Northern Virginia Weather: Regular Programming Resumes

STERLING, VA—We now return you to the Northern Virginia area's regularly scheduled weather for this time of the year, and just in time for the work week. Yep, the heat and humidity have come roaring back and will stick around for the next several days. That's the word from the National Weather Service and other area forecasters.

And as the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang points out: "A cold front ends the heat wave by late Thursday, but it will probably bring showers and storms." Here's the detailed forecast from the National Weather Service's local outpost in Sterling:

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. West wind 3 to 5 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Southwest wind 3 to 5 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Heat index values as high as 100. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 76. South wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 95.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 75.

Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71.

Sunday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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