7:00 AM | A change in air mass will be quite noticeable by tonight with lowering humidity and cooler conditions
Paul Dorian
6-Day Forecast
Today
Mostly cloudy and more comfortable with lowering humidity, still warm, cannot rule out a shower or thunderstorm, highs in the mid 80’s
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, pleasantly cool, maybe a shower or two, lows in the low 60’s
Thursday
Variable clouds, comfortable, cannot rule out a few showers, near 80
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, cool, maybe a few showers, low 60’s
Friday
Variable clouds, still comfortable, cannot rule out a few showers, low 80’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, comfortably warm, maybe a shower or thunderstorm, low-to-mid 80’s
Sunday
Mostly cloudy, comfortably warm, chance for showers and thunderstorms, low-to-mid 80’s
Monday
Partly sunny, comfortably warm, maybe a shower or thunderstorm, low-to-mid 80’s
Discussion
A cool front is moving through the region this morning and the change in air mass will be quite noticeable with lowering humidity and cooler temperatures. The front will stall out along the east coast and this may allow for some moisture to back into the region on Thursday and Friday in the form of clouds and perhaps showers. There is even the chance for a nor'easter type of system to form by Friday that would mostly affect New England and its chances for development will be aided by some very warm waters sitting off the New England coastline. Around here, the greatest chance for showers over the next couple of days will be towards the Eastern Shore, but it'll be a close call along the I-95 corridor. High temperatures today will likely reach the 80's, but may actually hold to near 80 degrees for the next couple of days and there will be good sleeping weather tonight with overnight lows dipping to the near 60 in some N and W suburban locations. The normal high temperature for Reagan National Airport on this date is 88 degrees.
Elsewhere, the Atlantic Ocean tropical scene is getting active again as a wave that moved off the western African coast a couple of days ago has now reached tropical depression status. It very well could become Tropical Storm Dorian over the next day or two as it moves slowly westward across the tropical Atlantic Ocean. It will encounter some dry air in the near term, but should it survive that which is increasingly likely, it could reach the Bahamas or western Caribbean Islands in a week to ten days.
Video
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