7:00 AM | **Heavy showers/strong-to-severe storms a threat today...hot weather most intense on Thursday and Friday...relief arrives this weekend**

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

Today

Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy and some of the storms can reach strong-to-severe levels with strong wind gusts and hail, highs near 90 degrees; Light and variable winds

Tonight

An evening shower or thunderstorm still possible; otherwise, partly cloudy skies, mild, muggy, lows in the upper 60’s

Wednesday

Mainly sunny, very warm, humid, lower 90’s

Wednesday Night             

Partly cloudy, mild, muggy, lower 70’s for late night lows

Thursday

Mainly sunny, quite hot, humid, decent chance for late day or nighttime showers and thunderstorms, some of the PM storms can be strong-to-severe, mid 90’s

Friday

Mainly sunny, very hot, humid, upper 90’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, still hot, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, low-to-mid 90’s

Sunday

Mainly sunny, much more comfortable, maybe a shower or thunderstorm, mid 80’s

Discussion              

Yet another wave of energy will rotate through the base of a large-scale upper-level trough of low pressure later today and this will enhance the chance of showers and thunderstorms in the Mid-Atlantic region. Some of the rain later today can be heavy and some of the storms can reach strong-to-severe levels with powerful wind gusts and hail. High pressure will then push off the coast at mid-week allowing for a hot air mass from the middle of the country to expand to the north and east. As a result, temperatures should reach 90 degrees here on Wednesday and then likely well up in the 90’s on Thursday and Friday and these two days may turn out to be the hottest days of the year.  A cool front will approach the area on Saturday – possibly accompanied by heavy showers and strong thunderstorms – and much more comfortable air is destined to reach us on Sunday following the passage of the frontal system.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather