Right now84°Feels 88° · Mostly Cloudy
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Current concerns
Outside today
Air quality is today's main catch.
Moderate, with fine particles doing the heavy lifting.
- Rain
- 21%peak today
- Wind
- 11 mphright now
- Air
- 55US AQI · Moderate
How today changes
The next 24 hours
A fairly easy outdoor day: 84° now, with no major weather interruption in sight.
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A little farther out
The next five days
Today looks fairly quiet.
- Rain
- 21%
- Wind
- 10 mph
Monday looks fairly quiet.
- Rain
- 20%
- Wind
- 6 mph
Tuesday brings notable heat.
- Rain
- 20%
- Wind
- 8 mph
Wednesday brings notable heat.
- Rain
- 19%
- Wind
- 10 mph
Thursday brings notable heat.
- Rain
- 40%
- Wind
- 16 mph
- 90° / 78°Today looks fairly quiet.21% rain · Wind 10 mph
- 94° / 73°Monday looks fairly quiet.20% rain · Wind 6 mph
- 98° / 75°Tuesday brings notable heat.20% rain · Wind 8 mph
- 98° / 78°Wednesday brings notable heat.19% rain · Wind 10 mph
- 96° / 78°Thursday brings notable heat.40% rain · Wind 16 mph
Environmental watch
Air quality + smoke
Air quality
Northern Virginia and DC area · Updated Sun 1:00 PMModerate through Wed.
Sky check
No smoke overhead
Satellite view · Updated Sun 1:41 PMAir near ground55 · Moderate US AQI
See smoke mapHow we know
Air quality describes Northern Virginia and DC area, about 1 miles from this place.
Smoke comes from a satellite view overhead. It shows smoke in the sky, not how much has reached breathing level.
Sources AirNow · participating air agencies · preliminary real-time US AQI · NOAA Hazard Mapping System · satellite-observed smoke · AirNow · participating air agencies · US AQI · National Weather Service · hourly weather and alerts · NIFC WFIGS · current interagency fire perimeters
Rain, in motion
Washington radar
Four recent hours, ending at Sun, 2:20 PM EDT.
Radar loads when you reach it.
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