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Spot Forecast for Cherry Blossom Festival...National Park Service
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
950 AM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1000 EDT on April 03.
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 drop south into the region from PA late this morning
and stall over northern Maryland. This front will be the focus for
continued shower development, but most showers should remain north of
the district. Isolated showers will be possible in DC through early this
afternoon. Thunderstorms will be possible later this afternoon and into
this evening with some storms having the potential to produce strong,
gusty winds. Damaging wind gusts can`t be ruled out if clearing in cloud
cover allows increased instability as a weak boundary passes through this
afternoon and into this evening. Afternoon temperatures should peak in
the upper 70s to lower 80s with wind gusts between 25 and 35 mph possible.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of showers and
                    areas of drizzle late in the morning, then
                    slight chance of showers late in the morning.
                    Chance of showers and slight chance of
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 12 to 17 mph with gusts to
                    around 29 mph.

TIME (EDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........94  94  92  90  92  86  83  84
Weather cov.....CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                            SCH
Temp............66  70  73  76  78  80  81  80
Surface wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Surface wnd spd.12  13  15  16  17  17  16  16
Surface wnd gst.22  25  26  28  29  29  26  26

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Chance of
                    thunderstorms in the evening. Showers likely
                    through the night. Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 62.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 6 to 14 mph shifting to the
                    west around 6 mph early in the morning.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........86  77  76  82  88  88  86  89  90  90  92  91
Weather cov.....CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY 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 CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Temp............79  77  74  74  72  71  69  69  68  68  68  67
Surface wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W
Surface wnd spd.14  12  9   8   7   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
Surface wnd gst.24  18  13  14  13  13  12  10  10  10  12  12

$$
Forecaster...Geiger
Requested by...Brian Hall
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2508768.0/LWX
.DELDT 04/03/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian_hall@nps.gov