7:00 AM | **Another couple of days with high heat and humidity...heavy rain threat 2nd half of the week...cool, unsettled weekend**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly sunny, hot, humid, highs in the mid 90’s; SW winds at 5-10 mph
Tonight
Mainly clear, mild, muggy, lows in the mid 70’s
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, hot, humid, slight chance of late day showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 90’s for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, any storm that forms can produce heavy rainfall and gusty winds, near 70 degrees for late night lows
Thursday
Partly sunny, not as hot, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy at times, near 90 degrees
Friday
Mainly cloudy, cooler, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy, near 80 degrees
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, cool, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 70's
Sunday
Partly sunny, cool, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 70's
Discussion
The weather for the next two days in the Mid-Atlantic region will continue to be controlled by strong high pressure over the western Atlantic Ocean - in the familiar “Bermuda-high” position. As a result, the low-level flow of air will remain from a southwesterly direction on the backside of the high and this system will continue to pump hot and humid air into the region. Temperatures both today and Wednesday will soar well up into the 90's for afternoon highs to go along with high humidity values. The chance for showers and thunderstorms will increase for the mid and late week time periods as a frontal system slowly inches its way towards the area. In fact, there is a good chance that the second half of the week will feature downpours as the front stalls out in the region and temperatures will trend downward. The holiday weekend is looking cooler-than-normal and quite unsettled in the Mid-Atlantic region with rain still a threat as it gets underway.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Peraton
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