7:00 AM | *After a comfortable day on Tuesday, the heat and humidity will build next few days*

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

Today

Mainly sunny, warmer, cannot rule out a late day shower or thunderstorms, highs in the mid-to-upper 80’s; SW winds at 5-10 mph

Tonight

Mainly clear, mild, chance for a shower or thunderstorm, lows in the mid 60’s

Thursday

Mainly sunny, very warm, more humid, near 90 degrees for afternoon highs

Thursday Night             

Mainly clear, mild, near 70 degrees for late night lows

Friday

Mainly sunny, hot, humid, low-to-mid 90’s  

Saturday

More clouds than sun, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees 

Sunday

Partly sunny, not as warm, still the chance of showers and thunderstorms, low-to-mid 80’s

Monday

Mainly sunny, warm, maybe a shower or thunderstorm, mid-to-upper 80’s 

Discussion              

After a comfortable day on Tuesday, the heat and humidity will begin to slowly build up over the next couple of days and by the time we get to Friday afternoon, we’ll be uncomfortably humid with temperatures likely reaching the middle 90’s. The 4th of July holiday weekend will start off on the unsettled side on Saturday with a slow-moving frontal system in the Mid-Atlantic region and it could very well remain somewhat unsettled on Sunday as well. The chance of showers and thunderstorms will be pretty high on Saturday afternoon and evening and the rain threat could linger into Sunday. One final note, there is a whiff of wildfire smoke noticeable this morning in the Mid-Atlantic region that originated in the southern part of Canada and traveled here on a northwest-to-southeast wind flow in the mid-levels of the atmosphere.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather