(Cover image from the Capital Weather Gang)
Overview: Highs tomorrow (Friday) through the weekend will likely be in the 90s, with Saturday's heat possibly breaking records.
Quick forecast:
Friday: Mostly sunny, highs around 90 to the mid-90s, slight chance for a shower or storm. My rating: 3.5/10.
Friday night: Partly cloudy, lows in the upper-60s to the low-70s.
Saturday: Sunny, highs around the mid-90s, My rating: 2.5/10.
Detailed forecast:
Through tonight (Thursday): It's a beautiful night, with moderate humidity being the exception. Lows fall to the mild low to mid-60s under mostly clear skies with calm southern winds. Confidence: High.
Tomorrow (Friday): Highs will get hit right around 90 to the mid-90s with humidity possibly making it feel around 100. There will be a slight chance for an isolated afternoon or evening storm or shower, but otherwise mostly sunny with southern winds between 5 and 10 mph. Confidence: Medium-High.
Tomorrow night: Lows fall back into the upper-60s or the lower-70s under partly cloudy skies and southwestern winds at 5-10 mph. Confidence: High-Medium.
Saturday: Saturday will have a good shot at beating some heat records, with highs around the mid-90s and dew points in the mid-60s, which could make temperatures feel like the 100s. Winds will come out from the south at around 5 mph under sunny skies with another slight chance for an isolated afternoon or evening shower or storm. Confidence: Medium-High.
Saturday night: Lows fall back to the upper-60s to the low-70s again under partly cloudy skies with southwestern winds between 5-and-10 mph. Confidence: Medium-High.
Sunday: A cold front will come through which will likely trigger storms in the afternoon to evening, but highs should still get into the low to mid-90s under mostly sunny skies and with southern winds at 5-10 mph. Confidence: Medium.
Sunday night: Rain will help bring lows down into the 60s under mostly cloudy skies and with northwestern winds at 5-10 mph. Confidence: Medium-Low.
Author: Jackson Hammack.
Sources: Capital Weather Gang, National Weather Service, Windy.
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