7:00 AM | Dry spell comes to an end...fall-like temperatures for much of the week...coastal low threatens at end of week and weekend

6-Day DC Forecast

Today

Mainly cloudy, quite cool, showers likely, highs no better than 70 degrees

Tonight

Mostly cloudy, cool, more showers likely, lows in the mid-to-upper 50’s

Tuesday

Mostly cloudy, still cool with the chance for a couple showers, mid 70’s

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, cool, upper 50’s

Wednesday

Mainly sunny, warmer, upper 70’s

Thursday

Mostly sunny, pleasant, near 80 degrees

Friday

Mostly cloudy, cooler, periods of rain likely, low-to-mid 70's

Saturday

Mostly cloudy, cool, chance for more rain, low-to-mid 70's

Discussion

High pressure dominated our weather pattern for much of last week and a new high pressure system is trying to take control early this week. However, an ocean flow of air out of the northeast and an area of moisture to our southwest will overcome the high pressure and bring our dry spell to an end. Showers are likely today, tonight and perhaps even into Tuesday in the DC metro region and temperatures will be quite fall-like into mid-week. It'll turn warmer on Wednesday and Thursday with the return of sunshine. Late this week and into the weekend, a coastal low pressure system will drift back towards the Mid-Atlantic coastline from off-shore and the result could be some rain and wind late in the week and into the weekend in the I-95 corridor region from DC-to-Philly-to-NYC.