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Spot Forecast for Cherry Blossom Festival...National Park Service
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
256 PM EDT Sat Apr 5 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1500 EDT on April 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...
While much of the day has been cloudy with temperatures holding
steady in the low/mid 60s, recent satellite imagery shows a number
of breaks in the clouds moving toward Washington, D.C. This should
allow for some peeks of sunshine later this afternoon, accompanied
by rising temperatures. Forecast highs this afternoon should reach
the mid 70s which comes with a further uptick in humidity levels.
As this occurs, some pop-up showers are possible which may even
include a rumble of thunder for any strong shower. However, these
should be rather isolated in nature with much of the focus for
storms well to the west of the metros.

A warm front which tracks through with this afternoon`s warm up
will settle near the Pennsylvania/Maryland state line this evening
into tonight. A mild night will be store for the D.C. area with
lows in the low/mid 60s. By Sunday, a slow moving cold front will
slowly move in from the west. This increases the chances for
showers and a few thunderstorms on Sunday. Overall, Sunday
definitely looks rather unsettled given the periods of rain
showers.

Much cooler weather arrives for early next week as the pattern
change unfolds.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Isolated showers and
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........60 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southeast winds 6 to 8 mph, gusts up to 13 mph.

TIME (EDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........94  88  82
Weather cov.....        ISO
Weather type....        RW
Tstm cov........        ISO
Temp............72  72  74
RH..............68  66  64
Surface wnd dir.S   SE  SE
Surface wnd spd.8   7   6
Surface wnd gst.10  13  13

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Numerous showers
                    and scattered thunderstorms in the evening.
Min temperature.....Around 63.
Max humidity........81 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southeast winds 6 mph shifting to the
                    south 7 mph after 3 am.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........71  69  64  62  63  58  54  69  69  68  74  79
Weather cov.....SCT SCT SCT NUM NUM SCT
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCT SCT ISO ISO ISO
Temp............75  73  73  73  72  71  71  70  70  70  70  70
RH..............62  66  71  76  79  79  79  81  81  78  78  78
Surface wnd dir.SE  E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S
Surface wnd spd.6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   5   6   6   7
Surface wnd gst.12  10  10  9   9   9   8   8   9   10  13  14

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of
                    showers in the morning, then showers likely in
                    the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........65 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds around 7 mph shifting to the
                    north around 9 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........76  82  74  77  78  79  87  91  92  89  90  91
Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC LKY CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............71  71  71  71  70  70  68  66  64  63  62  61
RH..............76  76  73  73  68  66  65  65  67  70  67  67
Surface wnd dir.SW  W   W   W   NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N
Surface wnd spd.7   7   8   9   10  12  10  10  10  9   9   9
Surface wnd gst.14  15  15  17  21  20  18  17  16  16  15  14

$$
Forecaster...Rubin-Oster
Requested by...Brian Hall
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2508934.0/LWX
.DELDT 04/05/25
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.EMAIL brian_hall@nps.gov