7:00 AM | *Strong thunderstorm threat late tomorrow/tomorrow night...hurricane threat for Texas/Louisiana border region this weekend*
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the DC metro region
Today
Mainly sunny, quite warm, a bit more humid, highs in the upper 80’s
Tonight
Partly cloudy, mild, muggy, cannot rule out the chance for a shower towards morning, lows not far from 70 degrees
Thursday
Partly sunny, breezy, quite warm, humid, chance of mid-to-late afternoon showers and thunderstorms, some of the storms can be strong-to-severe, upper 80’s
Thursday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely in the evening, some of the storms can be strong-to-severe, remaining mainly cloudy after midnight, mild, muggy, lower 70's for overnight lows
Friday
Mainly sunny, breezy, quite warm, still the chance for a shower or thunderstorm, upper 80’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, quite warm, near 90 degrees
Sunday
Mainly sunny, very warm, near 90 degrees
Monday
Mainly sunny, very warm, maybe a shower or thunderstorm, near 90 degrees
Discussion
High pressure will remain in control of the weather around here for another day before it shifts off the eastern seaboard opening the door for low pressure and its associated cold front to impact the region late tomorrow. It’ll be quite warm again today with plenty of sunshine and overall humidity will become more noticeable on Thursday ahead of this next frontal system. That front may result in some strong-to-severe thunderstorm activity here later tomorrow and tomorrow night before clearing the east coast at the end of the work week. Elsewhere, a tropical system now over the northern Gulf of Mexico is very likely to intensify into a named (Barry) tropical storm by the end of the week. This developing system could very well have a direct impact this weekend on the Texas/Louisiana border region as a category 1 or 2 hurricane...we’ll continue to closely monitor the situation.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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