 Portions of northern Virginia back through the Shenandoah Valley and even western Maryland under a severe drought. Rainfall chances today sit at about 50 percent. Any showers or storms that develop today could become severe with damaging winds, tracking more rain chances tomorrow and Saturday. I'm 7 News meteorologist Eileen Whalen in the First Alert Weather Center. 86 in Gaithersburg, Arlington at 85 degrees and we're at 83 in northwest Washington.