College Park, Maryland

Short-term forecast
Issued by the National Weather Service at 4:18 am EDT on August 28, 2008

Numerous showers will continue to develop and move north across the mid Atlantic region early this morning. The heaviest activity will continue to be east of the Blue Ridge...from Charlottesville to the I-66 corridor. Much of the Washington and Baltimore areas will continue to see light to moderate rain showers spreading across the area...with slow movement. Areas of the southern Shenandoah Valley will continue to dry out on the backside of the exiting low pressure area...though a few isolated showers will continue to develop and move through the region this morning. Most of the area will receive a tenth to a quarter of an inch through 7 am...with locally higher amounts.


5-day forecast
Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon
Chance of Rain Chance of a Thunderstorm Chance of a Thunderstorm Partly Cloudy Clear
Chance of Rain Chance of T-storms Chance of T-storms Partly Cloudy Clear
74° | 63° 77° | 67° 85° | 67° 86° | 63° 85° | 63°

Current conditions
As of 4:45 AM EDT
at College Park, Maryland

Mostly Cloudy
Temperature: 68°
Wind: ENE 4 mph
Dewpoint: 64°
Humidity: 88%
Visibility: 10.0 miles
Forecast

As of 4:03 am EDT on August 28, 2008

Today...Rain likely. Highs in the mid 70s. East winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.

Tonight...Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds 10 to 15 mph...diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight.

Friday...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the morning... then partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.

Radar
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    Regional conditions
LocationConditionsTemp..
Riverdale Mostly Cloudy 68°
Arlington Light Rain 70°
Andrews Air Force Base Light Drizzle 67°
Fort Meade Mostly Cloudy 66°
Baltimore (Baltimore-Washington International) Light Rain 68°
Fort Belvoir Light Rain 67°
Annapolis Scattered Clouds 72°
Baltimore (Baltimore - Inner Harbor) Unknown 69°
Dulles Light Rain 66°
Chester Scattered Clouds 68°

Almanac

Key: T = Trace of precipitation; MM = data not available
August 28, 2008
Normal high:84° Record high:99° (1948)
Normal low:67° Record low:50° (1874)
Sunrise:6:33 AM Moon Rise: 3:50 AM
Sunset:7:43 PM Moon Set: 6:34 PM
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