7:00 AM | ***Storms later today as a cold front approaches and some can be severe..."Laura" could reach "major' hurricane status before landfall late Wednesday night***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Partly sunny, hot, humid, becoming breezy, chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms, some of the storms can be strong-to-severe, highs in the low-ot-mid 90’s
Tonight
Evening showers and thunderstorms possible and some of the storms can be strong-to-severe, becoming partly cloudy late, mild, lows near 70 degrees
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, warm, cannot rule out a shower or thunderstorm, upper 80’s for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, chance of a shower or thunderstorm, near 70 degrees for overnight lows
Thursday
Mainly sunny, hot, mid 90’s
Friday
Partly sunny, quite warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Saturday
Partly sunny, warm, humid, windy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy at times depending on the movement of the remains of Tropical Storm Laura, mid-to-upper 80’s
Sunday
Mainly sunny, breezy, pleasant temperatures, near 80 degrees
Discussion
A cold front will approach the region later today and there are likely to be scattered PM showers and thunderstorms in the Mid-Atlantic and some of the storms can reach strong-to-severe levels. After a generally quiet day on Wednesday, this same front will lift back to the north as a warm front by early Thursday and our temperatures are likely to spike into the middle 90’s for afternoon highs. After that, we’ll monitor the remains of Tropical Storm Laura as they could push northward into the south-central US later in the week and then could turn eastward and impact the Mid-Atlantic region on Saturday – potentially bringing some heavy rainfall here and strong thunderstorms. Tropical Storm Laura could reach "major" hurricane status before making landfall late Wednesday night possibly near the TX/LA border.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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