7:00 AM | **Active pattern continues with threat of late week coastal storm**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Partly sunny, quite warm, humid, chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms, highs not far from 90 degrees
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lows in the lower 70’s
Thursday
Mainly sunny, very warm, humid, near 90 degrees for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Chance of late night showers, mild, muggy, lower 70’s for late night lows
Friday
Mostly cloudy, warm, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Sunday
Mainly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Monday
Mainly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Discussion
The threat for scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue today and tonight in the Mid-Atlantic region and then attention will turn to the Southeast US as low pressure pushes through the Carolinas and heads toward the warm waters of western Atlantic Ocean. This low pressure system is likely to take a turn to the north later in the week and ride up along the Mid-Atlantic coastline or just to its east. There is a chance that if the low pressure system spends considerable time out over the water, it could actually intensify and become a "named" tropical system. Whether or not it becomes a "named" storm, it has the potential to bring some heavy rainfall on Friday to the eastern part of the Mid-Atlantic and strong rip currents to the ocean, but it is a bit early to tell if most of the heavy rain would fall just to the east of here. The departure of this coastal low on Saturday will likely not be the end of the wet weather pattern in the eastern US. An impressive upper-level trough should form by later in the weekend likely leading to more rainfall around here into the first half of next week.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com