7:00 AM | *Hottest weather yet arrives on Wednesday following passage of warm front...active tropical scene*
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of an afternoon shower, highs near 75 degrees
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of a shower, lows near 65 degrees
Wednesday
Partly-to-mostly sunny, becoming windy and much warmer, humid, chance of an afternoon shower or thunderstorm, low-to-mid 90’s for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers and thunderstorms, any storm that forms can be on the strong-to-severe side, near 70 degrees for late night lows
Thursday
Partly sunny, very warm, chance for afternoon showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Friday
Partly sunny, very warm, chance for afternoon showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Saturday
Partly sunny, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid 80’s
Sunday
Mainly sunny, more comfortable, near 80 degrees
Discussion
High pressure will move offshore today and a warm front will lift northward bringing us a chance of an afternoon shower or two. Behind the warm front, temperatures will soar into the 90’s on Wednesday – the hottest weather so far this season - and there can be a shower or thunderstorm in the area. Any storm that forms on later tomorrow or tomorrow night can be on the strong-to-severe side. A cold front will arrive later in the week and it’ll tend to stall out in the region keeping us on the unsettled side into the weekend. A stronger cold front should push through the region by the middle of the weekend paving the way for a nicer day on Sunday. Elsewhere, all eyes on the Gulf of Mexico as Tropical Storm Cristobal should head northward over the next few days towards the central/western Gulf coast.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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