Cloudy and mild, a severe squall by dawn.

Miami Valley , Whitewater Valley, and the I-71 corridor of Ohio/Indiana:

Hazardous Outlook: A strong springlike cold front will move through the region early tomorrow. Ahead of it Southerly winds will gusts to 40 mph around dawn with temperatures holding in the middle 60s throughout the night into early tomorrow. Abundant moisture at low levels and strong wind shear aloft will support an intense squall line around dawn. This line will support damaging wind gusts to 55 mph and a period of very heavy rainfall. Some small hail may be possible. There is a slight risk for tornadoes where the line has a few bends in it, these are areas where thunderstorms form ahead of the line and become part of the line. After the line moves through North Westerly winds will gusts to 50 mph and temperatures will fall to 40 degrees colder by midnight tomorrow.

The following is the seven day forecast for the Dayton metro area and a 50 mile radius around it. Other metro areas like Columbus, Cincinnati, and Portsmouth are not included. For those areas please request a separate forecast. Thanks.

Tonight 1/29 - Cloudy, scattered showers and thunderstorms after 4am. A few storms may have damaging winds. Breezy. Winds S increasing to 20 to 30 mph, gusts to 40mph late. Low 64. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.

Wednesday 1/30 - Mostly cloudy, scattered showers and thunderstorms before noon, then a chance of scattered showers. Some thunderstorms may have damaging winds. Rain could be heavy at times. Windy. Winds S 20 to 30 mph, gust to 45 mph, becoming W late. High 64 falling to 40 by evening. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a half and three quarters inch.

Wed night 1/30 - Mostly cloudy, a chance of scattered snow showers. Breezy. Winds NW 15 to 25 mph, gusts to 35 mph early. Low 23. Chance of snow 40%. Snowfall around a half inch or less.

Thursday 1/31 - Mostly cloudy, a chance of scattered pm snow showers. Breezy. Winds NW 15 to 25 mph, gusts to 30 mph. High 28. Chance of snow 40%.

Thur night 1/31 - Mostly cloudy, scattered snow showers before midnight. Breezy. Winds W 10 to 20 mph. Low 10. Wind chills near -5. Chance of snow 60%.

Friday 2/1 - Partly sunny. High 18.

Fri night 2/2 - Mostly cloudy, a chance of scattered snow showers late. Low 15. Chance of snow 30%.

Saturday 2/3 - Mostly cloudy, scattered snow showers. High 29. Chance of snow 50%.

Sat night 2/3 - Mostly cloudy, a chance of scattered snow showers. Low 22.

Sunday 2/4 - Partly sunny. High 35.

Sun night 2/4 - Partly cloudy. Low 25.

Monday 2/5 - Mostly cloudy, a chance of scattered snow showers. High 36. Chance of snow 40%.

Mon night 2/5 - Mostly cloudy, a chance of scattered snow showers. Low 25. Chance of snow 30%.

Tuesday 2/6 - Mostly cloudy. High 34.

Tues night 2/6 - Partly cloudy. Low 26.

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