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Showers and a few storms Tuesday

3 days ago | dayton247now.com | Zach Hatcher

DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Skies will be mostly cloudy on Tuesday with scattered showers and a few storms during the day. Temperatures will be near normal Tuesday and Wednesday with highs in the middle to upper 70s. Temperatures climb even more on Thursday and Friday with highs in the middle 80s. Another storm system will approach by late Thursday that will increase the chance for rain and storms.
Unsettled and warmer pattern arrives Monday

4 days ago | dayton247now.com | Zach Hatcher

DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Temperatures will be milder Sunday night as we drop into the middle to upper 50s. Near normal temps stick with us for the start of the work week, but rain chances will return too as our next weather maker approaches. Showers will become possible Monday into Tuesday as a low pressure system tracks near the area. Monday will be warm with highs near 80, with Tuesday falling back to the middle 70s due to showers and thunderstorms.
Warm & quiet Mother's Day ahead

5 days ago | dayton247now.com | Zach Hatcher

DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Temperatures will be milder Saturday night into Sunday morning with upper 40s mainly. Mother's Day remains in the upper 70s with more sun than clouds. Above normal temps stick with us for the start of the work week, but rain chances will return too as our next weather maker approaches. Showers will become possible late Monday into Tuesday as a low pressure system tracks just southeast of our area.
A warm and dry Mother's Day weekend!

6 days ago | dayton247now.com | Zach Hatcher

DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Another chilly morning is expected Saturday, but temperatures rise quickly into the mid to upper 70s. Mother's Day remains in the upper 70s with more sun than clouds. Above normal temps stick with us for the start of the work week, but rain chances will return too as our next weather maker approaches. Showers will become possible late Monday into Tuesday as a low pressure system tracks just southeast of our area.
Team Tornado closing out school year

1 week ago | dayton247now.com | Zach Hatcher

DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Dayton 24/7 Now's Team Tornado has been traveling all across the Miami Valley this spring season, teaching kids about severe weather and weather safety. Our meteorologists have been to Arcanum, Tipp City, Miamisburg and many more places, educating kids from kindergarten through fourth grade. The latest round of school visits included Bethel Elementary and Westbrook Village Elementary. There's only one more school on the list before schools pause for summer break.
Scattered rainfall through Tuesday

1 week ago | dayton247now.com | Zach Hatcher

DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Monday will continue to be impacted by a cut-off low which will be spinning near or on top of the Miami Valley. Showers are possible this evening with lows in the lower 50s. Scattered showers are on tap for Monday with low pressure still nearby. Showers will continue through Tuesday depending on the exact location of the low. Highs will generally be cooler than normal until Wednesday, with lower 70s returning.
Rain continues through Sunday, staying cooler

1 week ago | dayton247now.com | Zach Hatcher

DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Sunday will continue to be impacted by a cut-off low which will be spinning near or on top of the Miami Valley. Showers are likely this evening with lows in the lower 50s. Scattered showers are on tap for Sunday with low pressure still nearby. Showers will continue through Monday or Tuesday depending on the exact location of the low. Highs will generally be cooler, with upper 50s to mid 60s this weekend and 60s through Tuesday.
Severe thunderstorms possible this afternoon

2 weeks ago | dayton247now.com | Zach Hatcher

DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Strong to severe thunderstorms are a possibility for some across the Miami Valley Thursday afternoon. A line of storms continuing to progress across the area from west to east, shows signs of strengthening during the afternoon. The main threat would be damaging wind gusts up to 65 miles per hour, with quarter-sized hail a secondary threat.
Weather review of the month of April

2 weeks ago | dayton247now.com | Zach Hatcher

DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- The month of April was evenly balanced between much warmer and much cooler days. Of course, we weren't done with freezing temperatures over the month. April routinely features several days of below freezing mornings, and this April was no exception. Usually, the latest average last freeze is about April 16th, and right on cue we hit about 33 degrees in Dayton that morning. In the history books, there was a day in late May back in 1907 that dropped to freezing.
Meet Niko, our Pet of the Day for Friday, April 25

2 weeks ago | dayton247now.com | Zach Hatcher

DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Thanks to Xander Myers for sharing this adorable photo of Niko, our Pet of the Day for Friday, April 25th.