CWG Live updates: Surging heat today before increasing storm chances into the weekend

Washington Post

2 days ago

Welcome to cwg.live, updated around-the-clock by Capital Weather Gang meteorologists.
Happening now: We climb through the 80s in the morning. Afternoon highs feel like 100 to 105 when factoring in humidity, and a heat advisory is in effect. A few pop-up storms are possible.
What's next? The heat backs off some over the weekend, but humidity does not. Afternoon and evening storm chances increase.
Today's daily digit — 2/10: Summer wallops us with such a shot of heat that even the storms have a hard time developing. | 🤚 Your call?
The digit is a somewhat subjective rating of the day's weather, on a 0-to-10 scale.
Forecast in detail
Today (Thursday): The heat is on with 80s in the morning and low to mid-90s in the afternoon. Humidity is high enough that it feels 10 degrees hotter than the air temperature. Sunshine dominates but isolated pop up storms are possible in the afternoon toward the evening. Confidence: Medium-High
Tonight: Temperatures remain in the 80s through the evening as any stray storms quickly die off. Overnight lows only slip to the mid- to upper 70s. Confidence: Medium-High
Tomorrow (Friday): Despite a warm start and plenty of sun, a steady northwest breeze slows the warmup with most areas 'only' reaching mid-80s to lower 90s. Our typical late afternoon storms may be more numerous than Thursday, especially south of D.C., and come with the risk of locally heavy downpours. Confidence: Medium
Tomorrow night: Scattered showers and storms are likely to linger into the evening before partial clearing. Overnight lows dip to the mid-60s to lower 70s. Confidence: Medium
A look ahead
Showers and storms are fairly active Saturday and Sunday afternoons, lingering well into the evening. Plenty of humidity raises the risk of heavy downpours and makes highs in the mid-80s to lower 90s uncomfortable. Lows run in the upper 60s to mid-70s. Confidence: Medium
We should get a bit of relief on Monday and Tuesday as a weak cool front pushes most of the storms and worst of the humidity to our south. That makes being in the 80s feel not so bad! But don't get used to it, as the heat and humidity look likely to come back stronger than ever Wednesday through Friday. Confidence: Medium
Today's daily digit — 2/10: Summer wallops us with such a shot of heat that even the storms have a hard time developing. | 🤚 Your call?
The digit is a somewhat subjective rating of the day's weather, on a 0-to-10 scale.
Forecast in detail
Today (Thursday): The heat is on with 80s in the morning and low to mid-90s in the afternoon. Humidity is high enough that it feels 10 degrees hotter than the air temperature. Sunshine dominates but isolated pop up storms are possible in the afternoon toward the evening. Confidence: Medium-High
Tonight: Temperatures remain in the 80s through the evening as any stray storms quickly die off. Overnight lows only slip to the mid- to upper 70s. Confidence: Medium-High
Tomorrow (Friday): Despite a warm start and plenty of sun, a steady northwest breeze slows the warmup with most areas 'only' reaching mid-80s to lower 90s. Our typical late afternoon storms may be more numerous than Thursday, especially south of D.C., and come with the risk of locally heavy downpours. Confidence: Medium
Tomorrow night: Scattered showers and storms are likely to linger into the evening before partial clearing. Overnight lows dip to the mid-60s to lower 70s. Confidence: Medium
A look ahead
Showers and storms are fairly active Saturday and Sunday afternoons, lingering well into the evening. Plenty of humidity raises the risk of heavy downpours and makes highs in the mid-80s to lower 90s uncomfortable. Lows run in the upper 60s to mid-70s. Confidence: Medium
We should get a bit of relief on Monday and Tuesday as a weak cool front pushes most of the storms and worst of the humidity to our south. That makes being in the 80s feel not so bad! But don't get used to it, as the heat and humidity look likely to come back stronger than ever Wednesday through Friday. Confidence: Medium