PM Update: Near-Perfect Weather Continues

Pleasant conditions again Tuesday, clouds increase late

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Days like this help explain why I love fall in D.C. so much; too bad it's a Monday! Wall-to-wall sunshine helped cool morning temperatures rise to right around 70 in most spots this afternoon. The only real weather story of the day is a sometimes gusty wind from the northwest that may add a bit of an extra chill to the air, but even that will become mainly a non-factor overnight.

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Through Tonight: Temperatures fall off nicely again tonight, thanks to clear skies and light winds. Look for sunset temperatures in the low-to-mid 60s eventually falling to the low-and-mid 40s for the suburbs to around 50 in the city.

Tomorrow (Tuesday): We're looking at another pretty nice day on Tuesday, even if we should see a few more afternoon clouds than today. Highs look to rise mainly into the lower 70s. By evening we should be trending mostly cloudy and some showers are possible overnight.

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Tropical Storm Grace: An area of disturbed weather near the Azores spun up quickly yesterday into Tropical Storm Grace. Cool waters and a northern latitude did not keep the system from developing an eye-like feature overnight that has persisted through much of today. Grace appears to be a rather short-lived system -- the NHC expects it to be sucked into another soon -- but is also quite interesting given where it formed.