7:00 AM | *Scattered showers and thunderstorms next couple days...some of the storms later tomorrow can be strong-to-severe*
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, highs near 90 degrees
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lows near 70 degrees
Tuesday
Partly sunny, hot, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the storms can be strong-to-severe, lower 90’s for afternoon highs
Tuesday Night
Mainly cloudy in the evening with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, turning partly cloudy late, mild, near 70 degrees for overnight lows
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, quite warm, still the chance for a shower or thunderstorm, upper 80’s
Thursday
Mainly sunny, hot, low-to-mid 90’s
Friday
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Saturday
Partly sunny, warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy depending on the movement of the remains of Tropical Storm Laura, mid 80’s
Discussion
Tropical Storm Marco is undergoing weakening as it approaches the central Gulf coastal region due to wind shear in the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere. The wind shear is being generated in an area that is between an upper-level trough to the west and an upper-level ridge to the east. There is little chance that Marco intensifies from this point on and it should fall apart over the next few days. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Laura is moving along the southern part of Cuba and it will enter the Gulf of Mexico by early tomorrow and likely intensify into hurricane status as it rides over the very warm waters. Tropical Storm Laura is then likely to heads towards the border region of Texas and Louisiana with a possible landfall as a hurricane on Wednesday night or Thursday. The remains of the Tropical Storm Laura could actually bring some heavy rainfall to parts of the Mid-Atlantic region by the upcoming weekend. In the near-term, there can be scattered showers and thunderstorms today and tonight and more numerous storms on Tuesday – some of which can be strong-to-severe.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com