AccuWeather's Dan DePodwin says rainy and mild weather, on Jan. 31, could dampen the search and recovery efforts of the tragic plane collision that occurred over Washington, D.C.
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00:00down. Thankfully, yesterday we had a lot of dry air and a lot of sunshine here across Washington,
00:06D.C., but it has been the forecast all week. Today is a little bit of a different day
00:11for recovery efforts. Yeah, Bernie, the weather here in the D.C. area has taken a turn to be
00:15rainy as they recover the wreckage here from the tragic accident on Wednesday night in the
00:21Potomac River. We expect rain throughout much of the day, not heavy rain, but enough to be
00:25just a damp and wet day here across the area. Temperatures will be on the milder side than
00:30they have been, and that's certainly good news from a water temperature perspective. Those water
00:36temperatures will be slowly coming up here over the next several days. You know, the rain's been
00:40relatively light this morning. The one concern that we do have, and I know we were talking with
00:45our team of experts out on the floor, while it's rain right now, wouldn't be surprised that there
00:52could be a rumble of thunder in the area later today or this evening. Yeah, Bernie, we were
00:58looking at that earlier, and it seems like there's going to be a line of what probably are
01:01thunderstorms through Virginia later on this afternoon or evening. I think the best risk for
01:06lightning, or the greatest chance for lightning, is south of D.C., but probably can't completely
01:10rule out a rumble or two of thunder, and obviously if there is lightning nearby, that might disrupt
01:15the recovery efforts of the wreckage later on today. And then this will all move on out of the
01:21area later on tonight, then we just turn dry and chillier to start the weekend. You know, that's
01:26the thing, at least, you know, it's not as cold as it was a couple of days ago, but again, the main
01:30thing is we take a look at the seven-day forecast. Doesn't really, you see no signs of winter,
01:37absolutely none, as we start the weekend. Yeah, Bernie, it's going to be a much milder stretch
01:42here for D.C., and I think the important thing there is for the folks from the emergency response
01:47standpoint who are doing the recovery of the wreckage, the water temperatures will be warming
01:52up a bit. Obviously they have plenty of different gear to be able to do this in a safe manner,
01:56but water temperatures will be coming up from the 30s, which they are now, probably into the 40s
02:00over the next week or so, and the ice that is still in a few pockets of the river should be
02:04diminishing as well as those temperatures warm up even into the 60s come Monday, and then looks like
02:08a pretty mild week ahead with plentiful highs in the 50s and nighttime lows right around freezing.
02:13AccuWeather Senior Director of Forecasting Operations Dan
02:16Dupond-Nguyen. Dan, thanks for joining us here on AccuWeather Early.