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Heavy rain for the morning commute

Winter-like air sets up behind the rain

John Minchillo/AP

A pedestrian huddles under her hood as she walks in the cold near Fountain Square, Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, in Cincinnati. Frigid temperatures, some that could feel as cold as minus 30 degrees, moved across the East Coast on Friday as the region attempted to clean up from a massive winter storm that brought more than a foot of snow, hurricane-force winds and coastal flooding a day earlier. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

By: Steve Raleigh

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Make sure to carry an umbrella throughout the entire day on our Wednesday. Rain starts heavy...becomes scattered in the afternoon...then gets heavy again after about 7 o'clock. As for temperatures, morning temps climb through the 40s and will be either side of 50 degrees. By Thursday morning, when the wet weather pulls out of here, rain totals will hit the 1"-2" mark. We could even see a few minor flood issues and the Storm Prediction Center has issued a "marginal" or "slight" risk for excessive rainfall.

Following the cold front triggering the rain, winter-like temps flow into the Tri-State. By the end of the week, we are going to see morning lows in the low 20s and highs only reaching the 30s. Keep in mind winter comes in next week on Wednesday.

In fact, the Climate Prediction Center is just out with their two week outlook and the majority of the country will likely see below average temperatures. For the Tri-State, we are seeing a 80 percent likelihood of temps staying colder than average.