* High wind watch Saturday evening into Sunday AM | Freeze watch Sunday AM outlying N & W suburbs * Two-hour radar loop of rain and storm movement through the area. Refresh page to update. TODAY’S DAILY DIGIT
A somewhat subjective rating of the day’s weather, on a scale of 0 to 10. 5/10: Kind of yucky early thanks to clouds & showers, but some redemption late ahead of an overnight cold front. EXPRESS FORECAST Today: Widespread AM showers. Variably cloudy. Highs: Near 60 to mid-60s.
Tonight: Squalls around midnight, clearing and windy. Lows: 30-38.
Tomorrow: Partly cloudy, windy. Highs: Mid-40s to near 50. FORECAST IN DETAIL Hopefully you got your fill of really warm weather recently, as we’re about to go into an extended break from that kind of weather. It’s April, so it won’t be frigid, but it might feel close to frigid at times, especially when the wind is roaring on Sunday. Today (Saturday): Rain showers or a general light rain is likely across the region during the morning. It should tend to wind down prior to or around noon in D.C., which means a little earlier west and a little later east. Rain may end up favoring eastern parts of the area overall as well. Given the expected timing, the Nats exhibition game seems good to go, although if the rain departure is delayed a small delay is possible. And for Blossom Kite Festival folks, you might want to target after lunch. In the afternoon, some clearing is likely and skies could even be fully clear for a time. It’s breezy and highs make the near 60 to mid-60s range. This day gets a 5, but it could be a case where the morning is a 2 and the afternoon is an 8! Confidence: Medium-High Tonight: A small but powerful and strengthening low pressure system passes to our north and drags another cold front through the area. This cold front seems likely to spawn a squall line as it moves through overnight. It’s hard to guarantee thunder and lightning, but it’s certainly possible, as is briefly heavy rain and small hail or graupel. After that, winds ROAR. Damaging gusts as high as 50-60 mph are possible within a general 25-35 mph sustained wind. Lows dip to near 30 in the coldest spots and to the upper 30s downtown. Confidence: Medium-High | 