Somewhat toasty today, eh? Humidity remained awesomely comfortable (40s for dew points). Sunshine today was less cloud-filtered than I expected in my forecast published yesterday morning, woo! Despite tomorrow’s dominant clouds and shower/storm chances creeping in by mid-afternoon, many outdoor plans are salvageable.
Through Tonight: Clouds continue to slowly increase, but it may be merely partly cloudy at times. Any clouds act like a bit of an insulating blanket for us at the ground, keeping low temperatures within a few degrees of 60. Light breezes may blow from the south.
View The Washington Post current weather
Tomorrow (Sunday): Clouds may dominate. Some sunshine makes it through, but it’s a bit uncertain how much. High temperatures aim to within a few degrees of 80. More sunshine than currently expected gets us into the mid-80s. A bit of a breeze from the southwest could gust a couple times near 20 mph.
Shower chances mainly focus on the afternoon, with most of us staying dry until mid-to-late afternoon. It’s mainly light, quick showers until perhaps sunset, when thunderstorm chances begin entering the picture. Briefly heavy rain is possible overnight as temperatures bottom out in the stickier 60s.
See Ian Livingston’s forecast through Tuesday. We’re on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, & X.
Sunday rain amounts and inferred timing
Rain amounts are looking good (light) for outdoor plans tomorrow and essentially our entire region doesn’t have any rain expected in the rain gauges before 2 p.m. We generally agree with this National Weather Service rainfall 24-hour accumulation map.
In the 24 hours that start 2 p.m. Sunday — which includes the shower and storm chances currently expected into Sunday night — rain amounts are still fairly light. This doesn’t fully eliminate the chances for a few briefly heavy downpours from storms Sunday night.
I have started seeing requests from gardeners and farmers for rain again. We could use a bit more in order to avoid the expense of having to water ourselves. I understand!
Subscribe to our 5 a.m. forecast email
