Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 14 Have you ever seen a more beautiful sunrise? 😉 If you're heading down here to Fostoria today, stay hydrated and cool (and pack your patience with fellow railfans)!
#Ohio #BigBoy #train
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 14 10-DAY: Sweltering for the next two afternoons, and still pretty toasty heading into next weekend. Highlights:
* Temps 95-100°, heat index 100-105° Tuesday & Wednesday
* Slow cooling as rain chances rise (some pop-up storms Friday, more scattered through the weekend)
#Toledo #weather
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 13 Calling all railfans! Your chance to get up close to UP #4014 "Big Boy" comes Tuesday from 9am-3pm at Norfolk Southern's yard just northeast of Fostoria, OH. The world's largest operating steam locomotive will then head west Wednesday, stopping briefly in Continental.
#BigBoy #train #Ohio
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 13 "Vivid" barely begins to describe Saturday's sunset over our corner of the country! Kristina Smith shared her view from Custar (western Wood County).
#Ohio #sunset #nature
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 13 A heat advisory has been issued for most of NW Ohio/SE Michigan for the afternoon/evening of Tuesday, July 14th. Temperatures are expected to warm past 95°, with increased humidity making it feel extra-steamy.
#Ohio #Michigan #heat
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 13 We're issuing a pair of First Alert Weather Days for some dangerously hot/humid afternoons, Tuesday July 14 - Wednesday July 15. Highs between 95-100° will feel even more stifling with dewpoints pushing 70°, giving heat index numbers up to 105° across NW Ohio/SE Michigan.
#Toledo #weather
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 12 Marsha Schroeder found this monarch standing out among the greens and purples of her Blissfield garden late last week... not much rain to water said garden for the next several days, as we climb back to the 90s this coming work week.
#Michigan #butterfly #nature
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 11 Debra Baum found this baby deer up against a brick building in Rossford recently. REMINDER: Their mothers often leave the fawns in tall grass (or otherwise covered/tucked away) to avoid drawing predators while they feed. Unless there are visible signs of injury, best to leave them be. 🦌
#Ohio #deer
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 11 Our third flood advisory of this Friday goes to Sandusky & Wood Counties, with that slow-moving thundershower dumping 1-2" of quick rain and another 1" still to go in spots. Cell drifting SE @ 5-10 mph.
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 11 RADAR (9pm Fri): 40 mph gusts and lots of rain with this cell ambling southeast at 5-10 mph through northern Wood & western Sandusky Counties.
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 11 A nice little timeline cleanser: Lori Harp released this eastern black swallowtail butterfly in Tiffin recently. There are 550+ swallowtail species worldwide, 30 in North America, and 6 calling the Buckeye State home.
#Ohio #butterfly #nature
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 11 10-DAY: No big changes... just keeping an eye on how strong/close next week's high pressure will get. Highlights:
* Sct. t-showers through early Sat AM; few more Saturday, mainly south of US-6
* 90s Mon-Fri; not as humid as the last heat wave, still feeling like 95-100° at times
#Toledo #weather
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 10 Another stunning sunrise view from viewer Leanna Neshkoff! This was the view to the east from South Shore Veterans Park (Oregon) this Friday morning, after the rain temporarily moved out. 🌅
#Ohio #LakeErie #sunrise
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 10 PREDICTOR: Strong high pressure will park a couple of states west of us, letting the atmosphere cook to the low/mid-90s for the entire work week. While humidity won't be as high as with the last heat wave, it'll still be enough to get the air feeling like 95-100°.
#Ohio #Michigan #heat
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 10 Fri 4pm - Slow-moving thundershowers continue to push southeast. A flood advisory has now been issued for parts of Hancock, Seneca, Wood & Wyandot Counties through 7:30pm. 1"+ has already fallen, with another 1"+ still to go along this band.
#Ohio #rain #flood
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 10 RADAR (12pm Fri): Well, we did say those scattered thundershowers would flare up again around midday... and Mother Nature got the memo! These cells will continue drifting east-southeast at 5-10 mph.
#Ohio #Michigan #rain
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 10 This afternoon marked our 8th day of the 90s at Toledo Express this year... though oddly, our first high of *exactly* 90°. We had a few more on the books up to July 9th last year by comparison, and went a few above average by the end of 2025.
#Toledo #weather
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 10 PREDICTOR: Much like how we rounded out June and entered July, a strong area of high pressure will build over the Central US next week -- with heat and humidity rising along with it. Toledo's highs will push back into the low to mid-90s Mon-Fri.
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 10 10-DAY: Another heat wave is brewing for next week. Highlights:
* More scattered t-showers by sunrise Friday, and again in the afternoon
* Temporarily-drier air Sunday (50s dewpoints)
* Low to mid-90s by mid-month (feeling like 95-100° with humidity)
#Toledo #weather
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 9 RADAR (4pm Thu): Scattered thundershowers will continue to slowly push through this evening, redeveloping by early AM Friday and again in the afternoon hours. We'll then stay dry for several days (90s all next week).
#Ohio #Michigan #rain
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 9 This Toledo Zoo resident knows that next week's stretch of returning heat/humidity "bears" watching! 🐻
📸: Michael Alvarez
#Ohio #bear
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 9 Stormy for some, dry for others... here's a snapshot of the next few days in the weather department for NW Ohio. 👇
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 9 10-DAY: Scattered storms return tomorrow... but at least they'll be moving this time! Highlights:
* Isolated cases of 50+ mph winds as downpours develop Thu PM; more possible overnight into Fri
* Drier air Sunday; heat/humidity return next week (low-90s feeling like 95°+)
#Toledo #weather
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 8 Fur, feathers & flowers: Rick Parrish provided us with some cool nature photos he's taken recently at Side Cut Metropark.
#Ohio #nature
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 8 Yep, pretty fast-moving trough at that; SPC isn't too convinced on the instability being enough by the time it gets to Ohio, and neither are we (lapse rates and wind shear not too favorable either). Latest HRRR run does support some decent cells over/near Toledo by 5pm, however:
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 8 5pm Wed: Continued warmth and plenty of late-day sun out there. Thursday's highs will top out just a couple degrees higher, though keep an eye to the west-northwest for your evening plans tomorrow as some showers/storms flare up.
Meteorologist Dan Smith@dansmithweather· Jul 8 Heads up: Thursday PM will see scattered storms popping up once more across NW Ohio/SE Michigan. A moderately-unstable atmosphere may get some 50+ mph gusts mixing down to the ground in some cells by late aafternoon, though they won't have much wind shear to work with.
#Ohio #Michigan #storm
