Plaincast
What the forecast actually says — NWS Area Forecast Discussions, decoded into plain English.
Plaincast decodes the National Weather Service's Area Forecast Discussion — the real forecast, written 3 to 4 times a day by the meteorologist on shift — into plain English. The discussion is where a forecaster explains their reasoning: which models disagree, what they are watching, and how confident they are. Below is the current edition for Washington DC, with its shorthand expanded. The full experience — an AI plain-English summary beside the annotated original — loads with JavaScript, and every one of the 68 forecast offices has its own edition.
The Frost Advisory expired. Coastal Flood Advisories were issued for Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, and King George Counties through this afternoon's high tide. Minimal changes are needed to the forecast, but will be evaluating the extent of frost/freeze products needed for tonight.
1) Frost or freezing temperatures are possible in many areas tonight and Sunday night.
2) Dry weather continues through next week along with generally seasonable temperatures.
This is the plain-text edition, decoded without AI so it loads anywhere. Read the whole Washington DC discussion at /o/LWX/, see what changed since the last one, or open The National Desk for where the weather is today.
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