Loudoun Weather

It's absolutely gorgeous today but a bit breezy!! The touch of fall has arrived, but it will soon be replaced with hotter weather.

Unfortunately, the drought continues and will get worse over the next week as it remains dry. This is an easy forecast with the weather feeling great the next several days and getting hot in the long-range but staying dry! 

The forecast:

Today: Hi 77 🌤️ Lo 53 🌙 – Partly sunny with gusty northwest winds

Wednesday: Hi 77 ☀️ Lo 53 🌙 – Sunny with light northwest winds, mostly clear overnight.

Thursday: Hi 80 ☀️ Lo 54 🌙 – Sunny and calm with a mostly clear night.

Friday: Hi 84 ☀️ Lo 60 🌙 – Sunny throughout the day and mostly clear at night.

Saturday: Hi 87 ☀️ Lo 63 🌙 – Sunny and warm, staying mostly clear overnight.

Sunday: Hi 89 ☀️ Lo 65 🌙 – Sunny and hot with a mostly clear night.

Monday: Hi 90 ☀️ Lo 65 🌙 – Sunny and hot, staying mostly clear overnight.

A touch of Fall Weather is on the way! 

The weekend storms were indeed hit or miss! I ended up with a total of 0.02 inches of rain—basically, a sprinkle! The drought rages on with such little rain. Some had a lot more rain. 

Today, we will see another chance of showers and storms as a front comes through, but the National Weather Service is not excited based on its outlook. Then, several days of nice dry weather with highs in the 70s and lows in the low 50s (maybe even the upper 40s!!) will follow.

Hotter weather returns this weekend. Unfortunately, the long-range shows above-average temperatures and below-normal precipitation! 

The forecast:

Today: Hi 80 ⛈️60% Lo 59 🌧️🌙 – Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the morning, becoming likely in the afternoon. 

Tuesday: Hi 74 ☀️ Lo 52 🌙 – Sunny and BEAUTIFUL! 

Wednesday: Hi 74 ☀️ Lo 53 🌙 – Sunny and BEAUTIFUL! 

Thursday: Hi 79 ☀️ Lo 55 🌙 – Sunny and BEAUTIFUL! 

Friday: Hi 84 ☀️ Lo 59 🌙 – Sunny 

Saturday: Hi 87 ☀️ Lo 62 🌙 – Sunny and hotter.

Sunday: Hi 89 ☀️ Lo 66 🌙 – Sunny and hot.

FALL PREVIEW NEXT WEEK! 

It will be hotter today with some humidity. Unfortunately, the rain we need is coming over the weekend. This will include some severe chances (though marginal risk which is a 1 out 5 on the scale) and maybe some localized heavy rain! 

Come Tuesday we will feel like fall with highs in the 70s and lower humidity! Night lows cold get into the lower 50s! That is Pumpkin Spice and everything nice kind of weather! 🍂🎃

The extended starts below normal with temperatures and trends towards normal, which is no heading to the mid-80s. 

The forecast:

Today: Hi 88 ⛅ Lo 68 ⛈️ 60% – Partly sunny with light south winds, becoming mostly cloudy with showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms after 2am.

Saturday: Hi 86 ⛈️60% Lo 69 🌧️60% – Scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the day, likely increasing after 2pm with possible thunderstorms.

Sunday: Hi 84 ⛈️90% Lo 66 🌧️80% – Showers and thunderstorms likely, especially after 2pm. 

Monday: Hi 82 ⛅⛈️70% Lo 61 🌧️60% – Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the afternoon. 

Tuesday: Hi 77 ☀️ Lo 55 🌙 – Super nice and sunny

Wednesday: Hi 78 ☀️ Lo 56 🌙 – Super nice and sunny

Thursday: Hi 80 ☀️ Lo 59 🌙 – Super nice and sunny

 The weather remains beautiful today but is turning hotter with highs in the upper 80s. 

Rain chances return tomorrow night and last through Monday. The weather turns beautiful on Tuesday!

The Drought is better but still ongoing. I've attached the comparison from last week. The left is the new drought monitor, and the right is from a week ago. Each is improved by one severity level. We still need several more inches of rain region-wide to reverse the drought! Basically, we are better but we need more rain! 

The long range is now influenced by the track of Ernesto, the strong hurricane well off the east coast. The interaction of the hurricane and a trough will bring another round of below-normal temperatures to the area in the extended with some warming later. We continue with an above-normal chance of rain as well! 

The forecast:

Today: Hi 87 ☀️ Lo 63 🌙 – Sunny and mostly clear with light winds

Friday: Hi 88 ☀️ Lo 69 🌩️50% – Mostly sunny during the day with a chance of showers and thunderstorms at night

Saturday: Hi 88 🌩️60% Lo 68 🌩️60% – Partly sunny with showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon and night

Sunday: Hi 85 🌩️70% Lo 67 🌩️60% – Partly sunny with showers and thunderstorms likely throughout the day and night

Monday: Hi 83 🌩️60% Lo 64 🌩️60% – Partly sunny with showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon and evening

Tuesday: Hi 81 ☀️ Lo 58 🌙 – BEAUTIFUL Sunny and mostly clear

Wednesday: Hi 81 ☀️ Lo 55 🌙- BEAUTIFUL! Sunny and clear