Clouds: Latest mid-Atlantic infrared satellite shows movement of clouds over past two hours. Refresh page to update. See more maps on our Weather Wall.
A fleeting day of summer weather is behind us, with Tuesday afternoon highs maxing out in the upper 70s at Reagan National, and at least 81 degrees at Dulles. Now it’s time for the cool down.
Through Tonight: Skies are partly to mostly cloudy this evening — maybe not as great for rocket launch-viewing as Monday, but you should still be able to see the Antares rocket through the breaks in the clouds. Lows are in the upper 50s in the city, and the low to mid-50s in the cooler suburbs. Winds from the south at 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow (Wednesday): Clouds build through Wednesday morning, and highs in the mid-60s occur in the early afternoon ahead of the cold front. Rain will begin to move into the western suburbs in the morning, spreading east into the immediate D.C. metro around midday. Rainfall totals should be relatively low — no more than a tenth to a quarter of an inch. Winds shift to northwest in the morning around 5 mph. In the evening, temperatures drop behind the front, dipping into the low 50s by 8 p.m., with overnight lows falling to the 40s.
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A crescent moon over D.C. at sunset on Monday night. (Richard Barnhill via Flickr)
Hurricane Gonzalo stirs up sediment around Bermuda
On October 17, Hurricane Gonzalo made landfall in Bermuda as a category 3. Examining visible satellite imagery, the hurricane left its mark on the island. NASA writes:
The Operational Land Imager on the Landsat 8 satellite acquired these two natural-color views of Bermuda. The top image was acquired on October 2, 2014, and the second was acquired on October 18, a day after Gonzalo passed through. Turn on the image comparison tool to see the movement of sediment, as well as some changes on the island itself.
After the storm, visible plumes of sediment stretch 25 to 30 kilometers from Bermuda. They extend mostly to the south and east of the island, suggesting that the last winds from the storm may have been out of the northwest. The suspended sediments were likely a combination of beach sand and carbonate sediments from around the shallows and reefs.
Satellite imagery shows Bermuda sediment stirred up after Hurricane Gonzalo passed over on October 17. (NASA)
