7:00 AM | **Hurricane Dorian to slide well east of here on late tomorrow night/Friday...much cooler tomorrow following possible strong late day/nighttime thunderstorms**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the DC metro region
Today
Becoming partly sunny, breezy, very warm, humid, chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, some of the late day storms can be strong, highs near 90 degrees
Tonight
Mainly cloudy with evening showers and thunderstorms possible, some of the storms can be strong, mild early then turning cooler late, lows in the low-to-mid 60’s
Thursday
Much cooler with mainly cloudy skies, chance of late day showers, mid-to-upper 70’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly cloudy, cool, breezy, chance of showers, low-to-mid 60’s for overnight lows
Friday
Mainly cloudy, cool, breezy, chance of showers, mid 70’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, comfortably warm, near 80 degrees
Sunday
Mainly sunny, still pleasantly warm, near 80 degrees
Monday
Partly sunny, a bit cooler, mid-to-upper 70’s
Discussion
Hurricane Dorian is now about 90 miles east of Daytona Beach, Florida moving to the NNW at 8 mph with max sustained winds at 105 mph (category 2). It will parallel the northeast coastline of Florida today and then move towards the coastlines of Georgia and the Carolinas. By later tomorrow, Hurricane Dorian will head right over the Outer Banks of North Carolina and will begin to be influenced by an upper-level trough of low pressure pushing southeast across the Great Lakes. As a result, Hurricane Dorian will begin to accelerate to the northeast and should slide well east of the Mid-Atlantic region late tomorrow night and Friday. Much cooler air will arrive here tomorrow following possible strong thunderstorms later today and tonight and the pleasant air mass will stick around for the upcoming weekend.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com