Rain was on the widespread side for a while today, which helped keep temperatures toward the lower end of forecast. Highs around 50 are about 10 degrees below average for the date. More cool and clammy conditions are ahead tonight and tomorrow. A low pressure area developing on a passing frontal zone is set to keep the weather on the wet side, especially as one heads east across the region.
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Through Tonight: A couple showers dot the area at times this evening, but it's generally something of a lull compared to earlier. Patchy fog develops into the night and new rounds of showers or light rain are increasingly likely, approaching and especially after midnight. Temperatures don't move far during the night, maybe downward a couple degrees most spots. Mainly mid- and upper 40s for lows. Winds blow lightly out of the north and northeast.
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Tomorrow (Thursday): Showers and patchy fog are probably ongoing in the morning. Light rain or widespread showers can last much of the day, particularly east of Interstate 95 before tapering in the afternoon or evening. Another half inch or more is possible locally before it ends, with less west and more east. Highs range from near 50 to the mid-50s. Winds blow from the northwest near 10 mph with gusts around 20 mph.
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Rain (so far): Much of the immediate area picked up between a quarter and three-quarters of an inch of rain in the first batch of showers and rain today, with a focus near and east of Interstate 95 and much less for far western suburbs. Dulles picked up 0.28 inches, while Washington tallied 0.66 inches. Baltimore's total stands at 0.74 inches.
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