D.C.-area forecast: Heat builds today and tomorrow, dry through at least midweek

Temperatures could touch 90 today with some smoky haze in the sky, before an even hotter and more humid Monday.

A somewhat subjective rating of the day’s weather, on a scale of 0 to 10.Back to summer reality temperature-wise as highs could touch 90, but slightly higher humidity is still lower than the usual August fare.Mostly clear, more muggy. Lows: Mid-60s to low 70s.High pressure keeps us sunny and dry through much of this week. Temperatures trend higher today, topping out near 90 with still fairly low humidity, before an even hotter and more humid Monday with highs in the low to mid-90s.

We’ll cool off to highs mainly in the 80s Tuesday and Wednesday, with lower humidity again and no real rain chances through at least midweek.It’s a partly to mostly sunny and warmer end to the weekend. Temperatures head for afternoon highs in the upper 80s to low 90s as we see some haze from wildfire smoke return to our skies. Humidity is still on the low side for August, just not as low as yesterday, with dew points in the upper 50s to near 60.

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