PM Update: Chilly Night; Pleasant Wednesday
Temperatures rise a bit tomorrow
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Blue skies, mixed with puffy cumulus clouds, combined for a quiet and enjoyable springtime day across the area. Temperatures remain a few degrees below normal (now in the mid-70s) with highs mostly reaching within a few degrees of 70. Sometimes gusty winds of today will begin to subside through the evening, setting the stage for a nice -- if somewhat cool -- one for outdoor activities.
Tonight: Temperatures will fall nicely after sunset thanks to mostly clear skies, light winds and low humidity levels. Look for lows to range from the upper 30s in the colder suburbs to the upper 40s in D.C.
Tomorrow (Wednesday): More sunny skies visit the area Wednesday providing quite a nice day. Highs should make it up a little past where they were today, into the low-and-mid 70s for many. Though we'll see a lot of sun, clouds should increase as the day wears on, perhaps trending mostly cloudy by evening.
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By Ian Livingston |
May 12, 2009; 3:15 PM ET
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Posted by: madisondc | May 12, 2009 4:36 PM
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Updates, including Sterling's afternoon post, generally tend to agree with earlier data.
I have one disagreement with Sterling. Their aviation update says that tomorrow cirrostratus will overtake the area at high levels. Since the warm air out in the Midwest is rather unstable, especially late in the day, I'd hazard the guess that tomorrow's high cloudiness may tend towards a cirrostratus/cirrocumulus mix, with lower advancing decks probably altostratus/altocumulus. You might just see a mackerel sky rather than a halo tomorrow afternoon.
There's now some chance that the next round of rain could end by Monday, but the Weather Channel hasn't bought in. They're still calling for a "few showers" Monday.
Posted by: Bombo47jea | May 12, 2009 6:28 PM
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This is what I've been waiting for. This evenings weather was PERFECT for outdoor activities!
Posted by: Brian-CapitalWeatherGang | May 12, 2009 8:59 PM
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Brian, I agree. I played softball on the Mall this evening. I thought I might be chilly but it was just about perfect through sunset.
Posted by: Ian-CapitalWeatherGang | May 12, 2009 10:32 PM
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beautiful today - it would be nice if it could be a little warmer, but i'll take this over the past few rainy days :)