7:00 AM | *Quite comfortable next few days following last night's strong-to-severe storms...watching the Gulf of Mexico*

6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region

Today

Mainly sunny, comfortable, breezy, cannot rule out a shower or two, highs not far from 80 degrees; NW winds at 10-15 mph; gusts to 20 mph

Tonight

Mainly clear, cool, lows in the upper 50’s

Wednesday

Mainly sunny, pleasant, mid-to-upper 70’s for afternoon highs

Wednesday Night

Mainly clear, cool, mid 50’s for late night lows

Thursday

Mainly sunny, still nice, mid-to-upper 70’s

Friday

Mainly sunny, warmer, mid 80’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, very warm, chance of showers, upper 80’s

Sunday

Mainly sunny, warm, mid 80’s

Discussion

Strong-to-severe thunderstorms pushed through the Mid-Atlantic region last night along a cold frontal system that has led the way for another comfortable air mass for the middle of June. Hail was reported with many of last night’s storms (e.g., Centreville, VA, Baltimore, MD) and some spots received heavy rainfall and lots of cloud-to-ground lightning. In the wake of the frontal passage, the next few days will be quite nice with pleasant days and cool overnights featuring low temperatures down in the 50’s. At the same time we’re enjoying comfortable weather conditions in the Northeast US, much of the western US is suffering through some excessive heat as upper-level high pressure ridging expands and intensifies over that part of the nation. Elsewhere, it looks like the Gulf of Mexico will feature a tropical system by this weekend. Early signs point to a movement towards Louisiana or Texas and then its precipitation shield is likely to turn to the northeast. Whether this tropical system’s leftover rainfall makes it this far north and east next week is still a little too early to call.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Peraton
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