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National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
846 AM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

VAZ054-222000-
Reagan National Airport-Arlington VA
38.86N  77.03W Elev. 66 ft
846 AM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      79          69          84          65          83
Temp                73 76 78 75 72 70 70 71 78 82 82 77 72 67 65 67 77 81 81 75
Dewpt               68 68 68 68 68 69 68 67 65 61 60 58 58 57 57 57 57 55 54 53
RH                  84 76 71 79 87 97 93 87 64 49 47 52 61 70 75 70 50 41 39 46
Wind dir             E  E  E  E  E  S SW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  W  W  W  W NW
Wind spd             8  9 10  8  5  4  6  9 12 12 13 11 10  8  8  8 12 12 12 10
Clouds              OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     70          60           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.70        0.10           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S  C  C  S
Heat index                                     83 82                   81 81
Max heat                                       83    84                81    81


Date          Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          64    84      67    87      71    86      71    87
Temp          66 65 81 77   68 68 84 80   73 73 84 79   73 73 85 81
Dewpt         55 56 54 57   60 61 63 65   68 68 69 69   70 69 70 69
PWind dir        NW    NW       W    SW       S     S       S     W
Wind char        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL FW FW   FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr          0     0       0    10      30    60      50    30
Rain shwrs                                 S  C  S  L    C  C  S  C
Tstms                                      S  S     S    C        S

$$
MDZ013-222000-
Baltimore/Washington Airport-Anne Arundel MD
39.19N  76.67W Elev. 154 ft
846 AM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      77          67          83          63          81
Temp                73 75 75 72 70 69 68 69 77 81 81 74 70 65 63 65 76 79 79 73
Dewpt               70 70 71 71 70 69 68 69 69 66 64 63 61 59 59 60 61 59 57 58
RH                  90 84 87 97100100100100 76 60 56 69 73 81 87 84 60 50 47 59
Wind dir             E  E  E  E NE  N  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW
Wind spd             6  6  6  4  2  1  2  4  9 10 10  6  5  4  4  4  9 10 10  5
Clouds              OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50          60           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.52        0.06           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S  C  C  S
Heat index                                     83 83
Max heat                                       83    84                      81


Date          Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          62    82      65    85      69    84      70    86
Temp          64 64 80 75   66 67 83 78   71 72 82 77   71 72 84 79
Dewpt         57 58 58 61   63 64 65 68   69 70 72 72   71 71 72 72
PWind dir         W     W      NW     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr          0     0       0    10      20    60      60    30
Rain shwrs                                 S  S  S  L    L  C  S  C
Tstms                                      S  S     S    C        S

$$
MDZ011-222000-
Baltimore Inner Harbor-Baltimore City MD
39.28N  76.61W Elev. 20 ft
846 AM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      79          68          84          65          82
Temp                75 77 77 73 71 70 69 70 78 82 82 75 70 67 65 67 77 80 80 73
Dewpt               65 66 67 67 68 68 68 66 64 61 59 58 58 58 57 57 55 54 54 54
RH                  71 69 71 81 90 93 97 87 62 49 46 55 66 73 75 70 47 41 41 51
Wind dir             E  E  E  E NE  N  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW
Wind spd             5  8  8  4  2  0  1  3  9 10 10  6  4  3  3  4  9 11 10  6
Clouds              OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50          60           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.37        0.11           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S  C  C  S
Heat index                                     83 82                   80 80
Max heat                                       83    84                80    81


Date          Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          63    84      66    86      71    86      71    87
Temp          65 65 82 77   67 69 83 78   72 73 83 78   72 73 84 80
Dewpt         56 55 54 56   60 60 61 63   67 68 68 69   70 69 69 69
PWind dir         W     W      NW     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL CL FW   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr          0     0       0    10      20    60      60    30
Rain shwrs                                 S  S  S  L    L  C  S  C
Tstms                                      S  S     S    C        S

$$
WVZ052-222000-
Martinsburg Airport-Berkeley WV
39.41N  77.98W Elev. 558 ft
846 AM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      79          61          81          57          78
Temp                73 78 77 73 67 66 63 65 75 80 79 71 64 60 57 61 73 78 77 70
Dewpt               65 66 66 66 66 66 63 65 62 58 57 56 57 57 56 57 56 54 53 53
RH                  76 67 69 79 97100100100 64 47 47 59 78 90 96 87 55 43 43 55
Wind dir            SE SE SE SE  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW
Wind spd             4  8  8  5  3  1  3  6 11 12 11  6  4  4  5  6 10 11 11  6
Clouds              OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                     40          90           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.15           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C  D  L  C
Tstms                   S  C  C
Obvis                              PF
Heat index                                     81
Max heat                                       81    81


Date          Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          55    81      57    84      64    84      64    85
Temp          57 59 81 74   61 61 82 77   67 68 82 77   68 68 83 78
Dewpt         54 54 55 56   58 59 61 62   64 66 68 68   67 67 67 67
PWind dir         W    NW      NW     S      SE     S      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL CL FW FW   FW FW SC B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     5      10    50      40    30
Rain shwrs                                       S  C    C        C
Tstms                                               S    S        S

$$
VAZ506-222000-
Washington Dulles Airport-Loudoun VA
38.96N  77.45W Elev. 321 ft
846 AM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      79          66          83          61          81
Temp                73 77 77 73 70 68 67 68 77 81 81 74 67 63 61 63 75 79 79 73
Dewpt               70 72 71 71 70 68 67 68 68 65 63 63 61 60 58 59 61 59 57 57
RH                  90 85 82 93100100100100 74 58 54 69 81 90 90 87 62 50 47 57
Wind dir             E  E  E  E  W SW SW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  W  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd             4  5  5  4  2  1  2  4 10 10 10  6  4  3  3  3  9 10 10  6
Clouds              OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50          60           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.63        0.05           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S  C  C
Heat index                                     83 82
Max heat                                       83    84                      81


Date          Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          59    83      62    86      68    85      68    87
Temp          61 61 81 76   64 65 83 79   70 70 83 78   70 70 84 79
Dewpt         56 56 59 60   61 63 67 68   68 69 73 72   70 70 73 72
PWind dir        NW    NW      NW     S       S     S       S    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     5      30    60      50    30
Rain shwrs                                    C  S  L    C  S     C
Tstms                                         S     S    S        S

$$
VAZ037-222000-
Charlottesville Airport-Albemarle VA
38.14N  78.45W Elev. 640 ft
846 AM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      80          64          84          58          82
Temp                72 78 78 72 69 68 66 66 77 82 82 72 66 61 58 60 76 81 81 71
Dewpt               68 69 69 69 69 68 66 65 62 57 56 56 56 56 55 57 55 54 52 54
RH                  87 74 74 90100100100 97 60 43 41 57 70 84 90 90 48 39 37 55
Wind dir            NE  E SE  E  N  N SW  W  W  W  W NW NW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd             3  4  4  2  0  0  3  5  8  8  9  6  5  3  3  4  6  6  8  8
Clouds              B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW CL CL FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                     40          60           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.07           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  S  C  L  S
Tstms                   S  C  C
Obvis                            F  F
Heat index                                     82 82                   81
Max heat                     83                82    83                81    81


Date          Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          57    83      61    85      66    84      67    86
Temp          59 59 81 74   64 63 83 77   69 69 82 75   69 69 85 77
Dewpt         54 54 54 58   58 58 64 66   67 68 70 70   69 69 69 70
PWind dir        NW    SW       E     S      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     5      20    70      40    30
Rain shwrs                                 S  S  C  L    C        C
Tstms                                               C    S        S

$$
MDZ003-222000-
Hagerstown Airport-Washington MD
39.71N  77.73W Elev. 705 ft
846 AM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      80          63          80          58          78
Temp                74 79 77 72 68 66 65 65 74 79 77 70 63 60 58 60 72 77 76 68
Dewpt               66 69 69 68 68 66 65 65 65 63 62 61 60 59 57 59 60 58 58 57
RH                  76 72 76 87100100100100 74 58 60 73 90 96 96 96 66 52 54 68
Wind dir            SE SE SE SE  E SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  W  W  W  W NW
Wind spd             4  6  6  5  3  3  3  4 10 11 11  6  3  3  3  4 10 11 11  6
Clouds              OV B2 B2 B1 OV B2 B2 SC FW SC SC CL FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          90           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.20           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C  D  L  C  S
Tstms                   S  C  C  S


Date          Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          56    81      59    84      65    84      66    85
Temp          58 58 80 73   61 62 81 77   67 68 82 77   68 68 83 78
Dewpt         56 56 59 61   59 60 64 65   65 67 70 70   68 68 70 69
PWind dir         W     W      NW    SW      SE     S       S    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL CL FW FW   FW SC FW B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0     0       0     5      10    50      40    20
Rain shwrs                                          C    C  S     S
Tstms                                               S    S        S

$$
MDZ017-222000-
Patuxent River NAS MD
38.29N  76.41W Elev. 39 ft
846 AM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      79          69          85          67          82
Temp                75 77 77 74 72 71 70 71 79 83 83 76 73 69 67 69 77 80 81 74
Dewpt               71 72 71 72 71 71 70 70 69 66 65 66 65 62 61 62 61 60 59 62
RH                  87 85 82 93 97100100 97 72 57 55 71 76 78 81 78 58 51 47 66
Wind dir             E  E  E SE SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  W  W  W NW
Wind spd             9  8  8  4  3  3  4  5  8  6  6  3  4  5  5  5  6  5  5  3
Clouds              OV B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     70          40          10           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.72        0.09           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           L  C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S  C  C  S
Heat index                                     85 85                   81 81
Max heat                                       85    87                81    82


Date          Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          67    82      68    84      72    84      71    85
Temp          69 69 80 75   72 72 81 79   74 75 82 79   74 74 83 80
Dewpt         60 61 59 63   65 66 67 69   70 71 72 73   72 72 73 73
PWind dir        NW    NW      SW     S       S     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   FW SC FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr          0     0       0    20      30    50      50    30
Rain shwrs                            S    C  C  S  C    C  C  S  C
Tstms                                      S  S     S    S        S

$$
WVZ502-222000-
Petersburg WV
38.99N  79.15W Elev. 963 ft
846 AM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      83          60          79          55          77
Temp                75 81 78 70 66 63 61 62 73 79 75 67 61 57 55 57 71 77 74 66
Dewpt               67 68 69 68 66 63 61 62 62 59 59 57 57 56 54 55 56 54 53 54
RH                  76 65 74 93100100100100 68 50 58 70 87 96 96 93 59 45 48 65
Wind dir             E SE SE  S SW  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd             1  2  3  2  3  2  3  3  9 10 10  5  3  2  2  2  8  9 10  3
Clouds              OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                     70          70           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.14        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                   S  C  C  S
Heat index             84
Max heat               84    85


Date          Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          52    82      56    87      62    86      62    87
Temp          54 54 81 70   58 58 84 75   64 64 83 75   65 65 84 77
Dewpt         52 52 56 58   55 55 62 64   62 63 68 68   65 65 68 67
PWind dir         W    NW       W    SW      SW     S      SW    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL FW CL FW   FW SC FW SC   SC B1 B1 B2   B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          0     0       0    10      10    60      30    30
Rain shwrs                                       C  L    C        C
Tstms                                               S    S        S

$$
MDZ014-222000-
Annapolis MD
38.99N  76.49W Elev. 7 ft
846 AM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

Date             Sat 08/22/26            Sun 08/23/26            Mon 08/24/26
EDT 3hrly     05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      78          68          84          66          81
Temp                76 77 78 75 72 70 69 70 79 84 84 78 72 68 66 68 77 81 81 76
Dewpt               68 68 68 69 70 70 69 68 67 64 62 61 62 60 59 59 58 57 56 57
RH                  76 74 71 82 93100100 93 67 51 48 56 71 76 78 73 52 44 42 52
Wind dir             E  E  E  E SE  N  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW
Wind spd             9 10  9  6  1  0  3  5 10 11 10  6  6  5  5  6 10 11 10  6
Clouds              OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60          60           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.53        0.27           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                   S  C  C  S
Heat index                                     85 85                   81 81
Max heat                                       85    85                81    81


Date          Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26  Thu 08/27/26  Fri 08/28/26
EDT 6hrly     02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20   02 08 14 20
UTC 6hrly     06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00

Min/Max          65    82      67    85      71    85      71    86
Temp          67 67 81 77   69 70 82 78   73 73 83 79   73 73 84 80
Dewpt         58 58 56 61   64 65 66 68   69 70 72 71   71 71 72 72
PWind dir        NW     W       W     S       S     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr          0     0       0    10      30    50      60    30
Rain shwrs                                 S  C  S  C    L  C  S  C
Tstms                                      S  S     S    C        S

$$