6:45 AM | **Hot again today...late day/evening showers/storms possible...another chance later tomorrow...big-time relief for Sunday through Wednesday**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly sunny, very hot and humid, cannot rule out late day showers and thunderstorms, some of the late day storms can be strong and some of the rain can be heavy, highs in the upper 90’s; W-SW winds around 5-10 mph
Tonight
Evening showers and thunderstorms are possible, some of the storms can be strong, some of the rain can be heavy; otherwise, partly cloudy skies, balmy, muggy, lows in the mid 70’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, still hot, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the storms can be strong and some of the rain can be heavy, mid 90’s for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Mainly cloudy with evening showers and thunderstorms likely, some of the storms can be strong and some of the rain can be heavy, mild, near 70 degrees for late night lows
Sunday
Big-time relief with more comfortable conditions and mostly sunny skies, cannot rule out a residual shower or thunderstorm, mid 80’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, nice, low-to-mid 80’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, comfortably warm, low-to-mid 80’s
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, still comfortably warm, low-to-mid 80’s
Discussion
Today is likely to turn out to be the worst day in this brief stretch of high heat and humidity with afternoon highs well up in the 90’s and dew points at 70+ degrees. It remains hot going into the weekend, but big changes are on the way. A cool front will approach the region later tomorrow likely accompanied by showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms late today/early tonight and on Saturday can be strong-to-severe and some of the rain can be heavy. Following the passage of the front on Saturday night, big-time relief will push into the Mid-Atlantic region for Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperatures on those days will be below-normal for late July and humidity will be noticeably lower than on Thursday or today.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather