-	High-pressure ridging over Texas will expand northward today, transporting warm and dry air into the region. This fall pattern is expected to continue into next week.
-	Today will be sunny and uneventful with high temperatures reaching the upper 70s to low 80s, dewpoints in the low 30's. Very dry conditions are expected today as relative humidity values dip into the teens by the afternoon.
-	Skies will remain clear overnight with low temperatures dropping into the upper 40's to low 50s on the plains, mid to upper 30s across the foothills.

STORM RAINFALL POTENTIAL AND DURATION: No precipitation is expected across the District today.

A LOOK AHEAD: The warming trend continues Saturday with highs reaching the upper 70s to low 80s under clear and sunny skies. On Sunday, the dome of high pressure will recede a bit, limiting afternoon high temperatures to the mid to upper 70s with skies remaining sunny.