6:15 AM | ***Intense heat and humidity to continue here today with strong ridge still in control...relief is in sight***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly sunny, very hot, humid, highs near 100 degrees; NW winds around 5 mph
Tonight
Mainly clear, balmy with little relief, lows in the upper 70’s
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, very hot, humid, slight chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, upper 90’s for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, very mild, chance of evening showers and thunderstorms, middle 70’s for late night lows
Thursday
Mainly sunny, hot, humid, chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, near 95 degrees
Friday
Mainly cloudy, not nearly as hot, , chance of showers and thunderstorms, low-to-mid 80’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, very warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees
Discussion
Yesterday featured high temperatures near the 100 degree mark in many locations along the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor with 98 degrees recorded at DCA, 96 degrees at IAD , and 97 degrees at BWI. The bad news with respect to this current hot spell is that the peak of the heat may actually come today with numerous 100 degree readings on the table in the I-95 corridor. The good news is that much relief is in sight and next week looks much closer-to-normal in terms of overall temperatures.
The very strong ridge of high pressure to our north will weaken later in the week and also shift southward. As a result, the heat will not be quite as intense by the time we get to Thursday afternoon and much relief is likely by the end of the work week on Friday. In addition, the chance of PM showers and thunderstorms will return to the area on Wednesday as the ridge begins to break down and this threat of rain will increase on Thursday…any thunder storm that forms can be strong-to-severe on both of these days.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather