Forecast: Rising Temperatures, Increasing Clouds
In the 60s Friday; chance of showers Friday and Saturday
High pressure overhead will yield another pleasant day with highs heading for the upper 50s to near 60 today. Tomorrow, temperatures go higher -- into the 60s -- but clouds will be on the increase as a cold front approaches from the west. The front will more or less stall over our region, allowing for several pulses of weak low pressure to push near or through the area Friday and Saturday. The result: Plenty of clouds and chances for on-and-off showers to end the workweek and begin the weekend.
Partly sunny. Upper 50s to near 60. Enjoy another pleasant day today, with partly to mostly sunny skies and highs in the upper 50s to near 60 in most spots. Expect a rather noticeable breeze (from the southeast at 10-20 mph) at times. Clouds will increase overnight, holding temperatures in the mid to upper 40s area wide.
Mostly cloudy, stray shower. Mid 60s. Despite mostly cloudy to overcast skies, winds from the southwest will transport still milder air into the region. We'll look for above-normal highs in the mid 60s in most areas. A few scattered showers are possible, especially during the second half of the day.
Cloudy skies will linger Friday night with a stray shower possible and overnight lows in the low to mid 40s.
Keep reading for the forecast through the weekend and into next week.
SATURDAY
Mostly cloudy, scattered showers. Near 50. Plan on plenty of clouds and a passing shower or two; steadier rain is possible if low pressure on track to pass south of the area drifts a bit further north than expected. Highs should be near 50. Overnight, a few more showers with lows in the mid 30s.
SUNDAY
Chance of a lingering morning shower. Then increasing sunshine. Breezy. Near 50. Sunday may start off cloudy with a slight chance of a stray shower. As the day wears on, however, skies should begin to clear, and it may very well be mostly sunny by late afternoon. Highs should once again be near 50, but a breeze from the northwest will make it feel colder.
Mostly clear and colder Sunday night with lows ranging from the upper 20s in typically chillier locales like Damascus and Reston to the low to mid 30s downtown.
A LOOK AHEAD
Monday's forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and pleasantly cool highs in the low 50s, followed by overnight lows in the mid 30s to near 40.
The early outlook for Tuesday is for partly to mostly sunny skies with somewhat milder high temperatures aiming for the 60-degree mark.
Our next area of storminess may pay a visit to the region on Wednesday, when highs may again climb to near 60.
By Josh Larson |
March 13, 2008; 5:00 AM ET
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Posted by: Camden, Capital Weather Gang | March 13, 2008 8:01 AM
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Ah. Very boring.
Posted by: Model Monkey | March 13, 2008 8:55 AM
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Totally off-topic:
It's 8:40 AM (on Thursday) and I'm tuned to WRC-DT's Weather Plus channel (208 on my new Comcast digital converter). Since I tuned in just before 8:00, the soundtrack has been some sort of self-modifying audio loop lasting about half a second. If you take two cell phones with speakerphone ability (Nextel instant walkie-talkie phones do this well), create a connection between them, say something into one, and then immediately hold the two of them next to each other so the one you spoke into first will pick up what you said as it comes out of the second, the result sounds much like this.
I'm trying to guess the word that started the loop, but by now the fidelity has degraded too far. I don't know who to call to complain to, and in any case, this is more interesting than a lot of soundtracks I've heard under weather graphics...
Posted by: SnoWay | March 13, 2008 9:42 AM
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Canadian lightning update: a few isolated strikes in the Atlantic off FL; also isolated activity in SE KS.
Friday's DanceCast looks better than what I've been seeing previously this week; only isolated showers. In addition, it would be nice if that Saturday system stayed well to our south.
Checked Wakefield as well as Sterling when looking at NWS sites this morning. They seem to have a lot more model maps. Saturday's vorticity outlooks on most of the models don't seem to support an all-day "windbag" soaker as some were saying earlier in the week.
Note to SnoWay: I get Channel 208 on my digital cable, too (it's actually 204 in Arlington, and 208 is News 4's weather service). I have had some issues with the sound feed, too. What happens seems to be that ABC 7 is providing WTOP broadcasting as the "background". Unfortunately, when Doug Hill or another ABC 7 meteorologist comes in to give us a live weather update, they don't cut out the WTOP feed, which then remains as "background feedback" when they are doing the live update. This has been causing the feedback issues I have been experiencing. Perhaps it would be better if Channel 9 provided the WTOP feed on their weather radar (Arlington Comcast ch. 203) Unfortunately that would lead to issues since they can't broadcast Doug Hill (a Channel 7 meteorologist).
Posted by: El Bombo | March 13, 2008 9:56 AM
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Model, you say boring... I say pleasant. Also, from an economic standpoint, this weather is requiring less heat/air conditioning!
The 39 degree low temperature downtown (Scott Circle 16th&N sts., NW) is fantastic for walking to work ;)