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National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
1101 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2026

VAZ054-012000-
Reagan National Airport-Arlington VA
38.86N  77.03W Elev. 66 ft
1101 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date             Thu 10/01/26            Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26
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                      85          66          88          61          69
Temp                   82 84 77 72 70 68 66 77 86 85 77 72 68 64 61 63 67 67 63
Dewpt                  62 60 62 60 59 58 58 62 64 66 67 65 61 56 52 52 52 52 53
RH                     51 44 60 66 68 70 75 60 48 53 71 79 78 75 72 67 59 59 70
Wind dir               SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W NW  N  N  N  N NE NE  E
Wind spd                8  9  6  6  8  6  6  8 10 10 12 13 13 13 12 11  9  8  6
Clouds                 SC SC SC FW SC SC FW SC FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          40          60          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         S  C  C  L  L  C  C
Heat index             83 84                   87 87
Max heat               83    84                87    88


Date          Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26
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          58    66      58    71      49    61      47    64
Temp          60 59 64 62   61 59 69 64   54 49 60 55   49 48 63 58
Dewpt         54 55 59 60   59 57 55 49   43 39 39 41   40 40 45 47
PWind dir         E     E       N    NW       N     N       W     S
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 OV OV   OV B2 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40    70      30     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs        C  L  L    C
Tstms                S

$$
MDZ013-012000-
Baltimore/Washington Airport-Anne Arundel MD
39.19N  76.67W Elev. 154 ft
1101 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date             Thu 10/01/26            Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26
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          64          87          59          68
Temp                   81 81 73 70 68 66 65 77 85 84 75 69 65 61 59 63 66 66 63
Dewpt                  64 63 64 63 61 59 60 65 67 69 68 65 60 55 53 54 54 53 55
RH                     56 54 73 78 78 78 84 67 55 61 79 87 84 81 80 72 65 63 75
Wind dir               SW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N NE  E  E
Wind spd                4  4  4  3  4  4  4  5  6  5  6  6  8  9  8  8  6  5  3
Clouds                 SC SC SC FW SC FW SC SC FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0          20          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            L  L  C  C
Heat index             83 82                   88 88
Max heat               83    84                88    89


Date          Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26
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    64      56    69      47    60      46    62
Temp          59 57 63 62   59 58 68 62   53 48 58 55   49 47 61 57
Dewpt         55 56 60 61   59 57 57 51   43 41 41 43   42 42 47 49
PWind dir         E     E       N    NW      NW     N      NW     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 OV   OV B2 SC SC   FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30    60      30     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs        C  L  L    C  S

$$
MDZ011-012000-
Baltimore Inner Harbor-Baltimore City MD
39.28N  76.61W Elev. 20 ft
1101 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date             Thu 10/01/26            Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26
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                      84          66          88          59          70
Temp                   82 83 77 72 69 67 67 78 86 85 76 70 66 61 59 64 68 68 63
Dewpt                  62 61 63 61 60 59 58 62 64 66 65 63 59 54 50 51 51 50 51
RH                     51 47 62 68 73 75 73 58 48 53 69 78 78 78 72 63 54 52 65
Wind dir               SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E
Wind spd                5  6  3  3  4  3  3  8  8  6  8  8  8  9  8  8  6  5  3
Clouds                 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           5          20          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            L  L  C  C
Heat index             83 83                   87 87
Max heat               83    83                87    88


Date          Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26
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          58    66      58    71      48    62      46    64
Temp          59 58 64 63   60 59 69 63   53 49 59 56   48 47 61 58
Dewpt         53 53 56 57   58 55 53 48   42 39 38 40   41 40 43 46
PWind dir         E     E       N    NW      NW     N      NW    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 OV   OV B2 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         20    60      30     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs        S  C  L    C

$$
WVZ052-012000-
Martinsburg Airport-Berkeley WV
39.41N  77.98W Elev. 558 ft
1101 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date             Thu 10/01/26            Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26
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                      85          60          86          55          69
Temp                   83 85 75 67 64 62 62 79 84 82 71 65 61 57 55 62 67 67 59
Dewpt                  58 59 60 60 58 57 56 61 64 65 64 61 56 52 51 49 48 47 50
RH                     43 41 60 78 81 84 81 54 51 56 79 87 84 83 86 62 50 49 72
Wind dir               SW SW  N SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E
Wind spd                5  4  0  2  2  2  3  5 12 10 10 10  9  8  6  8  6  6  2
Clouds                 SC FW SC FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5           0          40          60           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            L  L  S  S
Heat index             83 85                   85 84
Max heat               83    85                85    86


Date          Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26
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    66      53    71      43    62      40    66
Temp          55 54 64 59   56 54 69 59   49 44 60 52   44 42 64 56
Dewpt         50 51 54 57   56 54 50 46   41 38 37 39   38 37 42 45
PWind dir         E     E       N    NW      NW     N       E     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 OV B2   B2 B1 SC SC   CL FW FW FW   CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30    50      10     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs        C  C  C

$$
VAZ506-012000-
Washington Dulles Airport-Loudoun VA
38.96N  77.45W Elev. 321 ft
1101 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date             Thu 10/01/26            Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26
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                      85          62          88          58          68
Temp                   83 83 73 70 67 64 63 78 86 83 73 68 64 60 58 62 66 66 60
Dewpt                  62 62 62 62 60 59 59 65 67 70 69 66 62 57 54 55 55 55 56
RH                     49 49 68 76 78 84 87 64 53 65 87 93 93 90 86 78 68 68 87
Wind dir               SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NE  E
Wind spd                3  4  4  4  4  3  3  4  6  5  8 10  9 10  9  8  5  4  3
Clouds                 SC FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0          30          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            L  L  C  C  S  S
Heat index             84 84                   89 87
Max heat               84    85                89    91


Date          Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26
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          54    65      54    70      45    60      42    64
Temp          57 56 63 61   59 57 68 61   50 45 59 53   45 44 63 56
Dewpt         55 56 61 61   58 56 58 52   44 41 42 43   41 41 48 50
PWind dir         E     E       N    NW      NW     N      SW     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 OV OV   B2 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40    60      20     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs        C  L  L    S

$$
VAZ037-012000-
Charlottesville Airport-Albemarle VA
38.14N  78.45W Elev. 640 ft
1101 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date             Thu 10/01/26            Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26
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                      86          60          88          59          67
Temp                   85 84 73 68 64 62 61 79 88 86 75 70 67 62 59 63 65 65 61
Dewpt                  57 57 58 58 57 57 57 60 62 64 66 67 64 60 57 53 51 51 53
RH                     39 40 59 70 78 84 87 52 42 48 74 90 90 93 93 70 60 60 75
Wind dir                S  S  S SW SW SW  S SW SW SW  W  N NE NE  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                6  8  5  5  3  3  4  5  8  8  5  4  6  9  9  8  6  5  2
Wind gust                                                     19
Clouds                 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          70          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.07        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                 S                       S
Heat index                                     88 87
Max heat               84    85                88    89


Date          Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26
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    64      55    74      45    63      41    66
Temp          58 57 62 62   58 57 72 64   51 46 62 53   45 43 65 57
Dewpt         54 54 57 59   58 56 55 51   45 40 39 41   39 38 43 46
PWind dir        NE    NE       N     N       N    NE       N     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV OV OV OV   B2 B2 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         60    70      20     5       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     C  L  L  L    S
Tstms          S  S  S

$$
MDZ003-012000-
Hagerstown Airport-Washington MD
39.71N  77.73W Elev. 705 ft
1101 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date             Thu 10/01/26            Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26
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                      84          61          86          54          68
Temp                   81 83 74 68 65 62 62 77 84 81 70 63 59 56 54 62 66 66 59
Dewpt                  60 61 61 61 60 59 58 62 66 68 65 61 56 53 51 51 50 49 51
RH                     49 47 64 78 84 90 87 60 55 65 84 93 90 90 90 67 56 54 75
Wind dir               SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE
Wind spd                5  5  4  3  2  2  3  5 11 10  9  9  8  6  6  6  5  5  3
Clouds                 FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          40          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         C  C  C
Heat index             82 83                   86 84
Max heat               82    83                86    86


Date          Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26
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          50    65      52    69      42    60      40    64
Temp          54 52 63 59   56 53 67 59   47 43 59 52   44 42 63 56
Dewpt         50 51 56 58   56 53 52 47   41 39 39 40   38 38 44 46
PWind dir         E     E       N    NW      NW     N      SE     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         10    50      10     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs           C  C

$$
MDZ017-012000-
Patuxent River NAS MD
38.29N  76.41W Elev. 39 ft
1101 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date             Thu 10/01/26            Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26
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          67          86          61          64
Temp                   82 81 73 71 70 68 68 77 85 84 76 72 68 64 61 61 63 63 61
Dewpt                  64 64 63 61 60 59 60 63 64 66 66 66 64 60 57 57 57 56 56
RH                     55 56 71 71 71 73 76 62 50 55 71 81 87 87 87 87 81 78 84
Wind dir                S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S SW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE
Wind spd                8  6  6  8  8  9  9  9  8  5  5  6 10 13 13 12 10  8  5
Clouds                 SC SC SC FW SC SC FW SC FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          50          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.15        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  S
Heat index             83 83                   86 86
Max heat               83    84                86    87


Date          Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26
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    63      60    67      53    60      51    62
Temp          61 60 63 63   63 60 66 63   58 53 59 57   54 53 61 59
Dewpt         56 59 62 62   61 60 58 54   48 44 43 43   44 45 47 49
PWind dir        NE    NE       N     N       N     N      NE    SE
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 OV OV OV   OV OV B2 SC   FW FW FW CL   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50    70      50     5       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     S  C  L  L    C  S
Tstms             S  S  S

$$
WVZ502-012000-
Petersburg WV
38.99N  79.15W Elev. 963 ft
1101 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date             Thu 10/01/26            Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26
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                      86          59          86          53          67
Temp                   84 86 74 64 62 61 61 79 84 82 71 65 60 55 53 58 65 66 59
Dewpt                  59 59 61 59 56 53 55 64 66 67 66 63 59 55 52 53 52 51 51
RH                     43 40 64 84 81 75 81 60 55 61 84 93 96100 96 83 63 58 75
Wind dir                W  W SW  S  S  S  S  W  W  W  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E SE
Wind spd                4  3  2  3  3  3  3  6 10  6  3  3  3  3  3  3  2  2  1
Clouds                 FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          50          80          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.10        0.10           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         C  D  D  L  L  S  S
Heat index             84                      86 85
Max heat               84    85                86    87


Date          Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26
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          51    67      52    71      39    63      39    69
Temp          53 53 65 61   56 54 68 59   44 40 60 53   43 41 67 58
Dewpt         50 51 58 59   56 53 52 48   42 39 40 41   38 37 45 47
PWind dir        SE    SE      NW    NW      NW    NE       S     S
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 OV B2   B2 B2 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40    50      10     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs        C  C  C

$$
MDZ014-012000-
Annapolis MD
38.99N  76.49W Elev. 7 ft
1101 AM EDT Thu Oct 1 2026

Date             Thu 10/01/26            Fri 10/02/26            Sat 10/03/26
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                      81          66          84          60          67
Temp                   80 80 73 70 69 67 67 77 84 83 75 69 66 62 60 62 65 66 62
Dewpt                  65 65 66 63 61 60 60 63 65 66 67 66 61 57 54 54 54 53 54
RH                     60 60 79 78 76 78 78 62 53 57 76 90 84 84 81 75 68 63 75
Wind dir                S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S SW  W  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E
Wind spd                8  8  6  5  6  6  5  8  9  8  6  6 10 11 10 11 10  8  4
Clouds                 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0          20          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  S  S
Heat index             82 82                   86 85
Max heat               82    83                86    86


Date          Sun 10/04/26  Mon 10/05/26  Tue 10/06/26  Wed 10/07/26
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    65      57    69      51    61      49    62
Temp          60 59 64 61   61 59 67 62   56 51 59 57   52 50 60 59
Dewpt         55 57 59 60   60 58 58 52   45 43 42 42   44 45 47 49
PWind dir         E    NE       N    NW       N     N      NW    SE
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 OV OV   OV B2 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30    60      30     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs        C  L  L    C
Tstms                S  S

$$