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Spot Forecast for Cherry Blossom Festival...National Park Service
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
747 AM EDT Fri Apr 4 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 EDT on April 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

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

.DISCUSSION...
A cold front will waver across the Mid Atlantic through Saturday,
resulting in oscillating temperatures and occasional chances for
showers and thunderstorms. A cold front to the west will eventually
cross through the region on Sunday leading to renewed shower chances.
A secondary cold front will pass through the area Monday night
before high pressure settles over the area by mid-week. Below
normal temperatures are expected much of next week.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Numerous showers early
                    in the morning, then scattered showers and
                    isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........63 percent.
Surface winds (mph).North winds 6 to 9 mph shifting to the
                    northeast 7 to 8 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........97  95  94  94  93  92  92  89  88  89
Weather cov.....NUM SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT ISO     ISO ISO
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW      RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                    ISO
Temp............72  70  69  69  69  69  69  68  68  68
RH..............71  76  76  73  70  68  68  70  65  63
Surface wnd dir.NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE
Surface wnd spd.6   6   8   8   7   9   6   7   8   8
Surface wnd gst.12  10  14  14  12  13  10  10  12  12

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Chance of rain showers
                    in the evening. Slight chance of thunderstorms
                    through the night. Rain showers likely
                    overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 55.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the east
                    late in the evening.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........88  88  90  92  88  94  94  94  94  95  96  98
Weather cov.....SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............68  66  63  62  61  60  60  59  59  58  58  57
RH..............63  68  72  78  78  81  78  80  80  83  83  86
Surface wnd dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Surface wnd spd.7   7   6   6   5   5   5   6   6   7   7   7
Surface wnd gst.10  10  9   8   7   7   7   8   9   9   10  12

$$
Forecaster...Witt
Requested by...Brian Hall
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2508845.0/LWX
.DELDT 04/04/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian_hall@nps.gov