Mild but breezy: an acceptable “lucky” combination today? Stray showers stayed to our south for St. Patrick’s Day, nixing any possibility of rainbow sightings, but skies remained fairly bright. With our acclimation to above-average warmth, the early week’s gusty winds and slightly below-average temperatures will feel particularly noticeable.

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Through tonight: Cloud cover and breeze levels will decrease slowly and unsteadily. Breezes from the northwest may still gust around 20 mph a few times, so if out late, bundle up. Temperatures bottom out in the mid-30s to around 40 degrees.

View the current weather at The Washington Post.

Tomorrow (Monday): Gusts from the west and northwest may reach about the same 25-30 mph levels as Sunday, but for a longer period — from perhaps midmorning until sunset. Wind chills may hover nearly 10 degrees lower than the high temperatures, which are expected to be within a few degrees of 50. Skies are mostly sunny, helping us warm a bit, but clouds may increase late in the day.

Any evening clouds or stray flurries should clear quickly for plenty of stars overnight. Breezes slowly dip to more moderate levels between 15 and 20 mph. By sunrise, temperatures should be down to the upper 20s to mid-30s.

See Molly Robey’s forecast that runs through midweek. Come chat tonight on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and X! Our 20-minute weekly Sunday Sunset Live Q&A will start at 7:17 p.m.

Pollen respite this weekend may be short lived

Meaningful precipitation now behind us, no pollen rinse of the atmosphere is on the horizon. There’s enough sunshine, dry air and wind to aggravate tree-pollen allergy sufferers this week. Luckily, temperatures aren’t expected to be warm enough to produce a spike or sudden plume in tree pollen, but levels should climb back to where we were at the end of last week:

Here’s how 2024’s tree pollen season is tracking compared to average. Perhaps no surprise, trees are running ahead of schedule in their pollen production, tracking with the much earlier-than-average peak cherry blossoms that came our way just this afternoon, as declared by the National Park Service.

Hopefully you’ve had a slight break from symptoms this weekend? Let me hear from you tonight, allergy sufferers! We’ll dive into workweek weather details in our weekly Sunday Sunset Live Q&A on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and X! Our 20-minute chat will start at 7:17 p.m.

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