7:00 AM | ***All eyes on "Elsa" as it crosses northern Florida and heads towards the eastern seaboard***

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

Today

Mainly sunny, hot and humid, late day showers and thunderstorms are possible, any storm that forms can be on the strong side, highs in the mid 90’s; SW winds at 5-10 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, mild, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, any storm that forms can be on the strong side, lows in the low-to-mid 70’s

Thursday

Partly sunny, quite warm, humid, becoming breezy, chance of showers and thunderstorms; especially, later in the day, some of the late day rain can be heavy depending on the movement of “Elsa”, upper 80’s for afternoon highs

Thursday Night

Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, breezy, good chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy at times depending on the movement of “Elsa”, near 70 degrees for late night lows

Friday

Partly sunny, quite warm, humid, breezy, chance of AM showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s

Saturday

Mainly sunny, warm, maybe a shwoer, mid-to-upper 80’s

Sunday

Partly sunny, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid 80’s

Monday

Partly sunny, quite warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s

Discussion

“Elsa” is now a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph and will make landfall later this morning on the northern Gulf coast of Florida. It will then cross the northern part of the Sunshine State and reach the Georgia/South Carolina border region by early tomorrow. After that, “Elsa” will turn to the northeast and through the eastern states likely reaching the Delmarva Peninsula region by early Friday enhancing the chance for showers/storms and heavy rainfall in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor. From there, the remains of “Elsa” could move to eastern New England by later Friday and then to near Nova Scotia (Canada) by early Saturday.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Peraton
peratonweather.com