The Washington Post - USA (2020-08-02)

C12 EZ RE THE WASHINGTON POST.SUNDAY, AUGUST 2 , 2020

AVERAGE RECORD ACTUAL FORECAST

PREVIOUS YEAR NORMAL LATEST

<–10–0s 0s 10s20s 30s 40s50s 60s 70s80s 90s 100s 110+

T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm FrontStationary Front

NATIONAL Today Tomorrow

High

Low

Normal

Record high

Record low

Reagan Dulles BWI

Reagan Dulles BWI

Today’s tides (High tides in Bold)

WORLD Today Tomorrow

Sources: AccuWeather.com; US Army Centralized

Allergen Extract Lab (pollen data); airnow.gov (air

quality data); National Weather Service

* AccuWeather's RealFeel Temperature®

combines over a dozen factors for an accurate

measure of how the conditions really “feel.”

Key: s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, r-rain,

sh- showers, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries,

sn-snow, i-ice

Moon Phases Solar system

NATION

OFFICIAL RECORD

Rise Set

REGION

Past 24 hours

Total this month

Normal

Total this year

Normal

Richmond

Norfolk

Ocean City

Annapolis

Dover

Cape May

Baltimore

Charlottesville

Lexington

Washington

Virginia Beach

Kitty Hawk

Harrisburg Philadelphia

Hagerstown

Davis

OCEAN:

OCEAN:

OCEAN:

OCEAN:

Temperatures

Precipitation

for the 48 contiguous states excludes Antarctica

Yesterday's National

88° 1:45 p.m.

75° 3:00 a.m.

88°/71°

100° 2011

54° 1895

86° 3:59 p.m.

70° 5:28 a.m.

88°/65°

100° 1980

54° 199 7

89° 3:26 p.m.

71° 5:24 a.m.

87 °/67°

100° 2006

57° 1895

Washington 2:07 a.m. 7:37 a.m. 3:00 p.m. 8:11 p.m.
Annapolis 5:18 a.m. 11:51 a.m. 4:59 p.m. 10:59 p.m.
Ocean City 1:27 a.m. 7:05 a.m. 1:11 p.m. 7:38 p.m.
Norfolk 3:17 a.m. 9:17 a.m. 3:16 p.m. 9:47 p.m.
Point Lookout 1:03 a.m. 8:13 a.m. 1:06 p.m. 6:50 p.m.

94

°

74 ° 85

°

71 ° 77

°

71 ° 86

°

71 ° 85

°

72 ° 87

°

74 °

Sun 6:10 a.m. 8:18 p.m.

Moon 8:02 p.m. 4:48 a.m.

Venus 2:53 a.m. 5:12 p.m.

Mars 11:22 p.m. 11:53 a.m.

Jupiter 7:04 p.m. 4:36 a.m.

Saturn 7:31 p.m. 5:15 a.m.

Aug 3

Full

Aug 11

Last

Quarter

Aug 18

New

Aug 25

First

Quarter

Tr ace

0.00"

0.11"

27 .12"

23.67"

Tr ace

0.00"

0.12"

26.58"

24.68"

Tr ace

0.00"

0.12"

25.80"

24. 78 "

Blue Ridge: Today, sun, clouds, shower, thunderstorm.
High 75–79. Wind southwest 8– 16 mph. Tonight, mostly
cloudy, shower, thunderstorm. Low 62–66. Wind southwest
7–14 mph. Monday, cloudy, showers, thunderstorms. High
69– 73. Wind south–southwest 4–8 mph.

Atlantic beaches: Today, partly sunny, hot, shower,
thunderstorm. High 88–98. Wind south 8–16 mph. Tonight,
partly cloudy, humid. Low 75–79. Wind south–southwest
8–16 mph. Monday, cloudy, shower, thunderstorms from
Isaias. High 86–92.

Pollen: Moderate

Grass Low

Tr ees Moderate

Weeds Low

Mold Moderate

UV: Very High

8 out of 11+

Air Quality: Good

Dominant cause: Ozone

96/74

98/7 9

88/78

93/73

93/74

89/77

95/7 2

93/72

89/69

94/ 78

91/78

93/70 92/7^4

91/68

79/6 (^1) 94/ 74
74 °
74 °
81°
73 °
Waterways: Upper Potomac River: Today, small craft advisory, partly
sunny, hot. Wind southwest 5–10 knots, gusts 20 knots. Waves
1 foot. • Lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay: Today, small craft
advisory, shower, thunderstorm. Wind southwest 10–15 knots, gusts
20 knots. Waves 1–3 feet lower Potomac and Bay.• River Stages:
The stage at Little Falls will be around 2.90 feet today, rising to 3. 00
Monday. Flood stage at Little Falls is 10 feet.
Albany, NY 84/69/c 85/67/pc
Albuquerque 93/66/pc 95/70/pc
Anchorage 66/56/c 68/55/c
Atlanta 91/73/pc 90/71/t
Austin 98/70/s 99/73/c
Baltimore 95/72/pc 86/71/t
Billings, MT 93/63/pc 94/63/pc
Birmingham 88/69/pc 90/69/s
Bismarck, ND 79/51/pc 81/54/s
Boise 102/65/s 93/60/s
Boston 85/75/pc 91/74/pc
Buffalo 81/66/c 81/68/pc
Burlington, VT 86/71/t 83/67/c
Charleston, SC 94/75/c 82/74/r
Charleston, WV 84/66/c 84/66/t
Charlotte 94/73/t 85/69/r
Cheyenne, WY 80/54/pc 81/56/pc
Chicago 82/64/pc 74/61/t
Cincinnati 79/65/pc 80/65/t
Cleveland 76/63/t 79/65/pc
Dallas 94/71/s 91/70/pc
Denver 84/57/t 89/61/pc
Des Moines 77/57/pc 75/56/pc
Detroit 74/63/t 77/63/t
El Paso 97/73/c 99/74/s
Fairbanks, AK 62/53/r 65/54/sh
Fargo, ND 75/49/s 77/53/pc
Hartford, CT 86/74/t 92/72/pc
Honolulu 87/76/sh 89/75/pc
Houston 93/75/pc 96/77/pc
Indianapolis 79/66/t 78/64/t
Jackson, MS 90/69/t 91/70/s
Jacksonville, FL 90/75/r 86/73/t
Kansas City, MO 79/59/t 76/55/pc
Las Vegas 110/82/s 109/83/s
Little Rock 87/67/s 86/64/pc
Los Angeles 88/63/s 85/63/pc
Louisville 82/67/pc 84/68/pc
Memphis 87/70/pc 86/68/t
Miami 90/80/r 93/80/c
Milwaukee 80/62/t 71/59/t
Minneapolis 74/55/pc 73/54/pc
Nashville 85/66/pc 88/68/t
New Orleans 90/77/t 93/77/pc
New York City 85/74/t 88/73/pc
Norfolk 98/79/pc 92/78/r
Oklahoma City 87/62/c 82/63/s
Omaha 79/55/pc 78/54/pc
Orlando 85/76/r 89/78/c
Philadelphia 92/74/pc 88/73/t
Phoenix 112/91/s 113/89/s
Pittsburgh 79/63/t 82/65/c
Portland, ME 80/70/pc 88/68/pc
Portland, OR 86/62/pc 84/61/pc
Providence, RI 85/75/c 93/73/pc
Raleigh, NC 94/75/pc 83/70/r
Reno, NV 97/58/s 95/59/s
Richmond 96/74/pc 87/72/r
Sacramento 97/60/s 97/59/s
St. Louis 83/68/pc 77/63/c
St. Thomas, VI 88/80/pc 88/81/pc
Salt Lake City 104/75/s 99/71/s
San Diego 78/65/pc 76/65/pc
San Francisco 71/58/pc 73/58/s
San Juan, PR 89/78/pc 90/79/pc
Seattle 81/61/pc 81/60/pc
Spokane, WA 92/61/s 86/59/s
Syracuse 87/68/t 81/67/pc
Tampa 91/80/pc 91/81/c
Wichita 84/59/pc 83/60/pc
Addis Ababa 68/56/sh 68/57/pc
Amsterdam 69/55/pc 68/53/t
Athens 93/76/s 92/71/s
Auckland 60/52/sh 61/47/pc
Baghdad 115/83/pc 115/84/pc
Bangkok 89/80/t 89/80/sh
Beijing 92/72/t 96/73/pc
Berlin 81/58/r 74/56/pc
Bogota 67/46/t 67/46/t
Brussels 73/54/pc 70/51/t
Buenos Aires 66/55/t 69/60/pc
Cairo 97/78/s 99/78/s
Caracas 77/69/t 77/68/t
Copenhagen 71/56/c 68/55/pc
Dakar 87/82/pc 87/81/c
Dublin 64/48/sh 63/53/c
Edinburgh 64/46/sh 62/51/pc
Frankfurt 80/60/r 75/56/pc
Geneva 76/62/t 70/54/c
Ham., Bermuda 87/80/pc 87/79/t
Helsinki 70/55/t 67/54/r
Ho Chi Minh City 88/77/t 86/78/t
Hong Kong 86/79/sh 87/80/sh
Islamabad 99/78/s 99/81/s
Istanbul 84/71/s 83/72/s
Jerusalem 87/68/s 86/69/s
Johannesburg 72/43/pc 71/41/pc
Kabul 92/66/pc 96/67/pc
Kingston, Jam. 89/80/t 89/80/t
Kolkata 96/84/sh 96/83/t
Lagos 84/75/pc 83/73/c
Lima 65/58/pc 64/58/s
Lisbon 81/64/s 81/63/pc
London 75/56/pc 73/53/pc
Madrid 98/68/s 93/65/pc
Manila 86/80/sh 91/79/t
Mexico City 73/57/t 74/55/t
Montreal 79/67/t 79/65/pc
Moscow 66/49/pc 70/54/pc
Mumbai 89/81/t 85/80/r
Nairobi 76/50/pc 74/52/pc
New Delhi 95/83/t 98/82/t
Oslo 66/54/t 66/51/sh
Ottawa 76/63/t 77/62/c
Paris 79/58/pc 73/54/pc
Prague 85/59/t 67/54/r
Rio de Janeiro 75/62/s 74/63/s
Riyadh 116/89/pc 115/86/pc
Rome 88/72/s 86/71/s
San Salvador 89/71/t 85/70/t
Santiago 70/41/pc 67/42/pc
Sarajevo 82/53/s 87/60/s
Seoul 80/76/t 81/76/t
Shanghai 95/81/pc 93/81/pc
Singapore 87/80/t 88/80/pc
Stockholm 73/56/pc 71/53/pc
Sydney 66/46/c 67/48/pc
Taipei City 95/80/t 87/81/r
Tehran 99/79/pc 100/73/pc
Tokyo 86/73/pc 85/75/pc
Toronto 78/64/t 76/64/t
Vienna 86/66/pc 72/60/r
Warsaw 79/60/s 74/58/r
Today
Humid, partly
sunny
Monday
Showers/
t-storms
Tuesday
Rain/wind
from Isaias
Wednesday
T-storm
possible
Thursday
Afternoon
t-storm
Friday
T-storm
possible
Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu W Th F Sa Su M Tu
through 5 p.m.yesterday
Difference from 30–yr. avg. (Reagan): this month: +2.1° yr. to date: +2.8°
High: Needles, CA 114 °
Low: Walden, CO 31°
World
High: Basrah, Iraq 124 °
Low: Summit Station, Greenland 3°
Weather map features for noon today.
WIND:SSW 8–16 mph
HUMIDITY:Very High
CHNCE PRECIP:25%
FEELS*:99°
W:
H:
P:
FEELS:93°
SSW 6–12 mph
High
65%
W:
H:
P:
FEELS:76°
S 8–16 mph
High
65%
W:
H:
P:
FEELS:92°
NW 6–12 mph
High
40%
W:
H:
P:
FEELS:91°
ENE 6–12 mph
High
55%
W:
H:
P:
FEELS:93°
NNE 4–8 mph
High
30%
A hot and humid brew
It’s hot and very humid behind our
overnight warm front. We should see
a bit more sunshine than clouds,
which further helps boost us into the
low to mid-90s for high
temperatures. Late day has the highest chance for
showers and storms. Southwest breezes may be
noticeable, gusting above 15 to perhaps 20 mph at
times in the afternoon. We’ll also need to watch
the combination of heat and humidity — the heat
index — which could approach the near-
dangerous 105 -degree threshold. Please hydrate!
The Weather
WASHINGTONPOST.COM/WEATHER. TWITTER: @CAPITALWEATHER. FACEBOOK.COM/CAPITALWEATHER
BY MATT ROGERS
After a historically hot July, Au-
gust should offer more typical
summer weather without the
same extremes in the Washington
region. But, as the second-hottest
month of the year on average, ex-
pect plenty of steamy weather
with more periods in the 90s and
some occasional severe weather
events, including heavy rains and
gusty winds. As a change of pace,
we m ay t hrow a f ew c ooler respites
into the mix.
Our forecast for August is for
temperatures to run one to three
degrees hotter than the normal
average of 79.8 Fahrenheit and for
rain to run one to three inches
higher t han the normal o f 2.93.
A hot August in 2020 would fit
the recent mold. Over the past 10
years, seven Augusts h ave finished
hotter than normal.
The forecast for a wet August
has a bit of a cheat sheet thanks to
next week’s expected close call
with Hurricane Isaias. The Na-
tional Weather Service is estimat-
ing close to an inch of rain early
next week, but that value could be
higher or lower pending the final
storm track.
However, even if the storm
completely misses our area, the
pattern in early August s hould s till
enhance shower and storm
chances for the Mid-Atlantic.
Three s ets of model system fore-
casts for rainfall over the next two
weeks from the United States, Eu-
rope and Canada, all show above-
normal amounts.
The next two weeks should also
still lean marginally hotter than
normal, with better chances for
90s again later into the second
week of August and into the third
to fourth weeks. Three modeling
systems favor near to slightly
above-normal temperatures
through Aug. 15.
The latest NOAA CFS long-
range model for the second half of
August calls for temperatures
about one to two degrees hotter
than normal with continued
above-normal rainfall.
The main culprit behind this
hot summer is a slow-developing
La Niña pattern in the Pacific
Ocean, which is associated with
cooling water temperatures in
that r egion. As t ropical Pacific w a-
ters gradually cool this summer,
the global wind is slowing down,
which e nables hot, s tagnant zones
of high pressure to linger longer
over the middle l atitudes.
However, we should still have
enough moisture flow into the re-
gion to give us plenty of rain
chances, too. Similar circum-
stances evolved in the toasty sum-
mer of 2016, when a La Niña was
also developing.
[email protected]
CAPITAL WEATHER GANG
August outlook: Not as hot as July,
but still a steamy month in the 90s
MICHAEL S. WILLIAMSON/THE WASHINGTON POST
Summer sunflowers
Antonella Rivas, 13, of Rockville, seeks relief from the heat while posing for another photo — being
taken by her sister — at McKee Beshers Wildlife Management Area in Poolesville, Md.
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