Central Ohio Weather and Radar QUICK WEATHER FORECAST: Today: Very gusty, high 79 Tonight: Rain showers, low 62 Wednesday: Chance of rain, high 69 (48) Thursday: Isolated showers, high 64 (42) Friday: More sunshine, high 66 (42) Saturday: Few clouds, high 65 (48) FORECAST DISCUSSION: By Election Day Tuesday there will be increasing wind speeds with gusts well over 30 mph at times. Highs Tuesday will return to the upper 70s, which already 20 degrees above average for this time of year. There is a good likelihood that Columbus will break the record high as well. The current record high of 77 was set back in 2022. A cold front will bring rain shower chances by the late evening and overnight hours. Breezy conditions are still going to continue as well. Lows will only drop to the low 60s. This is warmer than the average daytime highs for this time of year. The wet weather is expected to stick around for the next couple of days, but not a lot of it is expected. Forecast rain totals between Tuesday through Thursday will be only around a quarter of an inch. Even after the cold front passes above average temperatures stick around all work week. By this weekend mostly sunny skies will continue. As the weekend goes on there will be increasing rain chances by Sunday. The above average temperature trend in the mid 60s continues into the new week.