6:15 AM | ****Much warmer weather on Wednesday/Thursday with the chance of strong-to-severe storms...scorching heat later this weekend through the middle of next week with 100 degrees on the table****
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, warmer than yesterday, humid, chance of showers, maybe a PM thunderstorm, any storm can be strong and any of the rain that falls can be heavy, highs in the lower 80’s; S-SE winds around 5 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm, any storm can be strong and any of the rain that falls can be heavy, lows near 70 degrees
Wednesday
Partly sunny, uncomfortably warm, humid, chance of showers and a possible PM thunderstorm, some of the storms can be strong-to-severe, near 90 degrees for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, chance for showers and thunderstorms, some of the storms can be strong-to-severe, low-to-mid 70’s for late night lows
Thursday
Partly sunny, uncomfortably warm, humid, chance of showers and PM thunderstorms, some of the late day/evening thunderstorms can be strong-to-severe, lower 90’s
Friday
Mainly sunny, quite warm, mid-to-upper 80’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, very warm, near 90 degrees
Sunday
Mainly sunny, hot, middle 90’s
Discussion
After a cool start to the week, it’ll turn warmer today and then uncomfortably warm and humid for Wednesday and Thursday with afternoon highs in the 90’s on the table each day. The warm-up at mid-week comes ahead of a strong cold front and both Wednesday and Thursday can feature strong-to-severe thunderstorms during the PM hours.
After backing off a tad on Friday, temperatures will surge around here from later this weekend through the middle of next week with a run to 100 degrees possible in the big cities all along the DC-to-Boston corridor. Very strong upper-level ridging which has been largely confined to the western states in recent days will push to a position centered over the eastern states by early next week and temperatures will respond in a dramatic fashion.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather