Ugh ugh ugh. One of the worst weekend forecasts we've made in a while for the DC area

-- wet, cool and dismal; could even see some flooding and strong storms Friday evening...

D.C. area faces three-day washout Friday through the weekend
At least 2 inches of rain and areas of flooding are possible.

The rainiest weather of the year, by far, is about to move into the Washington region. A lumbering storm system arriving Friday will take at least three days to pass through the area. Computer models project about 2 inches of rain will fall through Sunday, with locally higher amounts — perhaps up to 4 inches — possible.

The prognosis for outdoor plans over the weekend is poor.

May, normally one of the area’s nicest months, has had an inauspicious start this year. Forecasts for sunshine and warm temperatures have been foiled the past three days by clouds. Highs have generally fallen short of forecasts by about 5 degrees. Now comes the deluge.

Rain will develop toward morning on Friday and continue intermittently well into Sunday. Heavy downpours and embedded thunder are possible late Friday afternoon into the overnight hours.

There’s even an outside chance that a few thunderstorms late Friday could be severe with damaging winds gusts, but the more intense storms will probably occur in southern and central Virginia.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/05/05/dc-heavy-rain-flooding-weekend/?