Forecast Updated on Friday, August 21, 2026, at 3:55am by WBOC Chief Meteorologist Mike Lichniak.
Today: Partly cloudy. I think we get away with a mainly dry day. Highs: 75-82. Winds: NW-NE 5-20+ mph.
Tonight: Increasing clouds with the arrival of showers and storms into the morning hours of Saturday. Lows: 69-74. Winds: E-SE 5-20+ mph.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy with on and off rain showers and a few storms possible throughout the day. Highs: 75-80. Winds: SE-S 10-20+ mph.
Saturday Night: Chance for a few showers / storms early. Otherwise, it should become partly cloudy by morning. Lows: 66-72. Winds: S-SW 5-15 mph.
Sunday: Partly cloudy with the chance of a few pop-up showers / storms. Highs: 82-87. Winds: SW 5-20+ mph.
Monday: Mostly sunny. Highs: 79-84. Winds: NE 5-15 mph.
The cold front has cleared Delmarva after a very active weather day on Delmarva with the thunderstorms that we saw yesterday. It will be far enough south that we should have a dry day this Friday with a mix of sun and clouds with temperatures in the 80s inland with highs in the 70s at the beach with the wind from the north and northeast today. We will be watching the clouds increase again into this evening and overnight tonight as the front starts to sneak back north as a warm front and it is as the front arrives that our chances for some rain showers and storms by the morning on Saturday.
The weekend forecast at this point does not look the greatest at this point. Saturday is going to be a gray and dreary day with on and off rain showers and thunderstorms across the region. The big picture about Saturday is the very heavy rain we could see at times after some places picking up on several inches of rain last night from the thunderstorms. I do think we do need to look at the possibility of flash flooding concern in areas for Saturday as the models suggest we could pick up on another 1-3” of rain. Temperatures will be in the 70s for highs and in the mid 70s at the beach as the wind will be in off the Atlantic during the course of the day.
The front will be lingering to our west as head into Sunday so we can’t rule out a couple showers and storms. Even with this lingering chance of a shower or storm, Sunday looks to be the better of the two weekend days as the storm chance doesn’t look as large as it will be on Saturday. Temperatures will be on the warmer side with highs again into the 80s with a bit more humidity. As soon as the front clears on Sunday evening, the humidity will drop quickly as we head into Monday morning.
Less humidity arrives for early next week behind the front as things look to settle down a bit for Monday and Tuesday. Talk about refreshing…some of our coolest communities could fall into the 50s as we wake up on Tuesday morning. We will be looking for another slow moving system that could bring more rain and storms into the region for Wednesday and Thursday of next week.