10 mph
FridayPoor8:45 PM to 6:01 AM0 of 9None60%8 h9 mph

Dark is the sun 18 degrees below the horizon; where it never gets that low, 12 degrees, marked nautical. Clear is sky cover of 20% or less. A bright moon is one above the horizon with a quarter or more of its disc lit. Transparency in the table is estimated from surface humidity (70% and 85% mark fair and poor) and visibility, since the forecast carries no haze or high cloud moisture. Seeing and transparency by hour, where shown, are Environment and Climate Change Canada’s astronomy forecast (regional model; seeing from cloud, wind shear, turbulence near the ground and the surface temperature trend; transparency from the moisture through the whole air column), under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Dew is the air within 2 °C of its dew point. Excellent is four or more clear moonless hours with good transparency; good is three; fair is one, or two clear hours.

Golden hour and blue hour

Computed from the sun and moon positions
DayBlue hour, morningGolden hour, morningGolden hour, eveningBlue hour, evening
Sat6:58 AM to 7:08 AM7:08 AM to 8:01 AM6:47 PM to 7:41 PM7:41 PM to 7:51 PM
Sun6:59 AM to 7:09 AM7:09 AM to 8:02 AM6:46 PM to 7:39 PM7:39 PM to 7:49 PM
Mon7:00 AM to 7:10 AM7:10 AM to 8:04 AM6:44 PM to 7:37 PM7:37 PM to 7:48 PM
Tue7:01 AM to 7:11 AM7:11 AM to 8:05 AM6:42 PM to 7:35 PM7:35 PM to 7:46 PM
Wed7:02 AM to 7:12 AM7:12 AM to 8:06 AM6:41 PM to 7:34 PM7:34 PM to 7:44 PM
Thu7:03 AM to 7:13 AM7:13 AM to 8:07 AM6:39 PM to 7:32 PM7:32 PM to 7:43 PM
Fri7:04 AM to 7:14 AM7:14 AM to 8:08 AM6:37 PM to 7:30 PM7:30 PM to 7:41 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 7:25 AM, 91° E
  • SS Sunset 7:24 PM, 269° W
  • MR Moonrise 7:13 PM, 83° E
  • MS Moonset 7:18 AM, 273° W
  • Full moon, 100% lit

Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below. These are the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon; hills and buildings change both. None means the sun does not reach that height on the day; all day means it stays inside the band.

Drone flying

NWS hourly forecast, SWPC Kp, FAA TFRs and 14 CFR Part 107

This hour: no-fly (low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)). Next good stretch: Mon 9 AM to 7 PM, 10 hours.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 6:55 AM to sunrise 7:25 AM, and sunset 7:24 PM to 7:54 PM. Anti-collision lighting is required in those minutes and at night.

Sat
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Caution No-fly

HourVerdictWind (mph)400 ft est. (mph)Gust (mph)RainVisibilityCloud allowsTempKpWhy
Sat 11 PMNo-fly518190%10 miup to 0 ft54°low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 12 AMNo-fly518190%10 miup to 0 ft53°low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 1 AMNo-fly518190%10 miup to 0 ft52°low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 2 AMNo-fly518210%10 miup to 0 ft52°low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 3 AMNo-fly518210%10 miup to 0 ft52°low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 4 AMNo-fly518210%8 miup to 0 ft51°low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 5 AMNo-fly518210%7 miup to 0 ft51°low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 6 AMNo-fly518210%7 miup to 0 ft51°low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 7 AMNo-fly518210%7 miup to 0 ft51°low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Sun 8 AMNo-fly5680%7 miup to 0 ft51°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Sun 9 AMNo-fly67100%9 miup to 0 ft54°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Sun 10 AMNo-fly79110%10 miup to 0 ft58°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Sun 11 AMNo-fly810120%10 miup to 0 ft62°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Sun 12 PMNo-fly911140%10 miup to 0 ft65°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Sun 1 PMNo-fly1012160%10 miup to 0 ft68°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Sun 2 PMNo-fly1215180%10 miup to 0 ft70°low cloud limits height (107.51), gusts near or over your limit
Sun 3 PMNo-fly1215190%10 miup to 0 ft71°low cloud limits height (107.51), gusts near or over your limit
Sun 4 PMNo-fly1217220%10 miup to 0 ft71°low cloud limits height (107.51), gusts near or over your limit
Sun 5 PMNo-fly1217210%10 miup to 0 ft71°low cloud limits height (107.51), gusts near or over your limit
Sun 6 PMNo-fly912160%10 miup to 0 ft70°low cloud limits height (107.51)
Sun 7 PMNo-fly717200%10 miup to 0 ft67°low cloud limits height (107.51), gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 8 PMNo-fly518210%10 miup to 0 ft62°low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 9 PMNo-fly518210%10 miup to 0 ft60°low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 10 PMNo-fly518210%10 miup to 0 ft59°low cloud limits height (107.51), wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)

Flight restrictions nearby

Reading the FAA’s temporary flight restrictions.

Flight restrictions on the map. TFRs are not the whole picture: controlled airspace around airports needs LAANC authorization. Check the FAA’s B4UFLY.

Wind at 400 ft is estimated from the 10 m forecast by the power law, with exponents for each Pasquill stability class (Irwin 1979, rural, as in EPA dispersion models; the class from wind, sun height and cloud, after Turner 1970); gusts keep the ground gust’s margin. Caution from three quarters of your limit; the default 24 mph is the wind resistance printed for common sub-250 g drones. 14 CFR 107.51: “The minimum flight visibility, as observed from the location of the control station must be no less than 3 statute miles” and at least “500 feet below the cloud”. 14 CFR 107.29: “No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft system during periods of civil twilight unless the small unmanned aircraft has lighted anti-collision lighting visible for at least 3 statute miles”; civil twilight is the 30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset, in Alaska the Air Almanac’s. Kp: SWPC’s scales say satellite navigation problems may occur at G3 (Kp 7) and navigation is “degraded for hours” at G4 (Kp 8); Kp 5 is the typical app warning. Typical limits, not rules: rain chance 30% caution and 60% no-fly, thunder 10% and 20%, below 0 °C caution and −10 °C no-fly, over 40 °C caution. Your drone’s manual and the airspace come first.

Spraying and field work

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast

Hours fit for spraying, and the days dry enough for fieldwork and hay, read from this forecast’s wind, gusts, humidity, temperature and rain.

Spraying windows

  • Sun 11 AM to 1 PM 2 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sun 6 PM to 11 PM 5 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Mon 11 AM to 8 PM 9 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Tue 3 PM to 7 PM 4 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Tue 8 PM to 11 PM 3 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Wed 6 PM to 10 PM 4 hours, every hour within the rules
Sat
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
SaturdayDry0%0.00 in50%12 mph5 dGood
SundayDry0%0.00 in52%12 mph4 d
MondayDry0%0.00 in56%8 mph3 d
TuesdayDry0%0.00 in55%3 mph2 d
WednesdayDry13%0.00 in61%10 mph1 d
ThursdayWet41%0.49 in69%14 mph
FridayWet50%0.77 in72%10 mph
SaturdayWet33%0.33 in70%10 mph

Spraying: sustained wind 3 to 10 mph, the range US extension services and most labels give; gusts no more than 15 mph (this page’s limit); delta T (air minus wet-bulb temperature) 2 to 8 °C preferred and 8 to 10 °C marginal, from GRDC guidance, with the wet bulb by Stull’s formula; no hour at a 30% chance of rain or 0.25 mm forecast during the rain-free time. Follow the product label, which overrides all of this. Field days: dry is no daytime hour at a 30% chance and under 1 mm all day, wet is 6 mm (0.25 in) or more; soil moisture is not in the forecast, so ground still wet from earlier rain is not accounted for. Hay drying marks a dry day with humidity down to 50% and a breeze of 5 mph or more.

Solunar times

Computed from the moon’s position

The best-rated day this week is Saturday, rated best.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Sat Best11:58 PM to 1:58 AM12:21 PM to 2:21 PM6:48 AM to 7:48 AM6:43 PM to 7:43 PM 100%7:25 AM, 7:24 PM
Sun Best12:44 AM to 2:44 AM1:08 PM to 3:08 PM7:59 AM to 8:59 AM7:07 PM to 8:07 PM 99%7:26 AM, 7:22 PM
Mon Good1:32 AM to 3:32 AM1:58 PM to 3:58 PM9:12 AM to 10:12 AM7:35 PM to 8:35 PM 95%7:27 AM, 7:20 PM
Tue Good2:24 AM to 4:24 AM2:52 PM to 4:52 PM10:27 AM to 11:27 AM8:09 PM to 9:09 PM 90%7:28 AM, 7:19 PM
Wed Poor3:20 AM to 5:20 AM3:50 PM to 5:50 PM11:44 AM to 12:44 PM8:51 PM to 9:51 PM 83%7:29 AM, 7:17 PM
Thu Fair4:20 AM to 6:20 AM4:52 PM to 6:52 PM12:57 PM to 1:57 PM9:44 PM to 10:44 PM 74%7:30 AM, 7:15 PM
Fri Fair5:23 AM to 7:23 AM5:54 PM to 7:54 PM2:02 PM to 3:02 PM10:48 PM to 11:48 PM 64%7:31 AM, 7:14 PM

Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The weather’s side is the fishing index

Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot; minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset: the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables (1936). The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within a day and a half of a new or full moon (one more within three and a half days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The theory has mixed support in fisheries research; the times are exact astronomy.

In words

NWS forecast periods, as issued
  1. Tonight51° · N 5 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 51. North wind around 5 mph.

  2. Sunday71° · N 5–12 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 71. North wind 5 to 12 mph.

  3. Sunday Night52° · N 5–9 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 52. North wind 5 to 9 mph.

  4. Monday72° · N 8 mph

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. North wind around 8 mph.

  5. Monday Night53° · N 0–7 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 53. North wind 0 to 7 mph.

  6. Tuesday74° · SW 0–3 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 74.

  7. Tuesday Night57° · 3% · S 2–8 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 57.

  8. Wednesday74° · 13% · S 10 mph

    Partly sunny, with a high near 74.

  9. Wednesday Night62° · 24% · S 9 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62.

  10. Thursday75° · 41% · S 9–14 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

  11. Thursday Night62° · 59% · SW 12 mph

    Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

  12. Friday70° · 59% · W 10 mph

    Rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

  13. Friday Night56° · 47% · NE 9 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

  14. Saturday68° · 38% · NE 7–10 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 68.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Cleveland, OH · issued Sep 26, 6:44 PM EDT

Written by the forecaster on duty for their own colleagues and for anyone who wants to know why the forecast says what it says. It is not edited for the public, so it uses the office’s shorthand; it is also the most honest thing any weather service publishes.

What Has Changed

No significant changes to the forecast.

KEY Messages

1) Primarily dry, seasonal weather continues through Tuesday as high pressure remains situated across the Great Lakes.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1... High pressure will continue to be situated across the Northern Great Lakes through early next week bringing dry and seasonal weather to the region. There's a strong low pressure currently off the east coast that will stall over the next couple of days and slowly drift to the west. This will briefly increase PoP chances across NW PA lat Sunday evening into early Monday morning when the low will weaken and move off to the northeast. The next chance for widespread precipitation will be mid to late week. There's still plenty of spread within the models with timing, so it's difficult to pin point when the onset will be. Until then, pleasant seasonal weather will be across the region with highs in the mid 60 to low 70s and overnight lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s.

Aviation · 00Z Saturday Through Thursday

VFR conditions are expected at most locations through the TAF period, although there may be a brief period of non-VFR conditions in patchy fog and lower stratus across interior north-central OH early Sunday morning. KMFD has the best chance of this occurring, but can't rule out a brief period of non-VFR conditions as far west as KFDY. Mid to high-level clouds will likely move into eastern terminals by Sunday evening, although any showers should stay to the east of the local TAF sites.

Winds will be out of the north at 10 knots or less tonight before increasing to 6 to 12 knots during the day Sunday. Periodic gusts to 20 knots are possible during peak mixing Sunday afternoon.

Outlook...Mainly VFR expected through Wednesday, though periods of early morning patchy fog are possible. Non-VFR possible in scattered showers on Thursday.

Marine

Conditions across Lake Erie today will have northeast winds at 10-15 knots with waves 1-3 feet across the near shore. Winds will increase to 10-20 knots out of the northeast Sunday into Monday as low pressure drifts westward from the east coast. Waves will build to 2- 4 as well during this time period. Winds and waves will subside to less than 10 knots and less than 2 feet as high pressure takes back control across the region on Monday. Winds will shift to be out of the south late Tuesday into Wednesday and increase to around 10 knots. Waves will build to 1-3 feet in the open waters with lower waves expected in the near shore through the middle of the week.

CLE Watches / Warnings / Advisories

OH...None. PA...None. MARINE...None.

Hazardous weather outlook Sep 26, 3:45 AM EDT

The office’s own seven-day heads-up for spotters and emergency managers.

FLUS41 KCLE 260745
HWOCLE

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
345 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2026

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>009-013-014-017>023-027>033-
036>038-047-PAZ002-003-270745-
Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH-
Reno Beach to The Islands OH-The Islands to Vermilion OH-
Vermilion to Avon Point OH-Avon Point to Willowick OH-
Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH-Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH-
Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-
Detroit River Lt. to Maumee Bay OH to Reno Beach OH beyond 5NM
offshoreline to US-Canadian border-
Reno Beach to The Islands OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
The Islands to Vermilion OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the-
Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border-Geneva-on-the-
Lake to Conneaut OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-Canadian border-
Conneaut OH to Ripley NY beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Geauga-
Ashtabula Inland-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-
Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-
Holmes-Knox-Southern Erie-
345 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie, north central 
Ohio, northeast Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

$$

OHZ010>012-089-PAZ001-270745-
Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
345 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast 
Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

There is a moderate risk of rip currents across Lake Erie beaches on
Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

$$

The outlooks beyond

SPC, WPC, CPC and the Drought Monitor, read at this point

The national centers each publish a judgment the local grid does not carry. Read here at this exact coordinate.

Severe weather

  1. Day 1 · Sat Sep 26No risk area
  2. Day 2 · Sun Sep 27No risk area
  3. Day 3 · Mon Sep 28No risk area
  4. Day 4 · Tue Sep 29No risk area
  5. Day 5 · Wed Sep 30No risk area
  6. Day 6 · Thu Oct 1No risk area
  7. Day 7 · Fri Oct 2No risk area
  8. Day 8 · Sat Oct 3No risk area

Rainfall

  1. Day 1 · Sat Sep 26Under 0.01 in
  2. Day 2 · Sun Sep 27Under 0.01 in
  3. Day 3 · Mon Sep 28Under 0.01 in
  4. Day 4-5 · Sep 29–Sep 300.25 in
  5. Day 6-7 · Oct 1–Oct 21.00 in

The rainfall forecast on the map, days 1 to 7

Six to fourteen days

  1. Days 6–10 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 2–Oct 6
  2. Days 6–10 · Precipitation33% chance above normalOct 2–Oct 6
  3. Days 8–14 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 4–Oct 10
  4. Days 8–14 · PrecipitationNear normal most likelyOct 4–Oct 10

Frost and climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals, Upper Sandusky

The last spring freeze (32°F) usually comes around April 29 and the first fall freeze around October 17: a growing season of about 171 days.

One fall in ten brings a freeze by October 2; one spring in ten still has one after May 14.

Climate of 40.93, -83.38: normals, records and every month

Everything else on the grid

NWS forecast grid · 31 elements

The forecast office edits about sixty fields for every cell of its grid. The common ones are above; these are the rest, as the daily extreme, for anyone who needs the mixing height, the fire danger or the swell.

ElementSatSunMonTueWedThuFriSat
HeatRisk max0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor0 · Little
Wet bulb globe temperature max66°67°69°71°69°70°67°66°
Heat index max70°71°73°75°74°74°70°
Chance of thunder max0%0%0%0%9%14%14%14%
Cloud ceiling min-100 ft-100 ft-100 ft
Visibility min10 mi7 mi7 mi
Mixing height max3,500 ft3,700 ft4,500 ft4,900 ft2,400 ft2,100 ft2,000 ft2,200 ft
Transport wind max13 mph15 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph14 mph10 mph10 mph
Twenty-foot wind max10 mph12 mph8 mph5 mph9 mph13 mph9 mph9 mph
Atmospheric dispersion index max334010
Low visibility risk max699

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Findlay (FDY) · 16 mi away

Each forecast day against the same calendar date at the nearest long-record station: the 1991 to 2020 normal, and the record high and low with the year they were set.

DayForecastNormalRecord highRecord low
Sat Sep 2671° / 48°73° / 52°91° (1998)34° (1943)
Sun Sep 2771° / 52°72° / 52°88° (1946)33° (1947)
Mon Sep 2872° / 53°70° / 49°89° (2025)30° (1942)
Tue Sep 2974° / 57°69° / 47°96° (1953)27° (1942)
Wed Sep 3074° / 62°70° / 48°90° (2019)33° (1947)
Thu Oct 175° / 62°71° / 48°92° (2019)29° (1947)
Fri Oct 270° / 56°72° / 49°89° (2023)29° (1974)
Sat Oct 368° / 56°70° / 50°90° (1953)28° (1974)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Sat6:58 AM7:25 AM7:24 PM7:51 PM11 h 59 min Full moon · 100% lit
Sun6:59 AM7:26 AM7:22 PM7:49 PM11 h 56 min Waning gibbous · 99% lit
Mon7:00 AM7:27 AM7:20 PM7:48 PM11 h 53 min Waning gibbous · 95% lit
Tue7:01 AM7:28 AM7:19 PM7:46 PM11 h 51 min Waning gibbous · 90% lit
Wed7:02 AM7:29 AM7:17 PM7:44 PM11 h 48 min Waning gibbous · 83% lit
Thu7:03 AM7:30 AM7:15 PM7:43 PM11 h 45 min Waning gibbous · 74% lit
Fri7:04 AM7:31 AM7:14 PM7:41 PM11 h 43 min Waning gibbous · 64% lit
Sat7:05 AM7:32 AM7:12 PM7:39 PM11 h 40 min Last quarter · 54% lit

Forecast from the National Weather Service forecast grid at api.weather.gov, updated by the local office through the day; the written periods and hourly digest are the NWS’s own. Outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center, the Weather Prediction Center and the Climate Prediction Center via NOAA’s map services. Records and normals from NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network. Sun and moon computed here. Place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

What is here

Seven days
The high, the low, the chance and amount of rain and snow, the wind and the forecaster’s words for each day and night, from the National Weather Service grid for the exact cell your town sits in.
Hour by hour
Temperature, what it feels like, dew point, humidity, chance and amount of precipitation, wind and gusts, sky cover, the chance of thunder, pressure, visibility and ceiling, as a chart and as a table, with nights shaded.
Everything else on the grid
The office edits about sixty fields for every cell. The ones the mainstream forecast pages leave out are here as a daily table: HeatRisk, wet bulb globe temperature, lightning activity, mixing height, transport wind, the fire weather indices, and at the coast the waves and swell.
The discussion
The Area Forecast Discussion the forecaster wrote to explain the forecast, in their own words, with the specialist annexes folded away. Also the office’s hazardous weather outlook.
Beyond the week
The Storm Prediction Center’s severe weather category for each of the next eight days, the Weather Prediction Center’s rainfall forecast to day seven and its winter storm severity, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for days six to fourteen, all read at your coordinate.
Against the record
Each forecast day beside the same date at the nearest long-record station: the thirty-year normal and the record high and low with their years, so a forecast high that would break a record says so.
The next 90 days
The forecast as far as the grid, the National Blend and the global models reach, and the calendar after that: the normal and the record for every date, with the Climate Prediction Center’s lean for the weeks, the month and the season drawn over them. No made-up highs for a date three months out.

Common questions

Where does this forecast come from?

From the National Weather Service forecast grid published at api.weather.gov, the same grid the local forecast office edits through the day and the source of every forecast on weather.gov. The written periods, the hourly digest and the forecaster’s discussion are the NWS’s own products, shown as issued. Nothing here is a blend a website made.

How far ahead does it go?

The grid runs seven days ahead, hour by hour for the first days and in three to six hour steps after that. The National Blend of Models carries the days to eleven and the global models to sixteen. Beyond that the page carries the national centers’ outlooks, severe weather to day eight, rainfall to day seven, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for the coming weeks, month and season, over a ninety-day calendar of the normal and the record for each date. No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one.

Why is this different from the app on my phone?

Most forecast apps show a blend of models chosen by the company that makes the app. This page shows the forecast the local National Weather Service office issues, edited by the forecasters who will also issue the warnings, and it shows all of it rather than the six numbers that fit on a phone. The discussion explains the reasoning, which no app carries.

What is a place’s address here?

Every town has its own page, such as /forecast/us/oklahoma/oklahoma-city/, and every day at a town has one too. A ZIP code typed into the search goes to the town it belongs to. Any coordinate at all can be looked up, and the page names the nearest town.

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