239 FPUS71 KLWX 040331 NOWLWX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1131 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012 MDZ009-013-014-040500- MONTGOMERY-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL- 1131 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012 .NOW... AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN RIVERA BEACH...GAITHERSBURG... AND LARGO WILL WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST THROUGH 1AM. COMMUNITIES NORTHEAST OF WASHINGTON DC AND SOUTH OF BALTIMORE CITY CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RAINFALL OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. $$ MDZ006-007-010-011-040500- NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE- 1131 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012 .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE BY 1AM IN BALTIMORE CITY AS WELL AS ITS NORTHERN SUBURBS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH INCH. $$ DCZ001-VAZ042-052>054-501-040500- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-LOUDOUN- PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-NORTHERN FAUQUIER- 1131 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012 .NOW... AN ISOLATED SHOWER WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS ITS WESTERN VIRGINIA SUBURBS THROUGH 1AM. ANY RAINFALL WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH INCH. $$ VAZ029-038>040-050-051-056-040500- PAGE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-ORANGE-CULPEPER-SPOTSYLVANIA- 1131 PM EDT THU MAY 3 2012 .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN LURAY AND SPOTSYLVANIA WILL WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT THROUGH 1AM. ANY RAIN WILL LAST 30 TO 60 MINUTES AND AMOUNT TO ONE-TENTH INCH OR LESS. $$ HTS