7:00 AM | ****Tropical Storm Elsa to bring heavy rainfall and possible strong thunderstorms to the Mid-Atlantic region from later today into early Friday****
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, quite warm and humid, good chance of showers and thunderstorms by mid-afternoon, some of the late day rain can be heavy at times, any storm can be on the strong side, highs in the mid-to-upper 80’s; S-SW winds at 5-10 mph
Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms and some of the rain can be heavy at times, any storm can be on the strong side, watch out for localized flooding, mild, muggy, breezy, lows near 70 degrees
Friday
Showers likely early in the day then becoming partly sunny with an afternoon thunderstorm possible, warm, humid, breezy, upper 80’s for afternoon highs
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, mild, muggy, maybe a lingering shower or thunderstorm, mid-to-upper 60’s for late night lows
Saturday
Mainly sunny, warm, mid 80’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid 80’s
Monday
Partly sunny, warmer, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Tuesday
Partly sunny, quite warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Discussion
Tropical Storm Elsa made landfall yesterday in the northern Gulf coastal region of Florida and will push northeastward today through the Carolinas. This storm will cross over the Delmarva Peninsula and into the southern part of New Jersey by the wee hours of the Friday morning bringing with it some heavy rainfall and possible strong thunderstorms to the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor. The timetable for the heavy rainfall here will be from later this afternoon into early Friday with 1-3 inches on the table north and west of the District and 2-4 inches to the south and east of there and isolated higher amounts are possible...watch out for localized flooding. Winds in this part of the Mid-Atlantic will likely be highest across the southern part of the Delmarva Peninsula with gusts of 50+ mph possible. By later Friday, the remains of Elsa will head to the eastern part of New England and then ultimately to near Nova Scotia Canada by the early part of the upcoming weekend.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Peraton
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