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REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON
449 PM EDT MON APR 8 2002

THIS WEATHER SUMMARY IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
AND EAST OF GARRETT COUNTY...THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...NORTHERN 
VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND THE 
EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

AFTER A CLOUDY START...THE DAY TURNED OUT MOSTLY SUNNY AND MILD 
ACROSS THE REGION. BY 4PM...TEMPERATURES HAD RISEN TO THE UPPER 60S 
TO LOWER 70S. THE EXCEPTIONS WERE FROM THE CENTRAL FOOTHILLS TO 
PIEDMONT IN VIRGINIA...WHERE TEMPERATURES ROSE TO THE MID 70S...AND 
ALONG THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...WHERE THE COLD WATER CAPPED TEMPERATURES 
IN THE MID 60S. WINDS WERE FROM THE SOUTH...AND HAD INCREASED TO 10 
TO 20 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON...SUPPORTING THE WARM READINGS. 

HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE FURTHER OFFSHORE THIS EVENING AS LOW 
PRESSURE MOVES FROM THE MIDWEST TO THE GREAT LAKES. THE LOW WILL 
MOVE TO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES BY LATE TUESDAY...DRAGGING A COLD 
FRONT THROUGH THE REGION. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AS A 
RESULT...WITH RAIN SHOWERS A POSSIBILITY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT IN 
THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY WESTWARD...AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA 
TOMORROW. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR 50 TONIGHT...AND THEN RISE 
INTO THE UPPER 60S TUESDAY.
 
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HTS