Cincinnati Weather Spot (2025)

18/06/2025

Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 1:55PM: Here is the NOAA SPC outlook for today. Timing appears to be between 6PM and 11PM.

Intense downpours, strong winds and lightning are very likely. We could pick up a quick 0.5-1" rainfall.

[Bobby]

09/06/2025

Sunday, June 8, 2025, 8:44PM: Here is the weekly outlook that I promised. Shaping up to be a good weather week. We are in the heart of it where thunderstorms are going to start being more likely. I know we've had some severe weather the last month and a half, but this is my reminder (since I'm back and we're in June) to review your weather plans and to always stay weather aware. Mother nature is an equal opportunity storm dumper - mother nature doesn't care who is in the path, and favors no one. Make sure you have your weather plan documented, and your family knows in the event of servere weather!

Let's talk this week...

Monday: Thunderstorms in the morning, then cloudy skies late. Storms may contain strong gusty winds. High 72° and a low of 54°. Chance of rain 70%.

Tuesday: Early rain then intervals of clouds and sunshine. High 76°. No real rain after the early rain. Low 58°.

Wednesday: Mostly clear skies. High near 78°. Shaping up to be a beautiful day. Low 61°.

Thursday: Partly cloudy skies throughout the day. Mild temperatures with the cloudy skies. High near 81°. Low 65°. Light variable winds overnight.

Friday: Partly cloudy skies and warm. High near 82°. Low around 66°.

Saturday: Thundershowers possible in the afternoona and throughout the day. Showers early. High 81°. Low 61°.

Sunday: Mixture of sun and clouds with thunderstorms possible. High 78°. Low 66°. Showers and thunderstorms overnight.

Have a great week. :)

[Bobby]

08/06/2025

Saturday, June 7, 2025, 9:37PM: Hey, it's me.. remember me? How's it going? :) This is going to be a long post, but I ask that you read it, and remember that I'm also a human and it's going to be extremely vulnerable for me. This is a community of friends, and something I want to continue to build. I've never not been transparent or open with you, it's not going to stop now.

When I started this, along with Dan, all those years ago, I had a set of goals and expectations for myself, and for this page. That was something that I personally set, and not something that Dan set for me. This was my page to design, build and run. I had expectations for myself that - quite frankly - weren't realistic in the situation I was in, personally and professionally. I set high goals for myself and for this page and because I'm human, and life happened. I got severely discouraged, and Cincinnati Weather Spot took the back seat, merely because I was discouraged and felt like I didn't know where I wanted to go or what I wanted to do.

Fast forward over the last few years, where I make random posts every now and then. They start, almost, all the same about wanting to get back into it and that I was going to start - and while I had the intention to do it entirely, I still had the unrealistic expectations for myself because I hadn't quite done the soul searching that was required for me to be able to actually be realistic. I was caught up in a relationship that I was still trying to navigate, I had personal things come up, and probably the most vulnerable point of this post - my mental health was absolute garbage. I wasn't taking care of my mental health, and I kept putting myself in situations that weren't healthy for me to fix my mental health. Situations such as not taking medication that I so desperately needed, situations such as toxic relationships that kept dragging me down. You get it - situations.

So, where does that leave us? Over the last few months, while I have been relatively quiet here at Cincinnati Weather Spot, and at Dayton Weather Spot, I have been working on figuring out where I want to go and what I want to do. I still have a passion and drive for weather. I still want to be here, I still want to build this page, and I still want to be a source of truth that you can rely on for years to come.

Here is my commitment to you - I am back. Fully. Back. I can't promise I'm going to have super fancy graphics starting out again, and that was one of the expectations I had for myself. I am going to start working with Dan to build some of those graphics in a few weeks and to get it where I want it to be. I am going to start bringing you weekly weather reports. I am going to start actively reporting on severe situations. I am back, I have realistic goals, I have expectations for myself that are attainable and I am ready to achieve them, and beyond.

If you're still here reading this, thank you for taking the time to do it and allowing me to be vulnerable with you. While I've said it before, I ask that you forgive me for leaving you hanging prior, and understanding that I'm human and.. quite literally, stuff happens. I'd love for you to stick around, and to keep being the best part of Cincinnati Weather Spot. :)

Look out for a weekly weather post from me tomorrow!

[Bobby]

03/04/2024

Wednesday, 04/03/2024, 9:20AM: As much as we like to get our forecasts correct and we strive to ensure that our viewing folks accurately plan their day, there are times that I revel in the fact that I'm wrong, that the models were wrong, and that the SPC was wrong. In total, we saw several severe thunderstorms across the viewing area, and there were a few tornado warnings south of Cincinnati. We were spared those tornadoes by the rainfall that, while unexpected, helped stabilize the atmosphere in the 1-2PM range. All signs on models were that the night was going to be quite ugly.

Predicting the future is an awful and intricate business. Mother nature has a way of playing tricks on us and has an amazing slight of hand. It's just like card magic tricks. Mother nature just does it on a bigger scale. The NOAA Storm Prediction Center, however, was absolutely correct in drawing the attention to the storm system because it DID have all of the signs directing us to say that tornadoes were likely. Some took place - places south of us and in the north eastern part of the state. I, like many others, just didn't predict that they would take place in places other than what it looked like the most likely place was - here.

As I mentioned, this is one of the few times that I was happy I was wrong. The models were wrong, SPC was wrong, I was wrong. If I were right, it would mean tornados were here and this time, it's great to be wrong. I deeply apologize for the anxiety that may have been stirred up or the panic that may have ensued due to the data that was being presented to us. It's my goal to ensure that you are the most prepared for a problem rather than ignore it and then get blindsided. A balance must be reached, and that point is difficult to find when there is so much data coming in and so much to share. You have to come to the balance of - do I share it and potentially cause anxiety because of what may come or do I keep it in until the situation is here?

I am one that I am not going to share the data prematurely. I wait until models run and I have a better understanding of the system. There is, really, no reason to share data super early and cause panic or anxiety when we are a week out. When it got closer to the situation, though, I had two options - share what I am seeing and what the models and SPC are seeing, or keep it in until the situation presents itself. Option #1 was decent, option #2 could have been catastrophic. I chose option #1.

It's important to remember that sometimes a simple, gentle rain can prevent severe weather from outbreaking. There are a million life lessons in that observations, but I'm insanely appreciative that we're all OK despite an atmosphere that was one of the most unstable environments that I've seen in a bit. Thank you for sticking with me, when I may not be my best self, and understanding that we're all human and that we all have stuff going on. I strive to be more present on this page, to bring you the latest information and to understand the weather and what's going on. I feel a sense of purpose having reached over 2K people yesterday with the information that we had and wanted to share to, hopefully, prevent catastrophic damage or worse.

Thank you to each and every one of you that follow me, interact with the posts, share it with your family and friends. I appreciate you. [Bobby]

02/04/2024

Tuesday, 04/02/2024, 8:45AM: The situation looks a tiny bit different this morning for Ohio overall, but not really for the Dayton, Cincinnati and Columbus area. From 3PM to 8PM, a cluster of strong to severe storms is expected to move throughout our area. The warmer it gets, the more intense the storms are likely to become. I know we all love sunshine, but today, sunshine is not welcome. Even without the extra heating from the sun, though, the momentum of this storm is creating its own energy, and severe weather is 100% expected.

If you're outside today, look around. If you see any clouds with clarity, take note. Winds at the ground level are moving one way, low clouds are moving another, and you guessed it - higher clouds are moving yet another. Here's the problem.. at the heart of every large, convective thunderstorm is a column of warm, rising air that cools into clouds, rain and hail as the moisture rises into the atmosphere high enough to freeze. When you have air moving in a bunch of different directions at different heights, the rising column of air starts to spin. That spinning column of air can cause the whole storm to start spinning, and before you know it, you have what is called a supercell thunderstorm. They are normally isolated, stand-alone cells that spin. These stand-alone cells can get very large and have serious updrafts and downdrafts and often spawn large hail and tornadoes in addition to the usual high winds you see in most thunderstorms.

The data we see this morning suggests the possibility of both supercells and bow-line thunderstorms this afternoon and evening, and that's why the SPC has us under such a high-risk area for today. Not only are they likely to form, some of them are likely to spin. Depending on how big they get, they can be real trouble. I expect to see a Tornado Watch issued later for our area as a result of the data that we're seeing this morning. I will be actively engaged in the situation all day and be tracking the storms as they arrive to our coverage area.

I don't say all of this to scare you, but to just remind you to be weather aware. These storms are dangerous. Do I think you'll end up in the hospital? No, statistically speaking you will not. You need to take it seriously, though, because you don't want to be among the handful that are. [Bobby]

02/04/2024

Monday, 04/01/2024, 9:25PM: I've said it before and I'll say it again, life has been a complete whirlwind. While it has been my every intention to be active on this page and to continue to grow it, other priorities in life had to take a front seat while Cincinnati Weather Spot took a backseat. I'm okay, healthy, mostly happy, and content - it's just one of those things that I had to work through and couldn't give too much without continuing to drain myself farther than I was. I have some amazing ideas for this page, to grow it, to share it, and to make it what I want it to be. Enough about that, though.. let's talk severe weather.

Tuesday is not looking great at all. I'm not surprised to see the below from NOAA, but it's a bit greater than I anticipated it being. It looks top be coming late afternoon and evening for the entire coverage area. While I've only been tracking weather for a few years, and learning from folks along the way, this is one of the worst potential storm systems that I've seen for our coverage area. Insanely strong wings, very large hail and I wouldn't rule out numerous tornados. While I tell you all of that, it's not to scare or to be intimidated by it, but rather to remind you to be weather aware.

Strong to severe storms form and move across our area this evening around 10PM, and will continue into the overnight hours through around 8AM. From there, there is a mix of sunshine and clouds with some spotty storms throughout the day. Late afternoon, a strong line or storms will begin forming to the west and gaining strength as it crosses the Ohio valley. The timing of the line is still up in the air, and I will be tracking it to give a better update tomorrow morning. I also have the idea of going live tomorrow to track it live - while that is a potential, it is still something I wouldn't mind doing to keep viewers safe.

If there is new information, it will be posted in comments tonight to alleviate the over posting and to be able to have clear, concise information Tuesday morning. [Bobby]

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