7:00 AM | ***Cooler for the second half of the week...TS Debby impact here from later Thursday through Friday night***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, not as warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy, highs in the low-to-mid 80’s; E-SE winds around 5-10 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, mild, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy, lows in the lower 70’s
Thursday
Mainly cloudy, cool, becoming breezy, chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy, upper 70’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, windy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy, lower 70’s for late night lows
Friday
Mainly cloudy, a bit warmer, windy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy, lower 80’s
Saturday
Becoming mainly sunny, breezy, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms early, low-to-mid 80’s
Sunday
Mainly sunny, comfortably warm, lower 80’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, comfortably warm, low-to-mid 80’s
Discussion
It turns cooler for the second half of the week following the passage of a cold frontal system that will actually stall out later today in close proximity to the DC metro region. Tropical Storm Debby is now out over the open waters of the SW Atlantic just off the coastline of South Carolina and it could re-intensify later today back into category 1 hurricane status. Whether or not Debby returns to hurricane status, it will continue to produce tremendous rainfall amounts in the Carolinas during the next 24 hours or so and likely makes a second landfall by early Thursday morning.
After that, the tropical storm is going to be kicked out to the north and move into the Mid-Atlantic region on Friday…likely just to the west of I-95. This path will give us the chance here for some heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and even isolated tornadoes from later Thursday through Friday night with weather conditions likely to improve on Saturday. Looking ahead, the weather looks quite nice and comfortable for Sunday and Monday following the passage of the tropical system.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather