Tilden's Forecast (Thursday)

Overview: Starting to get a little warm on Thursday with highs on Friday and the weekend likely near or hitting 90, with a heat index near 100-degrees possible on Saturday.

Quick forecast:

Thursday: Clearing skies, highs in the low to mid-80s, early storms or showers. My rating: 6/10.

Thursday night: Mostly clear skies, lows in the low to mid-60s.

Friday: Mostly sunny, highs near 90 to the low-90s, chance for an isolated afternoon-evening storm. My rating: 4/10.

Detailed forecast:

Through tonight (Wednesday): Skies are cloudy throughout much of the night with scattered showers and drizzles. Later in the night into early tomorrow, we could see more moderate showers with thunder also possible. Lows are in the upper-50s to the lower-60s with southeastern winds at around 5 mph. Confidence: High-Medium.

Tomorrow (Thursday): Lingering showers and thunderstorms should end before mid-morning followed by clearing skies. Highs will be pretty warm and a little humid at around the low to mid-80s with western winds gusting at 20-25 mph. Confidence: Medium-High.

Tomorrow night: Lows fall back into the low to mid-60s under mostly clear skies with increasing humidity and light winds from the east. Confidence: High-Medium.

Friday: We will likely see our first 90-degree day, with highs targeting near 90 to the lower-90s. There will also be a chance for an isolated afternoon-evening thunderstorm under mostly sunny skies with southern winds at 5-10 mph. Confidence: Medium.

Friday night: Lows only drop to the upper-60s or the lower-70s under mostly clear skies and southern wind at around 5 mph. Confidence: Medium.

Saturday: Saturday may be one of the hottest days since last August, with highs around the mid-90s and moderate humidity, which could possibly bring the heat index up to 100. Winds will come out from the south at around 5 mph under mostly sunny skies with another chance for an isolated afternoon or evening storm. Confidence: Medium.

Saturday night: Lows fall only to the low to mid-70s under partly cloudy skies and with southern winds at 5-10 mph. Confidence: Medium.

Author: Jackson Hammack.

Sources: Capital Weather Gang, National Weather Service, Windy.