Mother's Day Weather In Northern Virginia: Temperature Shift

STERLING, VA—Northern Virginia's Mother's Day weekend weather forecast calls for a beautiful Saturday and a not-so-beautiful Sunday, although the latter might not be all that distasteful. That's the word from the National Weather Service's satellite headquarters in Sterling as well as other area forecasters.

Highs on Saturday should max out a little above 90 degrees under mostly sunny skies, after which clouds and some showers should move in that night along with wind gusts of up to 20 mph. Rain is likely for parts of Sunday, and in the opinion of the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang, "there seems a decent chance that we stay in the 60s all day, although this time of year it’s easy to warm up quickly with any breaks in the cloud cover."

So there you go. Here's the detailed forecast from the National Weather Service:

Friday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 11pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming south after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 92. South wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Light and variable wind becoming northeast around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday Night: Showers likely, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. East wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 79. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday Night: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 64. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

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