Cloud cover, or lack thereof, may decide if Washington makes it to 100 for the first time since 2016.
Mainly clear skies persist this evening and into the night. Humidity rises, which helps keep temperatures up. Lows range across the 70s. Winds are light and variable.Clouds are few, and that helps temperatures soar. Highs make the upper 90s to around 100. Humidity is back up a bit from today, which means heat index values of 100 to 105 are possible, especially in D.C. and to the east.
Winds will be light and variable but turning to come more from the south with time. There’s a very slim chance of a pop-up storm late in the day.It’s another day with minimal cloud cover for shade. How clear it is may decide whether we hit 100 or not. Odds are decent that we’ll make it close. Highs should reach the upper 90s and low 100s. Heat indexes rise to near 105 in most of the area. Winds come from the south-southwest around 5 to 10 mph.
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