Breezes from the east and northeast will calm a bit late today and into the overnight hours. The region will get a nice break until a few gusts, perhaps near 20 mph, return tomorrow. At least we’re dry and sunny again to start our workweek, with mild temperatures in the 50s as icing on the cake.
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Through tonight: Only light east and northeast breezes tonight under clear skies. Temperatures could have a wide range under clear, calmer conditions — from mid-20s to mid-30s downtown.
View the current weather at The Washington Post.
Tomorrow (Monday): East and northeast breezes could gust once or twice near 20 mph from midday through midafternoon, but it should be tolerable amid ample, warm sunshine. While there’s an outside chance we hit our average high at Reagan National Airport of 60 degrees, it’s more likely that we end up in the mid- to upper 50s.
Overnight, breezes calm again and we’re mostly clear. With just enough high cloud cover near sunrise acting as an insulating blanket, we will stay relatively warm, in the mid- to upper 30s.
See Molly Robey’s forecast that runs through midweek.
Wildfires and smoke are way down but not quite out
The rain Saturday was great news for those fighting fires in the region, helping ramp up containment, but neither the North Zone Complex Fires nor the Rocky Branch Fire has been fully contained. In the medium term, smoke and any smoldering hot spots should stay generally to our south and southwest, away from the Beltway.
Smoke is low but not zero, though the good news is that the worst air quality to be found is yellow/moderate levels in Rockingham and Central Shenandoah National Park.
For a direct report on fire, smoke and roadway visibility, see the “VA/MD North Zone and Shenandoah Fires” section of the U.S. Interagency Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program. With dry air, no rain and some breeziness expected before a midweek storm system, things could flare up before improving again.
In addition to monitoring these fires, 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 7:24 p.m.
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