DC-area forecast: Storms exit ahead of a scorching Friday
HAPPENING NOW: Partly cloudy and muggy the rest of the night with sultry temperatures in the 70s.
Photos: Dramatic skies amid Thursday night's storms
The storms produced menacing skies as they passed through, featuring ominous shelf clouds.
Thursday evening storms unleash 60-plus mph gusts, topple trees
THE SITUATION: A line of strong storms with damaging winds tracked west to east across the DC region Thursday evening. There were numerous reports of downed trees and power outages, with some gusts up to 60 mph reported.
🏖️ Weekend beach forecast
After the chance of some showers and storms Friday evening, much of the weekend looks quite nice at the Maryland and Delaware beaches!
Severe thunderstorm watch until 10 p.m.
Damaging wind gusts could accompany storms. The time frame of concern is roughly 7 to 10 p.m.
Any storms late today could be intense, with damaging wind threat
The most probable window for storms is between 6 and 11 p.m.
Weather Service declares El Niño is here and predicts it will become historically strong
In the Mid-Atlantic, El Niños tend to boost winter precipitation.
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