Very heavy storms with potentially damaging winds are moving through the District and its immediate surroundings. Wind gusts to 60 mph and 1 to 3 inches of rain falling in a short time are possible. Get live storm updates here:
For a third straight day, highs reached at least 90 degrees while humidity levels climbed. The combination of heat and high moisture levels has primed the area for scattered thunderstorms between late this afternoon and tonight, some of which could be intense with torrential rain, damaging winds and hail.until 2 a.m. Tuesday.
“Rain rates over two inches per hour are possible,” the Weather Service wrote. “Urban areas and flood prone roadways will be of a particular concern.”The low-pressure zone partially responsible for today’s storm potential is still well to our north and west, so we could see a repeat tomorrow as it draws closer.Scattered showers and storms developing west and southwest of Washington will move this way. Not everyone will see storms; computer models differ on how widespread they’ll be.
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