D.C.-area forecast: Warm, dry start to week but then trending cooler, wetter

May 2, 2022

A considerably subjective score of the day’s climate, on a scale of 0 to 10.

9/10: The heat afternoon sunshine is heartwarming.

Today: Decreasing clouds. Highs: 75 to 80.
Tonight: Mostly clear. Lows: 46 to 54.
Tomorrow: Partly sunny. Highs: 74 to 78.

The week begins off improbable with partial sunshine and pleasantly heat temperatures. But it tendencies cooler in the course of the second half of the week with quite a few possibilities of rain. The wettest interval most likely happens between Friday afternoon and Saturday afternoon when the rain may very well be heavy.

Today (Monday): Few complaints about immediately. After patchy fog early on, skies grow to be partly sunny, with highs from 75 to 80. Winds are gentle from the west at about 5 to 10 mph. Confidence: Medium-High

Tonight: A nice night yields to a cool interval in a single day. Under principally clear skies lows vary from 45 to 50 in our cooler areas, to the low to mid-50s downtown. Winds grow to be principally calm and we are able to’t rule out a number of patches of fog towards morning. Confidence: Medium-High

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Tomorrow (Tuesday): A second straight very good day. Skies are partly sunny as gentle winds (5 to 10 mph) are available in from the southeast. Highs are within the mid- to higher 70s. Confidence: Medium-High

Tomorrow night time: It turns into principally cloudy in the course of the night with an opportunity of showers and maybe a thundershower in a single day. Lows vary from 55 to 60 with gentle breezes from the southeast. Confidence: Medium-High

It’s nonetheless considerably heat on Wednesday earlier than a cool entrance arrives later within the day, presumably setting off some showers and thunderstorms. Highs are within the mid- to higher 70s. Any lingering showers Wednesday night diminish in a single day, with lows within the 50s. Confidence: Medium-High

We’re in between climate programs on Thursday, which ought to prove to be one of many week’s nicer days. Skies are partly sunny with highs shut to 70. Partly to principally cloudy at night time with an opportunity of showers. Lows vary from 50 to 55. Confidence: Medium-High

Periods of rain are seemingly Friday and Saturday and may very well be heavy at occasions, particularly Friday afternoon and night time. The clouds and rain maintain highs to 65 to 70 Friday and 60 to 65 on Saturday, with lows at night time within the 50s. It received’t rain the entire time, but an inch of rain, possibly extra, appears doable. The likelihood of rain ought to diminish late Saturday and particularly Saturday, with lows close to 50. Confidence: Medium

We ought to have lowering clouds and bettering situations on Sunday, with barely cooler-than-average temperatures. Highs ought to hit 65 to 70. Confidence: Medium

May 2, 2022