Current weather · Sep 26, 5:15 AM EDT

41.2390, -82.8380

50°

Patchy fogFeels like 50° · Humidity 100%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Cleveland, OH · grid 45,50
High
69°
Low
54°
Rain today
0%
Sunrise
7:23 AM
Sunset
7:22 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 5 AMPatchy fog50°50°50°100%0%NNE1 mph6 mph59%—6 mi
Sat 6 AMPatchy fog50°50°50°100%0%N0 mph5 mph54%—6 mi
Sat 7 AMPatchy fog50°50°50°100%0%N0 mph5 mph60%—6 mi
Sat 8 AMPatchy fog51°51°51°100%0%NNW1 mph6 mph52%—1.6 mi
Sat 9 AM55°55°52°92%0%N3 mph8 mph34%—10 mi
Sat 10 AM61°61°54°76%0%N6 mph10 mph13%—10 mi
Sat 11 AM65°65°54°68%0%NNE8 mph14 mph5%—10 mi
Sat 12 PM67°67°53°61%0%NNE9 mph14 mph2%—10 mi
Sat 1 PM67°67°52°58%0%NNE10 mph15 mph4%—10 mi
Sat 2 PM68°68°52°57%0%NNE10 mph16 mph19%—10 mi
Sat 3 PM68°69°50°53%0%NNE10 mph16 mph17%—10 mi
Sat 4 PM68°68°50°53%0%NNE10 mph16 mph14%—10 mi
Sat 5 PM67°67°49°53%0%NNE9 mph16 mph6%—10 mi
Sat 6 PM66°66°49°55%0%NNE7 mph13 mph9%—10 mi
Sat 7 PM62°62°50°64%0%NNE5 mph9 mph3%—10 mi
Sat 8 PM60°60°49°69%0%N3 mph8 mph10%—10 mi
Sat 9 PM58°58°50°75%0%N2 mph8 mph11%—10 mi
Sat 10 PM56°56°50°81%0%N3 mph9 mph9%—10 mi
Sat 11 PM56°56°51°84%0%N3 mph12 mph17%—10 mi
Sun 12 AM56°56°52°88%0%N5 mph10 mph6%—10 mi
Sun 1 AM56°56°53°92%0%N5 mph9 mph6%—10 mi
Sun 2 AM55°55°53°93%0%N5 mph9 mph4%—10 mi
Sun 3 AM55°55°53°94%0%NNW6 mph9 mph20%—10 mi
Sun 4 AM55°55°53°95%0%NW6 mph9 mph39%—10 mi
Sun 5 AM55°55°53°94%0%WNW6 mph9 mph47%—10 mi
Sun 6 AM54°54°53°95%0%WNW6 mph10 mph50%—10 mi
Sun 7 AM54°54°52°94%0%WNW6 mph10 mph50%—10 mi
Sun 8 AM55°55°53°94%0%WNW6 mph12 mph39%—10 mi
Sun 9 AM58°58°54°88%0%NW7 mph14 mph19%—9 mi
Sun 10 AM62°62°54°76%0%NNW9 mph15 mph14%—9 mi
Sun 11 AM65°65°54°68%0%N10 mph17 mph11%—8 mi
Sun 12 PM67°67°52°60%0%N12 mph17 mph9%—8 mi
Sun 1 PM68°68°52°57%0%N12 mph17 mph10%—9 mi
Sun 2 PM69°69°52°55%0%N12 mph18 mph8%—9 mi
Sun 3 PM69°69°51°53%0%N13 mph18 mph7%—10 mi
Sun 4 PM70°70°51°52%0%N13 mph18 mph4%—10 mi
Sun 5 PM70°70°51°51%0%N12 mph17 mph2%—10 mi
Sun 6 PM68°69°51°54%0%N10 mph16 mph3%—10 mi
Sun 7 PM66°66°52°60%0%N9 mph14 mph9%—10 mi
Sun 8 PM64°64°52°65%0%N9 mph14 mph12%—10 mi
Sun 9 PM61°61°53°75%0%N9 mph14 mph11%——
Sun 10 PM59°59°53°81%0%N9 mph14 mph21%——
Sun 11 PM58°58°53°84%0%N9 mph14 mph30%——
Mon 12 AM57°57°54°88%0%N9 mph12 mph34%——
Mon 1 AM57°57°55°92%0%N8 mph10 mph39%——
Mon 2 AM57°57°55°94%0%NNW8 mph9 mph43%——
Mon 3 AM56°56°55°96%0%NNW8 mph9 mph44%——
Mon 4 AM56°56°55°97%0%NNW8 mph9 mph45%——

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Sep 26, 3:47 AM EDT to day 8, the National Blend of Models to day 10, the mean of GFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodaySep 2669°54°Patchy Fog then Sunny0%wind 10 mph · gusts 16 mph
  2. SunSep 2771°55°Sunny0%wind 13 mph · gusts 18 mph
  3. MonSep 2871°53°Mostly Sunny0%wind 9 mph
  4. TueSep 2974°58°Sunny0%wind 3 mph · gusts 9 mph
  5. WedSep 3073°62°Slight Chance Rain Showers18%0.03 inwind 10 mph · gusts 17 mph
  6. ThuOct 174°61°Chance Rain Showers38%0.16 inwind 13 mph · gusts 23 mph
  7. FriOct 271°58°Chance Rain Showers46%0.90 inwind 9 mph · gusts 20 mph
  8. SatOct 371°60°41%1.12 inwind 9 mph
  9. SunOct 471°56°National Blend37%0.26 inwind 10 mph · gusts 16 mph
  10. MonOct 566°51°National Blend25%0.41 inwind 10 mph · gusts 17 mph
  11. TueOct 6~60°48°Model mean0.01 in
  12. WedOct 7~65°47°Model mean0.01 in
  13. ThuOct 8~69°51°Model mean
  14. FriOct 9~62°50°Model mean0.04 in
  15. SatOct 10~59°46°Model mean
  16. SunOct 11~52°42°Model mean

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like50°
  • WindCalmgusts 6 mph
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity100%
  • Dew point50°
  • Pressure—
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility6 mi
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset · not yet up
  • Moonrise7:10 PMMoonset 7:16 AM
  • Moon phaseFull moon100% lit

The National Blend of Models

NOAA NBM v5.0 · run of Sep 26, 2:00 AM 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 2669°54°NWS grid 69° / 54°rain 0%wind 10 mph · gusts 16 mph
  2. SunSep 2771°55°NWS grid 71° / 55°rain 1%wind 12 mph · gusts 18 mph
  3. MonSep 2871°54°NWS grid 71° / 53°rain 1%wind 8 mph
  4. TueSep 2974°57°NWS grid 74° / 58°rain 5%wind 3 mph · gusts 9 mph
  5. WedSep 3073°62°NWS grid 73° / 62°rain 24%wind 10 mph · gusts 17 mph
  6. ThuOct 175°61°NWS grid 74° / 61°rain 45%thunder 14%0.17 inwind 13 mph · gusts 22 mph
  7. FriOct 271°59°NWS grid 71° / 58°rain 46%thunder 14%0.92 inwind 9 mph · gusts 20 mph
  8. SatOct 373°61°NWS grid 71° / 60°rain 40%thunder 11%1.07 inwind 8 mph · gusts 14 mph
  9. SunOct 471°56°Beyond the NWS gridrain 37%0.26 inwind 10 mph · gusts 16 mph
  10. MonOct 566°51°Beyond the NWS gridrain 25%0.41 inwind 10 mph · gusts 17 mph
  11. TueOct 664°—Beyond the NWS gridrain 15%0.05 inwind 9 mph · gusts 15 mph
50°64°77°SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

BlendNWS gridChance of rain, hourly

The models, side by side

HRRR Sep 26, 2:00 AM EDT · GFS Sep 25, 8:00 PM EDT · GEFS Sep 25, 8:00 PM EDT · ECMWF Sep 25, 8:00 PM EDT · ECMWF AI Sep 25, 8:00 PM 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 2669° 54°68° 46°66° 51°67° 50°67° 52°~69° 53°
Sun Sep 2771° 55°70° 47°70° 52°69° 52°68° 56°~70° 54°
Mon Sep 2871° 53°~55° 53°70° 55°69° 55°64° 56°~69° 56°
Tue Sep 2974° 58°—74° 54°74° 53°73° 53°~73° 54°
Wed Sep 3073° 62°0.03 in—64° 57°0.33 in70° 59°0.22 in74° 59°~76° 60°
Thu Oct 174° 61°0.16 in—68° 59°0.10 in72° 62°0.11 in71° 64°0.58 in~80° 67°0.14 in
Fri Oct 271° 58°0.90 in—70° 62°0.89 in69° 61°0.28 in~67° 61°0.55 in~67° 60°0.49 in
Sat Oct 371° 60°1.12 in—66° 60°0.10 in70° 59°0.27 in~62° 56°~62° 56°0.03 in
Sun Oct 4——66° 58°0.93 in67° 57°0.24 in~62° 53°~59° 55°0.29 in
Mon Oct 5——65° 50°0.04 in60° 52°0.07 in~62° 46°~60° 55°0.04 in
Tue Oct 6——~57° 41°—~59° 49°~64° 55°0.03 in
Wed Oct 7——~64° 42°—~63° 42°~67° 58°0.04 in
Thu Oct 8——~66° 48°—~68° 48°~72° 57°
Fri Oct 9——~51° 45°0.13 in—~60° 51°~74° 55°
Sat Oct 10——~54° 38°—~56° 43°~68° 56°0.01 in
Sun Oct 11——~52° 42°———

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 Fremont (S24) · 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 lean60%warmer 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 2671° / 48°97° (1953)23° (1918)no outlookno outlook
Oct 368° / 46°93° (1953)26° (1964)near normal most likely · days 8 to 1433% chance above normal · days 8 to 14
Oct 1067° / 42°90° (1928)21° (1964)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 1759° / 38°87° (1920)21° (1974)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 2458° / 40°89° (1927)19° (1925)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 3155° / 35°80° (2016)17° (1991)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 754° / 34°79° (2024)5° (2019)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 1447° / 31°75° (1909)3° (1933)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 2148° / 30°75° (1913)3° (1930)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 2847° / 30°72° (1982)-6° (1976)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 537° / 26°71° (1998)-7° (1958)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 1242° / 28°70° (2015)-9° (1917)40% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 1939° / 25°65° (1967)-17° (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.

Each rating says which span it is for: the rest of today’s daylight, tonight, or the next 24 hours.

Health

  • Arthritisnext 24 hModeratehumid
  • Sinus pressurenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Common coldtodayLowmild
  • FlutodayLowmild
  • Migrainenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Asthmanext 24 hLowclean air
  • Heat stresstodayLowmild
  • SunburntodayLowweak sun
  • Frostbitenext 24 hLowmild
  • SleepingtonightIdealcool, quiet night

Outdoors

  • RunningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • HikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • BikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GolftodayIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtodayFairfog
  • Beach and pooltodayGoodcool
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightPoormostly cloudy

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hFairfog
  • Drivingnext 24 hFairfog

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Drying laundry outsidetodayVery goodhumid
  • Painting and outdoor projectstodayIdealfine conditions
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestodayHighwarm
  • TickstodayHighwarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hLowmild
  • Outdoor peststodayModeratewarm

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
SaturdayFair8:54 PM to 5:52 AM7 of 9None100%Poor5 h6 mph
SundayPoor8:52 PM to 5:53 AM1 of 9None98%Fair6 h9 mph
MondayFair8:50 PM to 5:54 AM2 of 9None94%Fair6 h0 mph
TuesdayPoor8:48 PM to 5:55 AM0 of 9None87%6 h6 mph
WednesdayPoor8:46 PM to 5:56 AM0 of 9None80%10 mph
ThursdayPoor8:45 PM to 5:57 AM0 of 9None70%8 mph
FridayPoor8:43 PM to 5:58 AM0 of 9None60%2 h5 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
Sat6:55 AM to 7:06 AM7:06 AM to 7:59 AM6:45 PM to 7:38 PM7:38 PM to 7:49 PM
Sun6:57 AM to 7:07 AM7:07 AM to 8:01 AM6:43 PM to 7:37 PM7:37 PM to 7:47 PM
Mon6:58 AM to 7:08 AM7:08 AM to 8:02 AM6:42 PM to 7:35 PM7:35 PM to 7:46 PM
Tue6:59 AM to 7:09 AM7:09 AM to 8:03 AM6:40 PM to 7:33 PM7:33 PM to 7:44 PM
Wed7:00 AM to 7:10 AM7:10 AM to 8:04 AM6:38 PM to 7:32 PM7:32 PM to 7:42 PM
Thu7:01 AM to 7:11 AM7:11 AM to 8:05 AM6:36 PM to 7:30 PM7:30 PM to 7:41 PM
Fri7:02 AM to 7:12 AM7:12 AM to 8:06 AM6:35 PM to 7:28 PM7:28 PM to 7:39 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 7:23 AM, 91° E
  • SS Sunset 7:22 PM, 269° W
  • MR Moonrise 7:10 PM, 82° E
  • MS Moonset 7:16 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: fly with caution (night: lighting and night training required (107.29)). Next good stretch: Sat 9 AM to 2 PM, 5 hours.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 6:53 AM to sunrise 7:23 AM, and sunset 7:22 PM to 7:52 PM. Anti-collision lighting is required in those minutes and at night.

Sat6 AM12 PM6 PM
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 5 AMCaution1370%6 mi50°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 6 AMCaution0050%6 mi50°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 7 AMCaution0050%6 mi50°civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Sat 8 AMNo-fly1160%1.6 mi51°visibility under 3 miles (107.51)
Sat 9 AMGood3490%10 mi55°nothing against it
Sat 10 AMGood67120%10 mi61°nothing against it
Sat 11 AMGood810150%10 mi65°nothing against it
Sat 12 PMGood911160%10 mi67°nothing against it
Sat 1 PMGood1012170%10 mi67°nothing against it
Sat 2 PMCaution1012180%10 mi68°gusts near or over your limit
Sat 3 PMCaution1012180%10 mi68°gusts near or over your limit
Sat 4 PMCaution1013190%10 mi68°gusts near or over your limit
Sat 5 PMCaution912190%10 mi67°gusts near or over your limit
Sat 6 PMGood79150%10 mi66°nothing against it
Sat 7 PMCaution518230%10 mi62°wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 8 PMCaution314180%10 mi60°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 9 PMCaution29150%10 mi58°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 10 PMCaution314190%10 mi56°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 11 PMCaution314220%10 mi56°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 12 AMCaution518240%10 mi56°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 AMCaution518230%10 mi56°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 AMCaution518230%10 mi55°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-fly623260%10 mi55°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 4 AMNo-fly623260%10 mi55°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft 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

  • Sat 10 AM to 1 PM 3 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sat 6 PM to 9 PM 3 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sun 7 PM to 11 PM 4 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Mon 10 AM to 7 PM 9 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Wed 7 PM to 10 PM 3 hours, every hour within the rules
Sat6 AM12 PM6 PM
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 in53%10 mph5 d
SundayDry0%0.00 in51%13 mph4 d
MondayDry0%0.00 in59%8 mph3 d
TuesdayDry0%0.00 in54%2 mph2 d
WednesdayDry18%0.03 in62%10 mph1 d
ThursdayShowers possible38%0.16 in68%13 mph
FridayWet46%0.90 in65%9 mph
SaturdayWet37%1.12 in72%9 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 Best11:56 PM to 1:56 AM12:19 PM to 2:19 PM6:46 AM to 7:46 AM6:40 PM to 7:40 PM 100%7:23 AM, 7:22 PM
Sun Best12:42 AM to 2:42 AM1:06 PM to 3:06 PM7:57 AM to 8:57 AM7:04 PM to 8:04 PM 99%7:24 AM, 7:20 PM
Mon Good1:30 AM to 3:30 AM1:56 PM to 3:56 PM9:10 AM to 10:10 AM7:32 PM to 8:32 PM 95%7:25 AM, 7:18 PM
Tue Good2:22 AM to 4:22 AM2:49 PM to 4:49 PM10:26 AM to 11:26 AM8:05 PM to 9:05 PM 90%7:26 AM, 7:16 PM
Wed Poor3:18 AM to 5:18 AM3:48 PM to 5:48 PM11:42 AM to 12:42 PM8:48 PM to 9:48 PM 83%7:27 AM, 7:15 PM
Thu Fair4:18 AM to 6:18 AM4:49 PM to 6:49 PM12:56 PM to 1:56 PM9:41 PM to 10:41 PM 74%7:28 AM, 7:13 PM
Fri Fair5:21 AM to 7:21 AM5:52 PM to 7:52 PM2:01 PM to 3:01 PM10:45 PM to 11:45 PM 64%7:29 AM, 7:11 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. Overnight49° · N 1 mph

    Patchy fog. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. North wind around 1 mph.

  2. Saturday69° · N 0–10 mph

    Patchy fog before 9am. Sunny, with a high near 69. North wind 0 to 10 mph.

  3. Saturday Night54° · N 2–7 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 54. North wind 2 to 7 mph.

  4. Sunday71° · NW 6–13 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 71. Northwest wind 6 to 13 mph.

  5. Sunday Night55° · N 10 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. North wind around 10 mph.

  6. Monday71° · N 8 mph

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 71.

  7. Monday Night53° · NW 0–3 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 53.

  8. Tuesday74° · SW 2 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 74.

  9. Tuesday Night58° · 5% · S 2–6 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.

  10. Wednesday73° · 18% · S 7–10 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73.

  11. Wednesday Night62° · 24% · S 7–10 mph

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

  12. Thursday74° · 38% · S 13 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

  13. Thursday Night61° · 45% · S 8–12 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

  14. Friday71° · 46% · SW 9 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Cleveland, OH · issued Sep 26, 2:20 AM 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 needed to the prior forecast or messaging.

KEY Messages

1) Mainly dry weather and fall temperatures are expected through Tuesday with scattered rain chances returning by the middle of next week.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1... Fall weather with dry conditions is expected through Tuesday evening as high pressure affects the region. The exception may be Sunday evening when a few light rain showers may briefly drift in from the east across Northwest Pennsylvania. Temperatures will be near to slightly below normal over the next several days with highs in the upper 60s and lower 70s and lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s each day. By late Wednesday, weak low pressure will move into the Midwest and Great Lakes region. Forecast has trended drier on Wednesday with only isolated rain showers, increasing a bit in coverage on Thursday and Friday. No thunderstorms are forecast.

Aviation · 06Z Saturday Through Wednesday

VFR will prevail through the TAF cycle as high pressure remains nearly stationary over the Great Lakes. Scattered to broken cirrus around 25,000 feet this morning across NE Ohio and NW PA will exit by afternoon, allowing for clear skies everywhere.

Light NE winds this morning will increase to 5-10 knots this afternoon, becoming light again by tonight.

Outlook...Mainly VFR expected through Wednesday, though periods of overnight patchy fog are possible.

Marine

Northeast winds to 10 to 15 knots with periods of winds close to 20 knots are expected through Monday morning with light and variable flow Monday afternoon through Tuesday evening. Waves in the central and western basins will generally be between 1 and 3 ft through early Monday morning, though the forecast has trended a bit higher for Sunday afternoon into Sunday night when the likelihood for 20 knots winds and some 4 ft waves could be possible.

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 300.01 in
  5. Day 6-7 · Oct 1–Oct 21.25 in

The rainfall forecast on the map, days 1 to 7

Six to fourteen days

  1. Days 6–10 · Temperature60% chance above normalOct 1–Oct 5
  2. Days 6–10 · Precipitation40% chance above normalOct 1–Oct 5
  3. Days 8–14 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 3–Oct 9
  4. Days 8–14 · Precipitation33% chance above normalOct 3–Oct 9

Frost and climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals, Norwalk Wwtp

The last spring freeze (32°F) usually comes around April 25 and the first fall freeze around October 25: a growing season of about 183 days.

One fall in ten brings a freeze by October 11; one spring in ten still has one after May 9.

Climate of 41.24, -82.84: normals, records and every month

Everything else on the grid

NWS forecast grid · 30 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 · Minor1 · Minor
Wet bulb globe temperature max65°65°67°69°68°69°67°68°
Heat index max70°70°73°72°73°70°70°
Wind chill min50°
Chance of thunder max0%0%0%0%5%11%7%8%
Visibility min1.6 mi8 mi
Mixing height max3,600 ft3,700 ft3,100 ft5,100 ft2,800 ft2,000 ft2,900 ft2,700 ft
Transport wind max15 mph16 mph13 mph12 mph13 mph13 mph15 mph13 mph
Twenty-foot wind max9 mph10 mph7 mph3 mph9 mph12 mph8 mph8 mph
Atmospheric dispersion index max4140
Low visibility risk max88

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Fremont (S24) · 11 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 2669° / 54°74° / 51°92° (1920)33° (1926)
Sun Sep 2771° / 55°73° / 50°93° (2017)35° (1926)
Mon Sep 2871° / 53°72° / 50°91° (1905)33° (1991)
Tue Sep 2974° / 58°71° / 48°97° (1953)34° (1957)
Wed Sep 3073° / 62°69° / 48°90° (1921)30° (1934)
Thu Oct 174° / 61°69° / 47°88° (1922)31° (1918)
Fri Oct 271° / 58°70° / 48°90° (1927)23° (1918)
Sat Oct 371° / 60°71° / 48°93° (1953)30° (1908)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Sat6:55 AM7:23 AM7:22 PM7:49 PM11 h 59 min Full moon · 100% lit
Sun6:57 AM7:24 AM7:20 PM7:47 PM11 h 56 min Waning gibbous · 99% lit
Mon6:58 AM7:25 AM7:18 PM7:46 PM11 h 53 min Waning gibbous · 95% lit
Tue6:59 AM7:26 AM7:16 PM7:44 PM11 h 50 min Waning gibbous · 90% lit
Wed7:00 AM7:27 AM7:15 PM7:42 PM11 h 48 min Waning gibbous · 83% lit
Thu7:01 AM7:28 AM7:13 PM7:41 PM11 h 45 min Waning gibbous · 74% lit
Fri7:02 AM7:29 AM7:11 PM7:39 PM11 h 42 min Waning gibbous · 64% lit
Sat7:03 AM7:30 AM7:10 PM7:37 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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