DC-area forecast: Mostly dry this week. High heat returns midweek.

Always a human at the helm: Updated around-the-clock by Capital Weather meteorologists.

Happening now: Turning a bit less humid tonight as evening 70s sink to lows in the 60s.

What's next? Plenty of sun with minimal rain chances for most of the upcoming week. A bit hotter by Tuesday, then the heat spikes on Wednesday with highs eyeing 100.

Forecast in detail

Tonight: Partly cloudy tonight as humidity comes down a bit during the evening (dew points dropping to the mid-60s) with fairly comfortable lows in the 60s. Breezes from the southeast diminish. Confidence: Medium-High

Tomorrow (Monday): High pressure builds in from the north, bringing more sunshine. Still a small chance of a shower south and west of DC. Highs are within a few degrees of 85 and decently low humidity (dew points around 60 if we're lucky). Pretty nice for this time of year, especially with a refreshing breeze from the southeast. Confidence: Medium-High

Hourly Forecast | Pollen, Air & UV

Tomorrow night: Mostly clear skies with a very light breeze from the southeast. Lows are mainly in the 60s again. Confidence: Medium-High

A look ahead

Plenty of sunshine Tuesday and trending warmer as highs climb to the upper 80s and low 90s. Humidity is still mostly in check. Tuesday night lows in the upper 60s to low 70s.

The heat ramps up Wednesday under mostly sunny skies, with highs surging to the mid-90s to near 100. Humidity is somewhat higher as well, which could push peak heat indexes to around 100 to 105. Toasty Wednesday night with lows only down to the low to mid-70s. Confidence: Medium

Probably mostly sunny again Thursday but there are mixed signals in the models whether Thursday remains about just as hot as Wednesday, or if temperatures trend a touch cooler with highs more like the low to mid-90s. Confidence: Low-Medium

The early outlook for Friday is partly to mostly sunny with highs around 90 to 95. A shower or thunderstorm chance may finally enter the picture again. Confidence: Low-Medium

Today’s daily digit — 7/10: Can't quite kick out the clouds and chance of a few showers. But temperatures a few degrees below average aren't bad. | 🤚 Your call?
The digit is a somewhat subjective rating of the day’s weather, on a 0-to-10 scale.