964  
FNUS71 KLWX 291411  
FWSLWX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR REHEARSAL...NPS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
1011 AM EDT WED APR 29 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1526 EDT ON APRIL 29.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS  
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
RAIN SHOWERS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT  
TRACKS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME THUNDERSTORMS, A FEW OF WHICH MAY BE  
SEVERE, PUSH THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING ALONG A COLD FRONT.  
THE PRIMARY THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY IS DAMAGING WINDS, BUT  
AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT EITHER. HOWEVER, WE  
WILL NEED TO SEE SOME DECENT CLEARING OF THESE LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS  
FOR THAT TO BE POSSIBLE.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SHOWERS EXPECTED,  
BEGINNING BY LATE MORNING, WITH THE CHANCE OF  
A THUNDERSTORM LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......100 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...30 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.  
MIN HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 11 MPH, WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH.  
STRONGER GUSTS POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
TIME (EDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........95 92 90  
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........SCH SCH CHC  
CHC OF PCPN (%).80 90 100  
CHC OF THDR (%).20 20 30  
TEMP............63 63 61  
RH..............80 90 95  
SURFACE WND DIR.S S S  
SURFACE WND SPD.9 10 10  
SURFACE WND GST.17 17 17  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT) AFTER 9 PM.  
SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS  
EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......100 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...40 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.  
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 12 MPH, WITH GUSTS UP  
TO 18 MPH. STRONGER GUSTS IN THUNDERSTORMS.  
WINDS THEN SHIFT FROM THE NORTHWEST 15 TO 18  
MPH LATE IN THE EVENING, GUSTING TO 25 MPH  
OVERNIGHT.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........87 85 82 59 36 13 33 23 19 30 31 21  
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........CHC CHC SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).100 80 40 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
CHC OF THDR (%).40 40 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............64 64 63 61 59 58 56 54 52 52 50 48  
RH..............100 100 90 81 80 77 77 80 80 77 77 74  
SURFACE WND DIR.S SW SW W W NW NW NW NW NW W NW  
SURFACE WND SPD.12 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 17 17 17 16  
SURFACE WND GST.17 18 18 20 20 21 21 22 23 25 25 25  
 

 
FORECASTER...LEDBETTER  
REQUESTED BY...JON BECK  
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER  
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.DELDT 04/29/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JFBECK@NPS.GOV  
 
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