Tons of people will head to the beach today.  Good luck finding a spot to put your beach umbrella.  Highs will be in the mid-upper 80s.  There’s a low threat for rip currents, but remember… It’s low threat, not no threat.  When you have tens of thousands of people at the beach, then the odds are good that someone will be affected by them.  So be careful, don’t panic, and swim parallel to the shore if you get caught in one.  The weather will be great with more dry weather expected.  Look at these dewpoints:

They are still unseasonably low which makes the holiday feel even better.  No dog days here. 

  The fireworks look ok tonight.  However, our computer model is still advertising isolated thundestorms north of the metro at 9:00pm.  I’m crossing my fingers that they stay outside the viewing area, but there is a shot especially from around Gloucester county up to Tappahannock for this evening. 

Tomorrow an area of low pressure along with a warm front move close to the region.  We’ll probably stay on the cool side of the front, but the features will still create showers and thunderstorms for tomorrow.  With all the dryness we’ve had recently,  I wonder if it will knock down the coverage.  For now the computer models are showing about 60-70% coverage.  We’ll update tomorrow.  We are still down 1.47″ of rainfall for the year.  Even with the wet June that we saw.  Interesting.

Anyway, have a happy and safe holiday everyone!

Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler