National Weather Service: Special Weather Statement

Dulles, VA

Current Conditions

43 °F / 6 °C

Light Rain

Wind:

13 mph / 20 km/h from the WSW

Dew Point:

36 °F / 2 °C

Pressure:

29.61 in / 1003 hPa

Windchill:

36 °F / 2 °C

Humidity:

76%

Visibility:

7.0 miles / 11.3 kilometers

Observed:

Dulles Airport, VA

Updated — 3:04 PM EST on December 01, 2008

Local Radar

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Locations Nearby:

Dulles Airport
43 °F / 6 °C - Light Rain
Leesburg
45 °F / 7 °C - Mostly Cloudy
Manassas
48 °F / 9 °C - Overcast
Gaithersburg
39 °F / 4 °C - Mostly Cloudy

Forecast for Loudoun (20101)

Monday

Chance of Rain

H 52° / L 29°

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Tuesday

Partly Cloudy

H 43° / L 25°

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Wednesday

Clear

H 49° / L 34°

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Thursday

Chance of Rain

H 49° / L 27°

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Friday

Partly Cloudy

H 40° / L 23°

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Rest of Today

Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with isolated thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 50s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.

Tonight

Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday

Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy in the evening...then clearing. Lows in the upper 20s. West winds around 5 mph.

Wednesday

Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming south in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s.

Thursday

Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain showers. Highs around 50.

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy. Lows around 30.

Friday

Mostly sunny. Highs around 40.

Friday Night

Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s.

Statement as of 3:05 PM EST on December 1, 2008

Special Weather Statement

... Strong thunderstorms to affect the District of Columbia...
Arlington... Carroll... northern Baltimore... Frederick... Howard...
Montgomery... Anne Arundel... Prince Georges... Fauquier... Loudoun...
Harford... southern Baltimore... Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park
and Fairfax counties...

At 305 PM EST... Doppler radar indicated a band of showers and
isolated strong thunderstorms that extended along a line from
northern Baltimore County to western Fairfax and Prince William
County Virginia.

Movement was east at 35 mph.

As this line of showers and storms moved through Gaithersburg
Maryland 48 mph winds were reported. Small hail is also occurring in
the heavier activity.

Rdh

210 PM EST Mon Dec 1 2008

... Strong thunderstorms to affect the District of Columbia...
Arlington... Carroll... northern Baltimore... Frederick... Howard...
Montgomery... Anne Arundel... Prince Georges... Fauquier... Loudoun...
Harford... southern Baltimore... Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park
and Fairfax counties...

At 210 PM EST... Doppler radar indicated a band of showers and
isolated strong thunderstorms that extended along a line from caroll
County southwest into Fauquier County... moving east at 35 mph.

Locations that will likely be affected by these storms include
Westminster... Damascus... Sterling... Dayton... Baltimore... and
Washington DC...

Thunderstorms will contain cloud to ground lightning and the
potential for small hail along with wind gusts around 40 mph.

Bjl