7:00 AM | Frost/freeze possible in suburbs early Sunday and likely early Monday

6-Day DC Forecast

Today

Mainly sunny, cool, mid-to-upper 60’s

Tonight

Mainly clear, quite cool, near 40 degrees by morning

Saturday

Mainly sunny, breezy, quite chilly, mid 50’s

Saturday Night

Mainly clear, downright cold, near freezing by morning in suburban locations with a frost/freeze possible

Sunday

Mainly sunny, breezy, very chilly, low 50’s (normal high is 67 degrees); frost/freeze likely by morning in suburban locations with low temperatures below freezing in many spots

Monday

Mainly sunny, still very chilly, low 50’s

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, breezy, milder, low 60's

Wednesday

Mainly sunny, breezy, even milder, mid-to-upper 60’s

Discussion

A strong cold front arrives today and it will usher in the coldest air of the season so far for the weekend and the early part of next week. In fact, overnight low temperatures early Sunday morning and again early Monday morning should fall near or below the freezing mark in many suburban locations to the north and west of the big cities along Route I-95. After this early season preview of winter, temperatures should rebound quite nicely by the middle part of next week with increasingly strong southwesterly winds. By late next week, there are signs that the western Gulf of Mexico might become active again and tropical rains could eventually head northeast from there towards the northeastern US.