WEATHER BLOG: Dry And Comfortable

To recap Saturday, a few showers and thunderstorms fired ahead of a cold front, producing locally heavy rain across the area. Thunderstorms fell near the Baltimore/D.C. metro as well as across the Delmarva. Only a trace to 0.05 of an inch fell near Baltimore and D.C., but 0.77 of an inch fell in Wilmington, Delaware. For today as well as Monday, sunshine will break out along with lower humidity with highs right around average as high pressure builds. By Tuesday, surface high pressure will move off the East Coast as winds turn more southwesterly. The jet stream will shift well north into Canada allowing heat and humidity to return. Humidity levels will increase a bit on Tuesday but will really be noticeable on Wednesday.

Highs will return to the 90s by Wednesday and are likely to stay for the remainder of the week.

The next chance for rain will be during the end of this week. A storm system moving across the Central states early this week could arrive with showers and thunderstorms as early as Thursday and last through Friday. It appears the best chance for heavy downpours may be on Thursday night.