Always a human at the helm: Updated around-the-clock by Capital Weather meteorologists.
Happening now: Highs could be a hair hotter today, in the mid-90s to around 100, with another heat advisory for DC and east of I-95. Intense late-day storms are again a risk.
What’s next? Less hot and lower humidity Saturday. Back to storm chances Sunday with a brief surge of humidity. Early-week pleasant pattern?
Today’s daily digit — 2/10: Sizzling hot, humid, and hazy to boot. Any storms that develop have an elevated chance to turn severe. . | 🤚 Your call?
The digit is a somewhat subjective rating of the day’s weather, on a 0-to-10 scale.
Forecast in detail
Today (Friday): Hot and hazy with mid-90s to around 100 highs, feeling as hot as 105 thanks to high humidity. Partly sunny until scattered showers and storms have a good chance to develop, mainly after 3 p.m. An arriving cold front provides enough lift to potentially turn some storms severe with damaging wind gusts and hail. Spots that see a heavy downpour could get an inch of rain. Confidence: Medium-High
Tonight: Evening showers and potentially severe storms should taper off by 8 p.m. or shortly thereafter. Then we partially clear. Lows in the mid-60s to near 70. Humidity more tolerable toward dawn with dew points nearer 60 than 70. Confidence: Medium-High
Tomorrow (Saturday): Lower humidity and a break from rain chances, too. We should see a good deal of sun, with highs in the mid-80s to near 90. Confidence: Medium-High
Tomorrow night: Mainly clear with lows in the 60s, maybe near 70 downtown. Very light to calm wind. Confidence: Medium-High
Sunday: More humid with highs near 90 to mid-90s. Skies are partly sunny amid perhaps a few stray showers. Storms may arrive mid- to late afternoon. Some of these storms, once again, may turn severe — stay tuned. Confidence: Medium
A look ahead
Sunday night: A decent chance that showers and storms last toward midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy. Lows in the 60s with slowly decreasing humidity. Confidence: Medium
Another early-week break from the heat and humidity appears to be setting up. Sunny with highs within a few degrees of 80 Monday. Cloudier Tuesday and rain chances could be back, with less-warm highs in the 70s. Confidence: Medium
