Thursday, May 19, 2011

Spinning top over the east coast finally begins to push north today & tonight. Mostly cloudy forecast continues this evening with chance for scattered rain showers and isolated thunder. Temperatures stay mild today & tonight with highs in the upper 60s. Overnight lows will be around 50. Flooding concerns for the Eastern Panhandle & along the Potomac River Valley continue into early this weekend. Waters will receed Saturday.

High pressure begins to build into the area tonight. This will allow for gradually clearing skies and a brief break from the rain to start the weekend. Areas of fog will develop early Friday. Otherwise Friday will be partly/mostly cloudy with temperatures staying modest, struggling to reach the low 70s.

Forecast will stay dry Friday night with lows once again falling to around 50 under mostly clear skies. But the calm conditions will allow for another foggy start Saturday morning. Then we finally get our big break!  Expect mostly sunny skies with highs around 80.  We'll stay in the warm sector with highs in the 80s through at least the middle of next week.

Take advantage of the nice weather because another wave of scattered rain showers and occasional thunderstorms starts Saturday night, lasting through the middle of next week.

A quick look at the extended forecast hints at rain Friday, then drying out for the long holiday weekend. Stay tuned for updates later next week! Enjoy!