A broad area of high pressure continues to bring the heat, with scattered clouds and a few late-day storms. Temperatures will reach the mid- to upper 90s for the last time during the weeklong late-summer heat wave, with a heat index edging past 100 in the southern counties due to high humidity.
Skies will be partly to mostly cloudy tonight, with isolated evening showers ending for most areas in time for Football Friday Nite. Later tonight, scattered showers will develop ahead of a cold front approaching from the northwest. Morning morning readings will be in the low 70s.
Temperatures on Saturday will be cooler, in the low 80s, with occasional showers and a rumble of thunder, until the front pushes east of the area later in the day. Rain chances will diminish during the OSU-Akron game, as the front advances farther east. The kickoff temperature will be around 82 degrees, with cloudy skies and a few lingering showers.
Sunday will be on the warm side, but with a good deal of sunshine and slightly lower humidity. Afternoon temperatures will be in the mid-80s. Some clouds will develop in the afternoon, and an isolated shower is possible toward sunset with a secondary cold front dropping down from the northwest.
Much cooler weather and less humid weather will arrive for Labor Day. A northwesterly flow of dry, pleasant air will be with us through the first week of September, with a gradual warm-up. Temperatures will mainly range from the upper 70s to low 80s, under mostly sunny skies.
