000 AWUS41 KLWX 012149 RWSWBC MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-WVZ048>055-VAZ021-025>031-036>042- 050>057-DCZ001-012200- REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON 540 PM EDT WED MAY 1 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. HIGH PRESSURE PUSHED BRIEFLY OVER THE REGION TODAY. SUNNY SKIES ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO RISE INTO THE UPPER 60S TO MIDDLE 70S. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE DURING THE DAY. PLEASANT WEATHER WILL BE BRIEF HOWEVER. A WARM FRONT MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH WILL BRING RAIN BACK TO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL FOLLOW LATE THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING A ROUND OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH IT. HIGHS ON THURSDAY WILL SOAR AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT INTO THE MID 80S. $$ STRONG