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Washington DC Sunday Afternoon Weather: 59 and Overcast, With Election Day Fog in the Feed Before a Warm 71

The capital region's Sunday stayed grey and mild into the afternoon at 58.6 degrees. The live feed now shows fog for Election Day morning before Tuesday warms to near 71 - and the week's rain still waits for Thursday and Friday.

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Washington DC Sunday Afternoon Weather: 59 and Overcast, With Election Day Fog in the Feed Before a Warm 71 (Washington Sentinel News)

Washington's first day on standard time stayed under cloud cover into Sunday afternoon. The station's live weather feed read 58.6 degrees and overcast in the early afternoon, feeling like 55, on the way to a Sunday high of 62.6 with only a 1 percent chance of precipitation. Monday remains overcast and a touch warmer at the top end, with a high of 65 and the week's coldest night, a low of 44.5.

Election Day's forecast has picked up a new detail in the current feed: Tuesday now carries a fog code, with a high of 70.8 degrees, a low of 45.8 and a precipitation chance of zero. Voters heading out early on Tuesday should expect the fog first and the warmth later. Wednesday is the week's warmest fully dry day at 74.5 degrees, with rain chances still only 4 percent.

The unsettled half of the week is unchanged. Thursday brings a drizzle code with a high of 74, a mild low of 61.5 and a precipitation chance of 46 percent, and Friday turns showery with a high of 66.1 and a 48 percent chance. Saturday settles back to 67.3 degrees with rain chances easing to 18 percent.

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