7:00 AM | *Heavy rain and severe thunderstorm threat actually increases for later today and early tonight*
Paul Dorian
6-Day Forecast
Today
Mostly cloudy, very warm, humid, showers and thunderstorms likely, some of the rain will be heavy and any storm can be strong-to-severe, highs in the upper 80’s
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, some of the rain will be heavy and any storm can be strong-to-severe; otherwise, remaining mostly cloudy in the overnight hours, muggy, mild, lows in the low 70’s
Friday
Mostly cloudy, very warm, humid, showers and thunderstorms likely, mid-to-upper 80’s
Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, muggy, mild, showers and thunderstorms likely, near 70
Saturday
Partly sunny, warm, humid, scattered showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s
Sunday
Mostly cloudy, warm, humid, showers and thunderstorms likely, low-to-mid 80’s
Monday
Mostly cloudy, warm, humid, showers and thunderstorms likely, low-to-mid 80’s
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy, warm, humid, showers and thunderstorms likely, low-to-mid 80’s
Discussion
While the past few days have featured numerous heavy showers and strong-to-severe thunderstorms in the Mid-Atlantic region, the chances for this type of weather actually increase later today and early tonight as an upper level disturbance approaches the area. Once the upper level low reaches the eastern Great Lakes region by early Friday, it will remain rather stationary and from that location it will combine with a stationary (Bermuda) high pressure system off the east coast to continuously pump moist air into the eastern states from the Gulf of Mexico for days and days to come. Flash flooding is likely to become an increasing concern in the Mid-Atlantic region given today's expected heavy rainfall and the potential for substantially more rain over the next week or so. June has been an excessively wet month so far and we'll add significantly to that between now and the end of the month (Sunday) and then July will begin on a wet note as well. Typically, wet months at this time of year are followed by wet months which is why a common phrase among meteorologists is "wet begets wet".
Video
httpv://youtu.be/ynHwp0LR2NY