DELMARVA FORECAST
Monday night: Clear and warm. Lows around 70°F.
Tuesday: Sunny and hot. Highs in the mid 90s, with mid 80s at the coast. Winds from the southwest 10 to 15 miles per hour with gusts to 20 miles per hour.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny and warm. Scattered showers and some thunder late. Highs in the low to mid 90s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Thursday: Mainly cloudy with on-and-off showers and thunder. Much cooler. Highs in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Friday: Mostly cloudy with on-and-off showers. Highs in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy with on-and-off showers and thunder. Highs in the low 70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy with on-and-off showers and thunder. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
FORECAST DISCUSSION
Normal high: 75°F. Normal low: 54°F.
Another heat wave has arrived on Delmarva, bringing lots of sunshine and summer-like heat to the peninsula.
The heat will stick around for Tuesday and Wednesday as a Bermuda high supplements an upper ridge over the eastern United States. Expect highs in the mid 90s inland, and 80s at the coast both Tuesday and Wednesday. With dry conditions and low humidity, the heat index should not be an issue.
As the Bermuda high retreats to the east on Wednesday, a cold front will sink down from the north, and bring scattered shower and thunderstorm chances Wednesday afternoon and evening.
The front will sink to just south of Delmarva on Thursday, and will stay there through the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. Temperatures will be much cooler on Thursday, only in the 60s for highs, and will stay on the cooler side through at least Friday.
An unsettled pattern will bring mainly cloudy skies, and on-and-off showers and thunder Thursday through at least Sunday.
In the long range, temperatures are expected to average above normal, and precipitation above normal for May 25 - May 31.
