6:00 AM | *Quite a chilly start to the day, but comfortably cool during the PM hours...Gulf tropical storm (Isaias) can bring rain here later this weekend...likely to become season's first hurricane*
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly sunny skies, becoming comfortable after a chilly start to the day, highs in the lower 70’s; S-SW winds around 5-15 mph
Tonight
Mostly clear, cool, lows in the lower 50’s
Thursday
Mainly sunny, warm, upper 70’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly clear, cool, lower 50’s for late night lows
Friday
Mainly sunny, comfortable, lower 70’s
Saturday
Sun followed by clouds, nice, lower 70’s; chance of showers late at night
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, a bit cooler, breezy, chance of rain and some of the rain can be heavy, upper 60’s
Columbus Day
Mainly cloudy, cool, chance of showers, near 70 degrees
Discussion
The day begins with some of the coolest temperatures so far this season, but they should climb to near 70 degrees during the afternoon hours boosted by copious amounts of sunshine. The next couple of days will feature continued sunshine and comfortably warm conditions with high pressure in control across the eastern states.
Meanwhile, a tropical system in the southwestern Gulf has intensified into named (Isaias) tropical storm status and it is likely to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic Basin tropical season by the end of the week. The likely track would bring this tropical storm into the central Gulf coast region by Friday evening or so…somewhere between SE Louisiana and the western part of Florida’s Panhandle. After that, the remnants of Isaias are likely to push northward towards the Ohio Valley and rain can spread north and east all the way to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast US by the second half of the weekend.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield
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