UW S 9 Weather Watch meteorologist
Topper shot. You know what?
We have more heat coming back and we
also have some humidity coming back
as well and with that combination
we're going to be following some
afternoon and evening storms alright
pollen well we sort of got a break.
I mean trees are low, grasses are low.
Weed somehow popped up in the moderate
range and most spores stayed in the
high range which makes some sense
with all the showers and storms we've
had been a pretty wet month of July.
OK, so lows tonight kind of muggy,
primarily in the 70s.
Maybe Leesburg.
6869 but 76 downtown low 70s
in Gaithersburg and Fairfax and
Rockville and Bethesda and Bowie.
So not super comfortable now
get into Thursday.
These are not heat indices.
These are actual temps so 92 DC
near 90 in Frederick near 90 in
Hagerstown around 90 in Fredericksburg
so this is not crazy hot.
I mean our average high is 90 but
still we add some humidity to this
and it will feel a little bit more
uncomfortable so let's kind of graph it out.
Some clouds to start,
maybe some patchy fog.
Start once again in the morning and
then temperatures go back in the upper 80s,
low 90s and right now we don't have any
icons here in terms of showers or storms,
but there could be an isolated
afternoon storm on Thursday
afternoon and Thursday evening.
Same deal on on Friday.
Now we will talk about heat
index temperature that you feel.
By the time we get to 9:00 o'clock
in the morning on Thursday,
already feels like it's low 80s
in DC and also Fredericksburg.
Now by the time we get to say three o'clock,
feels like it's 100 downtown 98 in
Fredericksburg, 94 in Hagerstown,
and 98 in Leesburg.
So that's not dangerous heat, but it's heat.
You have to sort of.
Keep an eye on if you're outside exercising,
you want to really do that in the
morning and not in the afternoon,
but some folks work outside,
and if you do,
you got to stay hydrated and take
frequent breaks and get out of
the sun by 9:00 PM on Thursday.
Index just a shade under 9089 downtown.
A little better in the suburbs.
Obviously 82 in Fredericksburg now we'll
take you into Friday at three o'clock.
Heat index now 9395 in La Plata.
Not that big of a player north of
town up near Hagerstown and Frederick.
Heat indices by three.
4:00 o'clock on Friday.
We'll hold in the 80s,
so that's some good news, OK?
Temperatures, then the next five days,
so low 90s on Thursday,
around 90 on Friday,
then a nice break Saturday Sunday and Monday.
We're in the upper 80s,
so August comes in like a lamb.
There's such a thing up our
upper 80s and then we get into
the rest of the week and it goes
up a little bit 90 on Tuesday.
Low 90s on Thursday might spike to 97 on
Friday and then back to 95 the following
Saturday so a little bit of August heat
building slowly so running forecast,
walking forecast, jogging forecast,
muggy in the morning.
Not at noon already hot 88 and maybe
a storm by evening temperatures.
Also in the upper 80s.
So the best time to exercise really
is going to be between about 6:00 AM
and 10:00 AM both Thursday and Friday,
Saturday, the Sky's the limit.
So some afternoon storms on Thursday
and hot some afternoon storms on Friday
and hot Saturday is the pick of the
weekend temps in the 80s and lower humidity.
Some of these storms on Friday could bleed
into some of your Friday night plans.
Here's what I mean.
We'll start with tonight.
11 AM. 11:00 PM.
So clouds and temperatures in the
70s muggy couple of sprinkles,
possible overnight and then
breaks in the clouds.
Already 80 by 10:00 o'clock.
Already 90 by 1:00 o'clock futurecast
just popping a couple of showers.
Not a lot of shower activity,
and then by 6:00 PM on Thursday.
Just isolated showers, temperatures,
upper 80s around 90 now on Friday.
In the afternoon we got some bigger storms
popping across these parts of the metro.
We're still in the upper 80s and
then by 7:00 o'clock on Friday.
Now I would take this with a grain of salt.
But that's a pretty big storm across southern
Prince Georges County into Southern Maryland.
That could be a little further
north and include the district.
But the best news is that's in the
evening and headed for Southern Maryland,
and after that I think for the
most part we're pretty good shape
the rest of Friday night,
so early Friday night plans may be in more
jeopardy than late Friday night plans.
So OK, rainfall next couple of days.
Models not excited at all.
Less than 1/4 inch across the board.
Now of course,
if you get under one of the heavy downpours
you could get 3/4 of an inch to an inch,
all right,
so we have no weather watch alerts for now.
Some afternoon storms on Thursday,
some afternoon evening storms on Friday.
Nice and less humid on Saturday,
wow only 87 on Saturday.
It's pretty sweet now.
Sunday will not be a washout.
Isolated storms and more
showers and storms South,
but still you get some stuff done.
Certainly in the morning anyway.
Upper 80s upper 80s on Monday
we'll see an isolated.
Chance of a storm and then 90 with
scattered storms on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Yeah, back in the low 90s.
Also with afternoon storms.
Nats in town Friday through next weekend.