7:00 AM | ***A wild weather day around here with heavy rain and the potential for severe weather***

6-Day Forecast

Today

Mostly cloudy, very warm, humid, occasional rain and possible severe thunderstorms, some of the rain will be heavy and any storm can produce damaging wind gusts, hail and even isolated tornadoes, highs in the upper 80’s

Tonight

Mostly cloudy, evening showers and thunderstorms likely, breezy, turning cooler late, lows in the upper 50’s

Friday

Partly sunny, breezy, cooler, chance for a few PM showers, mid-to-upper 70’s

Friday Night

Mostly clear, cool, upper 50’s

Saturday

Mostly sunny, pleasant, near 80

Sunday

Partly sunny, warm, showers possible by late in the day or at night, low-to-mid 80’s

Monday

Mostly cloudy, very warm, chance for showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s

Tuesday

Partly sunny, warm, chance for showers and thunderstorms, near 85

Discussion

A wild weather day is in store for the DC metro region with heavy rain likely and also the threat for a widespread severe weather event as multiple severe weather ingredients are coming together in the atmosphere. An unusually strong low pressure system will cross Pennsylvania today and reach the Mid-Atlantic coastline later this evening. From there, this strong low will ride northeast along the New England coastline early Friday in much the same fashion as a wintertime nor’easter. Rainfall around here today could end up reaching more than an inch and, given the saturated grounds, flash flooding could be the result in many locations. Any thunderstorm that forms today can produce damaging wind gusts, hail and even isolated tornadoes and there are likely to be two shots at severe weather - one in the AM and one in the late PM. Some improvement occurs on Friday as the storm pulls away from the region although a PM shower is possible, and then high pressure will generate nice conditions around here on Saturday.

Video

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