7:00 AM | **Threat continues today for heavy showers and strong-to-severe thunderstorms**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the DC metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, warm, very humid, occaional showers and PM thunderstorms likely, some of the rain will be heavy at times and some of the storms can be strong-to-severe, watch for localized flooding, highs in the mid 80’s
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, occasional showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain will be heavy at times and some of the storms can be strong-to-severe, watch for localized flooding, lows near 70 degrees
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy, warm, quite humid, occasional showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy, low-to-mid 80’s for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, occasional showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy, near 70 degrees for overnight lows
Thursday
Mainly cloudy, quite warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the late day thunderstorms can be severe, upper 80’s
Friday
Partly sunny, windy, warm, lower 80’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, warm, low-to-mid 80’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, warm, chance of showers at night, mid 80’s
Discussion
The threat continues today for heavy showers and possible strong-to-severe thunderstorms. A nearly stationary frontal system draped across the Mid-Atlantic region will continue to act as a triggering mechanism for showers and thunderstorms and some of the rain that falls will be heavy at times. Given the already well-saturated grounds, any heavy rainfall can quickly result in localized flooding conditions and some spots could receive an additional few inches on top of what has already fallen in recent days. A strong front may finally push through the region later Thursday night/early Friday and this could pave the way for a break in the action for later Friday and the upcoming weekend. That frontal passage, however, may come with the threat for severe weather late Thursday into Thursday night before windy and drier conditions arrive here on Friday.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com