6:00 AM | ***All eyes on potential coastal storm for Friday...heavy rain on the table for the eastern Mid-Atlantic including the Delmarva Peninsula***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Early morning patchy fog then becoming partly sunny, quite warm, humid, only a slight chance today of showers and thunderstorms, highs not far from 90 degrees
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, chance of showers late, lows in the low-to-mid 70’s
Friday
Mostly cloudy, warm, tropical-like humidity, breezy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rainfall can be heavy at times; especially, to the east of the metro region, mid-to-upper 80’s for afternoon highs
Friday Night
Chance of showers and thunderstorms, mild, muggy, lower 70’s for late night lows
Saturday
Partly sunny, very warm, muggy, still the chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Sunday
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, 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, near 90 degrees
Discussion
Scattered showers and thunderstorms continued to plague the Mid-Atlantic region on Wednesday, but today will present only a slight chance of rainfall as we have a brief break in the action. Attention now turns to the Outer Banks of North Carolina as low pressure over that region is likely to push to the northeast later today and then move in a more northerly direction reaching the southern part of the Delmarva Peninsula by early tomorrow. With this expected move out over the warm waters of the western Atlantic, there is a chance for intensification and a possible "naming" of the storm by NOAA's National Hurricane Center later today or tonight as it potentially reaches tropical storm status (it would be "Fay"). Whether or not "naming" of the storm takes place, heavy rainfall is on the table for Friday across the Delmarva Peninsula, but the DC metro region could end up being just to the west/southwest of that heavy rainfall threat zone...stay tuned, still a close call. The departure of this coastal storm on Saturday will 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 during the first half of next week.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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