Yesterday was a somewhat typical summer day for D.C.—hot and humid during the day, followed by drenching and dramatic thunderstorms at night. We've got some great pictures of Thunderdoom 2012. more ›

Watch out for graupel tonight! Wait, what? more ›

The Post's Dr. Gridlock reports that at this hour, a stretch of Route 1 in Alexandria is closed in both directions after being inundated by the heavy rainfall that swept through the area this morning. more ›

Are you annoyed because the District salted its roads for what ended up being some rain? Yeah, well Mayor Vince Gray has a message for you. more ›

We here at DCist headquarters are currently enjoying a brief respite from the rain, but Prince George's County is battling hard to try and get out from under some serious flooding. more ›

The National Cathedral isn't the only thing taking a beating thanks to the ferocity of a deluge which caught many by surprise -- the District's drivers are also having a rough go of it. more ›

As if we haven't had enough water falling from the sky in recent days, the National Weather Service has now extended a Flash Flood Watch that's been in effect over the last couple of days until midnight tonight. more ›

Those of you heading to the second coming of Jesus this evening at Nationals Park -- be sure to bring your umbrella, poncho and a mindset that you might not be witness to such miracles. more ›

Might as well get all the natural disasters out of the way in one week, right? more ›

It's a good thing too -- even though we're nearing the end of a rainy week, the Potomac River is expected to crest at a level 11 feet higher than normal tomorrow morning. more ›

First Lady Michelle Obama had been planning on getting out into the Washington community this afternoon and doing some work on a habitat improvement project led by the Anacostia Watershed Society at Fort Dupont Park in Ward 7. more ›

Good morning Washington. While D.C. teams enjoyed victories last night, this weather day isn't exactly something to celebrate. Beyond the cold rain, we might have flash flooding, severe storms, high winds - and perhaps a tornado? Yeah, this is the day to stay in and watch movies, do some laundry, or catch up on that project you were working on inside the house. And of course, read your favorite D.C.-themed website. more ›

For being such a rugged sport, hockey sure does require a certain set of conditions in order to be played optimally and without interruption -- namely, it needs to be chilly and clear. So there are some concerns about the upcoming Winter Classic, the NHL's annual New Year's Day showcase game which, this year, will be played outdoors at Pittsburgh's Heinz Field and contested between the Washington Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins. more ›

The District is currently under yet another tornado watch, which, according to the National Weather Service, means that there is a "significant risk" of tornado conditions occurring. That is to say: it'll be really, really windy -- gusts up to 50 miles per hour are possible in some areas. The watch expires at 8 p.m. more ›

The Capital Weather Gang, using science and all that jazz, went ahead and made the comparison that, for some reason, many people were clamoring for. Go buy bread and milk, people! more ›

So, yeah, about that rain. The most recent estimates for rainfall in the D.C.metro area tonight are anywhere between one and four inches, thanks to Tropical Storm Nicole, which has created a sheath of green radar that's currently draped over the eastern seaboard like a silky negligee. The good news is that inland folks like us aren't supposed to get the same kind of high winds which caused so much damage when storms bullied their way through the region in August. It won't be pleasant, though, if you're planning on flying or driving anywhere during the storm, which is scheduled to get started around now, hit peak power overnight and continue well into tomorrow. more ›

Will we be forced to live out the rest of our lives under constant threat of rain? Yesterday's predicted storms didn't quite materialize, but forecasters are calling for one to three inches of precipitation between tonight and Thursday morning. At the moment, everything's all clear on the National Weather Service watch and warning front. There is a Flood Watch in effect for tomorrow morning through late tomorrow night. But if you live in a basement and are concerned about flooding, the D.C. Department of Public Works will be handing out sandbags today between noon and midnight at its New Jersey Avenue and K Street SE site. (Here's hoping the process goes a little smoother than the last time.) more ›

...yeah, you might want to prepare yourself for some more rain around these parts. And soon. more ›

The scene outside the windows here at DCist headquarters has gotten mighty dark all of a sudden. A rather large thunderstorm is just starting to make its way across the District, seen above on radar about fifteen minutes ago. A severe thunderstorm warning and watch are currently in effect -- here's hoping you brought your umbrella. more ›

Mayor Adrian Fenty and friends held a press conference this afternoon to update us on the work that's being done to restore power and clean up from yesterday's massive rain storm. Fenty said that, despite significant damage, there had been no fatalities in the city as a result of the storm. DDOT Director Gabe Klein noted that there had been a total of 303 reports of tree damage, and that 65 intersections in the District were still without functioning traffic signals. City clean up units are waiting on Pepco to deal with downed power lines at as many as 100 sites so that they can proceed with tree removal. more ›

It's a good reminder of how small we really are: when the sky turns angry, there's little that we can do about it but run inside or hope that our flimsy umbrellas don't snap inside out. Our pool photographers, on the other hand, have no issues with challenging such furious aerial developments -- take a peek at some of the images from yesterday's big storm we culled from DCist's Flickr pool. more ›

It's a muggy, if sunny, hot mess outside this afternoon, but it looks as though that's going to change rapidly. The National Weather Service has issued two alerts for the D.C. metro area this afternoon. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect as of 1:25 p.m., and continues through to 9 p.m. Along with rain, conditions are favorable for lightning, hail of up to two inches in diameter, and wind gusts of up to 70 mph. more ›

The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the D.C. metro area, effective until 9 p.m. tonight. Along with rain and lightning, looks like there's a 40 percent chance of winds gusts up to 80 mph and hail of up to 2.5 inches in diameter (!!). Do be careful on your way home tonight. more ›

Nationals 14, Colorado 6 (F/8): Well, it rained. Then it rained some more. And then the Nationals put up a seven spot in the top of the eighth. Then it rained, again. Finally, the men in blue put an end to an oft-delayed, waterlogged game, one the Nats won against Colorado at Coors Field. Ryan Zimmerman wouldn't let the weather distract him; the Nationals' patrolman on the hot corner crushed two longballs off Rockies starter Jhoulys Chacin and batted in six runs in total, all before Washington blew the game open with nine hits in the eighth. It was good timing too -- after the Rockies went down 1-2-3 in the bottom half of the inning, the umps understandably ruled the field unplayable. (It sure looked a mess out there on the television broadcast, with standing water everywhere and temps hovering in the mid-30s.) With both teams getting the same number of outs, the game could be ended -- but, of course, not until we waited for thirty minutes thanks to baseball's draconian policy on calling games in progress, which mercifully happened at 1:12 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. But what's an extra half-hour or so to get to 20 wins? After all, Washington didn't win their 20th game in 2009 until June 19, in their 66th game of the season. more ›

The usually placid C&O Canal in Georgetown swelled with water this afternoon, forcing the National Park Service to close off access to the towpath alongside it. A park service employee on the scene told us that the weekend's heavy rains and a prolonged ice-melt had broken Lock #5 on the canal, located just north of the District-Maryland line, allowing a flood of water downstream. Water flow through the canal in Georgetown is kept to a minimum during the winter, she added. Tape was being put up at access points to the towpath to prevent pedestrians and cyclists from using it. more ›