By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist
August 14,2015; 12:24PM,EDT
An extended period of hot weather is set to develop around the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore areas beginning this weekend.
The weather pattern from Saturday through much of next week will feature daytime highs mainly in the 90s F. The average high for the middle of August in the cities is in the middle 80s.
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The weather will provide an excellent opportunity to hit the pool or beach, as well as Camden Yards. Ocean water temperatures are well into 70s to the lower 80s.
The only potential trouble maker will be a weakening front dropping in from the northwest this weekend. There is a remote chance of a popup thunderstorm each evening through Monday. Even in places where it does rain, the vast majority of the time will be rain-free.
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Patchy clouds could cause some daily temperature variations.
Fans and air conditioners will be abuzz for many days in a row. The pattern has the potential to deliver the hottest weather of the summer season on a consistent basis. So far this year, Baltimore Inner Harbor has hit 90 or higher on 18 days, as of Aug. 13. This is already more than in 2014, which had 17 days of 90 or higher. The average for Baltimore is about 30 days.
According to AccuWeather Chief Long Range Meteorologist Paul Pastelok, the weather pattern for much of the mid-Atlantic and southern New England through September will be quite warm.
"We expect there to be more days that are warmer than average, rather than cooler than average," Pastelok said. "For the Northeast in general, we are likely to have a number of days were some locations set record high temperatures."
Average temperatures trend slowly downward during late August and September.
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