7:00 AM | Soaking rain from later today into tomorrow night...Irma churns westward over the Atlantic as a major (cat 5) hurricane likely towards southern Florida

6-Day DC Forecast

Today

Partly sunny, breezy, warm, showers likely during the mid-to-late afternoon along with possible thunderstorms, highs in the low-to-mid 80’s

Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms likely, some of the rain can be heavy, turning cooler late, lows in the mid 60’s

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy and cooler with occasional showers, maybe a thunderstorm, upper 60’s

Wednesday Night

Mainly cloudy, cool, occasional showers still possible early, lows in the mid-to-upper 50’s by morning

Thursday

Mainly sunny, cool, lower 70’s

Friday

Mainly sunny, cool, low-to-mid 70’s

Saturday

Mainly sunny, still cool, near 70 degrees

Sunday

Mainly sunny, cool, near 70 degrees

Discussion

A strong cold front will head towards the east coast later today and bring some shower and thunderstorm activity to the region. This front will then stall along the coastline later tonight and low pressure will ride up along the frontal boundary zone on Wednesday. As a result, the threat for rain and possible thunderstorms will continue tomorrow and some of the rain can be heavy at times between late this afternoon and tomorrow night. Ahead of the front, temperatures will climb into the 80’s today, but will be generally confined to the 60’s on Wednesday with the clouds and rain. Meanwhile, Irma continues to churn over the Atlantic now as a category 5 “major” hurricane and is currently on a westerly track. It is looking increasingly likely that Hurricane Irma could have a significant impact on southern Florida by late in the upcoming weekend.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com