7:00 AM | **Bands of showers rotating around TS Fay now situated near the Delmarva Peninsula...heavy rainfall today in the eastern Mid-Atlantic**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, warm, tropical-like humidity, occasional showers and a possible thunderstorm, becoming breezy, highs in the mid-to-upper 80’s
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, showers still possible, maybe a thunderstorm, breezy, lows in the low-to-mid 70’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, very warm, muggy, still the chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Chance of showers and thunderstorms, mild, muggy, lower 70’s for late night lows
Sunday
Mainly sunny, very warm, only a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Monday
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Tuesday
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s
Wednesday
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Discussion
Bands of showers are rotating around Tropical Storm Fay which is currently situated near the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula. The immediate DC metro region will be outside the zone of the heaviest rainfall with the western edge of this axis likely to be the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay and northeastern Maryland. The Delmarva Peninsula is being inundated with heavy rainfall from TS Fay and there are reports of flooding already in places like Bethany Beach. By later today and early tonight, the low pressure system is likely to push northward into the Hudson Valley region New York State bringing significant rainfall to portions of the interior Northeast US. The weekend will remain somewhat unsettled around here with the chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms and an upper-level trough will likely result in an additional rain threat on Monday and Tuesday. Later next week, it could turn pretty hot later across the Great Lakes, Northeast US and Mid-Atlantic region.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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