7:00 AM | *Hot for the next couple of days with afternoon highs well up in the 90's...watching the tropics*

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

Today

Mainly sunny, hot, humid, scattered PM showers and thunderstorms, highs in the mid-to-upper 90’s; W winds around 5 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, mild, scattered showers and thunderstorms, lows in the middle 70’s

Friday

Mainly sunny, hot, humid, good chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, middle 90’s for afternoon highs

Friday Night             

Mainly cloudy, mild, good chance of showers and thunderstorms, middle 70’s for late night lows

Saturday

Partly sunny, quite warm, chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, lower 90’s

Sunday

Partly sunny, quite warm, chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s

Monday

Mainly sunny, hot, low-to-mid 90’s

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, quite warm, near 90 degrees

Discussion

An upper-level ridge builds into the Mid-Atlantic region for the next couple of days and this will lead to hotter conditions with afternoon highs well up in the 90’s in most spots along the I-95 corridor. A few shortwaves will keep it unsettled around here right through the upcoming weekend with rounds of showers and thunderstorms; primarily, focused on the afternoon and evening hours. Any thunderstorm that forms during the next few days can produce heavy rainfall amounts given the high amounts of available moisture and the likely slow-moving nature of the storm cells. Elsewhere, the tropical scene is alive and well in the Atlantic Basin as we flip the calendar to August and there could be an intensifying tropical system to deal with over the eastern Gulf of Mexico by early next week.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather