6:15 AM | *Remains hot and sticky next couple of days with the chance of showers and thunderstorms*

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

Today

Clouds and some patchy fog early then partial sun, quite hot, humid, chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, any thunderstorm can be strong and produce locally heavy rainfall, highs in the mid-to-upper 90’s; SW winds around 5-10 mph

Tonight

Mostly cloudy, mild, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, any thunderstorm can be strong and produce locally heavy rainfall, lows in the mid-to-upper 70’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, quite hot, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, low-to-mid 90’s for afternoon highs

Saturday Night             

Mostly cloudy, mild, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 70 degrees for late night lows

Sunday

Partly sunny, hot, lower 90’s

Monday

Partly sunny, hot, low-to-mid 90’s

Tuesday

Partly sunny, hot, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lower 90’s

Wednesday

Partly sunny, very warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees

Discussion

High pressure will remain east of here through the weekend and a couple of frontal systems will generate some instability in the atmosphere. As a result, it’ll remain hot and sticky for the next couple of days and there is the threat for showers and thunderstorms both today and on Saturday. Any thunderstorm that forms can be strong and produce locally heavy rainfall. It quiets down a bit for Sunday and Monday and overall rain chances will diminish somewhat.

Elsewhere, Hurricane Beryl is now a category 2 storm and it will cross the Yucatan Peninsula today. The movement over land will likely weaken Beryl to tropical storm status and then it could strengthen this weekend -even back to hurricane levels - as it pushes over the warm waters of the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. A turn to the NW late this weekend could bring landfall on Sunday night/early Monday to the southern part of Texas.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather