Updates for Loudoun Weather 9/6/2023

9/6/2023 – Slight Risk update for storms tomorrow. Afternoon update. We will still be hot the next 2 days, but a little less hot. Humidity will be higher so it will offset the less heat. This also will bring the possibility of strong to severe storms. This does not look like a widespread storm event, so we are back to the idea that some may get some good rain, but their close-by neighbors may not! Since there is a lot of energy in all this heat if a storm does form, some heavy downpours and downdrafts could cause some severe winds. These downbursts can be very destructive locally so it will just be something to watch, but very hard to predict.

We have to hope for rain!

I got up to 97.7 degrees out here southwest of Purcellville today. Temps did hit 99 and may have briefly hit 100 at Dulles Airport! We will have to see as that would be the first 100 in September for that station.

Hurricane Lee has formed in the Atlantic and should become an Extreme Category 4 Hurricane by Saturday. Of note, I am watching a lot of features over the next several days, and we will not have a great read on the future track of Lee until Sunday. I am looking for signs around that time if there are hints at any impacts or possible threats along the east coast. There IS a chance of it getting closer than I first thought based on a few factors, but anything that far off is just speculation. It will be a beast of a storm! I currently feel less than a 10% chance of it hitting the East Coast.

Attached is the updated Slight Risk for Severe Storms at this time.