7:00 AM | *Hot and humid into Thursday...cooler for Friday and Saturday...an active tropical scene*
Paul Dorian
6-Day DC Forecast
Today
Mainly sunny, hot, humid, slight chance for PM showers and thunderstorms, highs in the lower 90's
Tonight
Partly cloudy, mild, lows in the low-to-mid 70’s
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, hot, humid, slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, lower 90's for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, mild, muggy, low-to-mid 70’s for overnight lows
Thursday
Mainly sunny, hot, humid, chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, lower 90's
Friday
Mainly cloudy, not as warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid 80’s
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, even cooler, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 70's
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, still on the comfortable side, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 80 degrees
Discussion
High pressure ridging has set up shop over the Northeast US and it will result in hot and humid conditions around here into Thursday. A strong cool front will arrive later Thursday with the chance for showers and thunderstorms and it’ll turn noticeably cooler at the end of the week and for the upcoming weekend. Meanwhile, the tropical Atlantic has become quite active as we head towards the climatological peak (mid-September) of the tropical season. In fact, there is now a tropical storm (Gordon) over the Gulf of Mexico on its way towards the Mississippi/Louisiana border region where it will make landfall tonight and another tropical storm (Florence) out over the Atlantic Ocean. Yet a third system follows Florence still close to the Africa west coast – quite an active period for the next couple of weeks in the tropical Atlantic.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com