Beautiful Weather Is Coming To Herndon

HERNDON, VA -- We're just a couple of weeks away from the start of football and the return of school, but it's still August and it's still more than a month until the official start of fall. Despite that, we're about to get some beautiful weather this week in Herndon as an appetizer of sorts to the autumn months.

The week doesn't start out great. It'll be muggy and cloudy on Monday, and then showers and thunderstorms will come rolling in Tuesday afternoon. But after that: "weather bliss," as the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang put it.

Wednesday will still be slightly hot, with the National Weather Service predicting highs in the mid-80s, but how's this for a high on Thursday: 79 degrees.

Friday will be solid as well with highs topping out in the low 80s, with the same story on Saturday before temperatures start to creep back up into the high 80s by Sunday.

Other than Tuesday, things should mostly be dry, especially Thursday through Sunday, according to NWS.

CWG notes that the nice weather is due to a big cold front rolling through that will be responsible for making Tuesday a wet one.

The weather will be delightful not just because of the low temperatures, but because it will feature dry air -- a nice respite from the mugginess that typically bogs down August days.

Here's the full seven-day forecast from NWS:

Today
Scattered showers, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. East wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. East wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tuesday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 83. East wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. South wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 66.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 79.
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 62.
Friday
Sunny, with a high near 82.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 64.
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 83.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 68.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 87.

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