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Oppressive Heat To Bake NoVA, DC Later This Week: NWS
Soaring temperatures in Northern Virginia will flirt with 100 degrees later this week, the National Weather Service's forecast said.
VIRGINIA — After a weekend with high temperatures hovering around 80 degrees thanks to a cold front moving through, get ready for temperatures to soar later this week across DC and Northern Virginia.
The region's second heat wave before summer officially starts June 20 will see temperatures reach into the 90s starting Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. Friday's high will flirt with 100 degrees.
"Behind an earlier cold front, today's high temperatures largely stay in the mid 70s to low 80s. This comes with some isolated showers & t'storms as a disturbance in the upper atmosphere pushes through. Expect a return of summer weather late in the week," the weather service said in a tweet Monday morning.
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Parts of the Northeast may have their first heat wave of the summer during the week of June 17," AccuWeather Long-Range Meteorologist Brandon Buckingham said.
The heat may set up first over the northern tier of the Northeast before expanding southward. The National Weather Service defines a heat wave as abnormally hot weather, with or without high humidity, generally lasting more than two days, AccuWeather said. In the Northeast, the 90-degree mark is the unofficial threshold for hot weather in most locations.
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Here's the latest Northern Virginia forecast from the National Weather Service:
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Northwest wind around 9 mph.
Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 80. North wind around 5 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Calm wind.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Light and variable wind.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 92.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 72.
Friday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 97.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 72.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 88.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 87.
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