7:00 AM | Big change in temperatures coming for the weekend...winds gust past 40 mph on Saturday

6-Day DC Forecast

Today

Becoming mainly cloudy, still on the warm side, showers are likely to develop this afternoon and there can be a thunderstorm, highs in the upper 70’s

Tonight

Cloudy with showers likely, maybe an early thunderstorm, winds become quite gusty and temperatures drop late at night into the upper 40’s

Saturday

Showers early then becoming partly sunny, very windy with gusts past 40 mph, quite cool, upper 50’s for highs

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, quite breezy, cold, low-to-mid 40’s

Sunday

Mainly sunny, breezy, cool, low-to-mid 60’s

Monday

Mainly sunny, cool, low-to-mid 60’s

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, quite cool, upper 50’s

Wednesday

Mainly sunny, still quite cool, upper 50’s

Discussion

A strong cold front will cross the region tonight and end our recent round of warmer-than-normal weather conditions. Showers are likely to accompany the frontal passage from later today through much of tonight and there can be a thunderstorm mixed in as well, but winds will become the biggest factor associated with this upcoming big transition in temperatures. In fact, winds should gust past 40 mph on Saturday – not a good time to rake leaves – and it’ll stay breezy on Sunday, but nothing like what is coming tomorrow. Afternoon temperatures this weekend will be confined to the 50’s on Saturday and low-to-mid 60’s on Sunday which is quite a reversal from the 80’s earlier in the week. After a pleasantly cool start to the new week on Monday, a reinforcing shot of chilly air will arrive for Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian

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