7:00 AM | **Hurricane Sally now a category 2 storm...the coolest air of the season is headed our way for the weekend**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Some sunshine today again dimmed by an upper-level layer of smoke from the western US wildfires, comfortable, highs in the mid 70’s
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, cool, lows near 60 degrees
Thursday
Mainly cloudy, a bit warmer, chance of late day showers, near 80 degrees for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly cloudy, cool, chance of showers, near 60 degrees for overnight lows
Friday
Mainly cloudy, breezy, cooler, chance of showers, near 70 degrees
Saturday
Mainly sunny, quite fall-like, upper 60’s
Sunday
Mainly sunny, still quite fall-like, upper 60’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, cool, near 70 degrees
Discussion
Hurricane Sally continues to dump copious amounts of rain on the northern Gulf coastal region as it grinds its way northward now as a category 2 storm. Some spots in the region are likely to receive close to two feet of rain by the time it moves well inland. The remnants of Hurricane Sally will push towards the Carolinas over the next couple of days and then off the coast by the early part of the weekend. Meanwhile, a strong cold front approaches the region on Thursday from the northwest. The passage of the cold front on Thursday night will usher in the coolest air of the season so far with afternoon highs likely to be confined to the upper 60’s on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. One final note, the sun was a brilliant orange/red early this morning in much of the Mid-Atlantic region as a result of an upper-level layer of smoke from all of the wildfires out in the western US.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com