New Record? The big question today is: will we break the record at National Airport for consecutive days with no measurable precipitation? The answer: maybe. There is a chance for a few scattered showers as a weak piece of energy lifts into PA and NY...not sure if one of these will roll across DCA. If not, this will be day 34 and we'll break the record. Our next chance for rain will be late Friday in the form of some t-storms. A strong cold front will approach during the evening hours...most of the upper level dynamics will miss us to the north, but we should get some rain. If the sun manages to break out during the day, we could still have a severe weather event. There will be plenty of directional wind sheer, so a few supercell storms could develop that would be rotating...again, it all depends on the sunshine. After that, it looks like another dry weekend. It's going to get hot again early next week...temps might be 15 or 20 degrees above normal by Monday.  ¶ 8:30 AM