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Washington DC Week Ahead: A Dry, Mild Start Gives Way to Warmer Days and Rain Chances Thursday and Friday

The capital region starts the week dry and mild, warms into the low 70s on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then sees rain chances climb to 40% on Thursday and 46% on Friday, according to the station's live weather feed.

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Washington DC Week Ahead: A Dry, Mild Start Gives Way to Warmer Days and Rain Chances Thursday and Friday (Washington Sentinel News)

The week ahead in Washington starts the way Halloween night ended: dry, overcast and mild. Sunday's high is near 63 with a low near 46 and only a 4% chance of precipitation, and Monday is similar, with a high near 64, a low near 44 and a 5% rain chance, according to the station's live Open-Meteo feed, read Saturday evening with conditions at 52.6 degrees and overcast skies.

The warm-up arrives midweek. Tuesday's high reaches about 71 with a low near 52 and no rain expected, and Wednesday is the warmest dry day of the stretch, with a high near 74, a low near 56 and a rain chance of just 7%, the feed shows. Those are well-above-average temperatures for the first week of November in the capital region.

The pattern breaks late in the week. Thursday turns to drizzle with a high near 72, a low near 59 and a 40% precipitation chance, and Friday brings rain showers, a high near 76, a low near 63 and a 46% chance, according to the feed. The station's Weather Desk will update the outlook as the late-week system takes shape.

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