Our recent break from high humidity will end late tonight and tomorrow as the weather slowly turns muggier and the prospect of rain returns. The chance for showers and storms will be modest at best tomorrow but will increase later in the week.
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Through tonight: Mostly clear and continued warm, with temperatures bottoming out within a few degrees of 70. Humidity, riding into our region on light but steady southerly breezes, will become slightly more noticeable in the pre-dawn hours, especially near sunrise.
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Tomorrow (Monday): A mainly sunny morning through midday should heat us up to the low to mid-90s by afternoon. Factoring in increased but tolerable humidity, it may feel like upper 90s in a few spots. Clouds and shower chances slowly increase during the afternoon, with at least a couple of thunderstorms popping in the late afternoon and early evening. Breezes from the south and southwest may gust near 20 mph late in the day as these shower and storm chances peak.
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Overnight, it will remain fairly cloudy and breezy as another wave of showers and a couple of storms could move through late — even after the evening hours. Quick downpours are possible. Muggy temperatures can’t cool below the low to mid-70s.
See Molly Robey’s forecast into week’s end. Come chat tonight on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and X! Our 20-minute Sunday Sunset Live Q&A will start at 8:23 p.m.
Rainfall projections and drought
Less in the way of good news, despite a return of rain chances this week. Rainfall over the next week tries to give at least a little bit to everyone, but the pattern of least rain in the driest areas of our region is concerning. Here’s how drought may be begetting more drought, with western areas of our region projected to see the least rain:
The pattern of less rain falling west of D.C., already the driest part of our region, continues. The Interstate 81 corridor and mountainous areas of our region, as you can see in this latest drought graphic below, are suffering extreme drought, the second-worst level on the scale. However, there has been some recent improvement in conditions along and east of Interstate 95.
We’ll cover this and look ahead at the week’s weather in tonight’s Sunday Sunset Live Q&A on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and X! Our 20-minute chat will start at 8:23 p.m.
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