Britley Ritz is a Meteorologist at WHIO-TV in Dayton, OH. She specializes in climate change and environmental issues, focusing on topics such as climate policy, sustainability, and water management. Britley has been featured in Yahoo News, MSN, and Cox Media Group, bringing attention to critical regional and global environmental concerns.
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Britley Ritz's articles predominantly focus on local weather conditions in Dayton, Ohio. She consistently covers seasonal topics with a strong emphasis on providing accurate and timely information about the weather forecast.
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A cold front has moved through the Maimi Valley and cooler and drier air has move in.
DAYTON — The next area of low pressure that will bring the Miami Valley rain and storm chances is currently developing to near the Dakotas.
DAYTON — An area of low pressure is setting up to our NW and will push closer to the Miami Valley late week. Thursday into Friday and again Friday into Saturday there are chances for rain and storms.
DAYTON — Another massive ridge of high pressure is setting up across the heart of the country within the next two days. This heat dome will influence our temperatures right here in the Miami Valley.
DAYTON — A heat dome is setting up over the heat of the country this weekend and early next week. This will become an Omega block. An area of high pressure locked between two areas of low pressure with nothing to move it or break it down. This means all the warm air gets trapped under the “dome” and the Miami Valley will tap into this heat.
DAYTON — Early July brought us the first heatwave of the year and the season with 6 consecutive 90 plus degree days.
DAYTON — Late week and into the weekend, rain and storm chancs are on the rise with an approaching cold front. The front that arrives late Thursday will stall and allow for rain and storms to linger through Friday. Another front will pass through Saturday into Sunday.
DAYTON — An air quality alert is in effect for the entire Valley until midnight Friday.
By: Britley Ritz, John Tisdell
Smoke is the most noticeable north of Interstate 70. You might smell smoke this morning and see a reddish-orange sunrise with milky skies.
Once the smoke clears as a southwest wind picks up speed later this afternoon and evening, strong to severe storms are possible ahead of a cold front.
