From Smoke to Storms

TALKING ABOUT TAYLOR SWIFT. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE REDS FC, CINCINNATI ALL THINGS HAPPENING BUT WE HAVE THE SMOKE NOW AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER GRAPHIC STORMS LATER AS WELL. SO IT’S REALLY ALL EYES ON THE WEATHER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THERE’S SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT, RIGHT? I MEAN, I WISH WE COULD DELIVER LIKE A GORGEOUS LOW HUMIDITY FORECAST. THAT’S NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE. IT’S GOING TO BE HOT AND HUMID THIS WEEKEND, ROUNDS OF STORMS, THE TIMING OF WHICH IS TOO EARLY TO CALL ON ANY OF THOSE. SO THEY ABSOLUTELY COULD IMPACT YOUR PLANS. SO FROM SMOKE TO STORMS AS WE ROLL THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, STARTING WITH TODAY, WHERE WE HAVE AN AIR QUALITY ALERT, SPECIFICALLY, IF YOU HAVE RESPIRATORY ISSUES, TRY TO HANG OUT INSIDE. TODAY, THE IROQUOIS CITY PROJECTED TO BE UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE GROUPS. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE SENSORS THIS MORNING IN MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO ARE REGISTERING UNHEALTHY FOR EVERYBODY. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND TODAY. YOU CAN SEE THE SMOKE. YOU CAN SEE IT COMBINED WITH FOG THIS MORNING. AND IT’S GOING TO BE COMFORTABLE HUMIDITY WISE TODAY. BUT OBVIOUSLY SOME RESPIRATORY ISSUES LOOKING LIKELY BECAUSE OF THE SMOKE FROM CANADIAN WILDFIRES NOW THAT IS DRIFTING IN FROM THE NORTH. TOMORROW, OUR WINDS ARE COMING IN FROM THE SOUTH. SO OUR TEMPERATURES GO UP AND THE SMOKE STARTS TO AWAY. SO WE SHOULD MITIGATE THE ISSUE WITH THE SMOKE TOMORROW. TEMPERATURES START TO WARM TO THE UPPER EIGHTIES AND THEN WE HEAD INTO TAYLOR SWIFT WEEKEND, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, NEAR 90 DEGREES BOTH DAYS DEW POINTS IN THE SEVEN LOW SEVENTIES BOTH DAYS, WHICH IS A VERY TROPICAL FEEL AND WE’LL BE TALKING ABOUT ROUNDS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. SO TAKING A LOOK AT THE PROJECTION FOR THE WILDFIRE SMOKE WHERE YOU SEE THE KIND OF THE ORANGE OR RED TONES, THAT’S WHERE IT’S THE THICKEST THAT WE’RE STARTING THIS MORNING. KIND OF IN THE THICK OF IT. I’LL PRESS PLAY AND YOU’LL SEE IT’S WITH US THROUGH THE DAY, THOUGH NOT AS BAD THIS EVENING. AND WITH THE WINDS SHIFTING FOR US TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW, YOU CAN SEE IT DOES START TO SCRUB ALL OF THAT OUT BEFORE WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN SEE A BIT OF A HAZE THERE AS THE CREWS CONTINUE THEIR GETTING PAGCOR READY FOR THE WEEKEND. IT IS 59 DEGREES RIGHT NOW. THE DEW POINT ALSO 59, WHICH IS A PRETTY COMFORTABLE FEEL AND IT’S GOING TO BE THAT WAY THROUGH THE DAY TODAY, TOMORROW START TO GET A LITTLE BIT STICKY, BUT NOT BAD. BY THE TIME WE GET TO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, THAT HUMIDITY IS UP. AND WITH THOSE TEMPERATURES NOW 90 DEGREES, IT’S GOING TO LEAD TO OCCASIONAL DOWNPOURS FOR US, IT FEEL LIKE THE MID NINETIES. SO FOG AND HAZE THIS MORNING. EXPECT KIND OF GRAY, GLOOMY LOOKING SKIES THROUGH THE DAY AS WE TOP OUT AROUND 83 AND OUR WEATHER PATTERN SHIFTS AS WE HEAD INTO JULY AND THIS WEEKEND WHERE HEAT DOME KIND OF BUILDS TO OUR SOUTH AND WE’RE ON THE NORTHERN FRINGES OF THIS WATCH BASICALLY MEANS ROUNDS OF STORMS OF RIDE THE NORTHERN FRINGE OF THAT AND BRING US REPEATED ROUNDS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS, THE TIMING OF WHICH IS HARD TO FIGURE OUT DAYS AHEAD OF TIME. SO AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT’S GOING ON OUR WAY TODAY, THAT SMOKY HAZE, TEMPERATURES INTO THAT, THE LOW AND MID EIGHTIES TOMORROW 88 BY FRIDAY, THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS HERE PLAN ON THE POTENTIAL FOR RAIN THUNDERSTORMS AT CONCERT TIME I THINK WE’RE RAIN COOLED DOWN TO ABOUT 82 BUT HIT AND MISS THUNDERSTORMS. PART OF THE FORECAST FOR US FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT AND ALSO ON SUNDAY. BUT THE RAIN DOES START TO FADE AWAY FOR US AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE 4TH OF JULY. ON TUESDAY. RANDI, THANKS SO MUCH. WE DO APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. IT’S NOT JUST THE CITY OF CINCINNATI PREPARING BIG CROWDS THIS WEEKEND. CBD AIRPORT, THEY’RE ON HIGH ALERT TO HOW THEY ARE GETTING