7:00 AM | *Mid-week heavy rain*

6-Day DC Forecast

Today

Partly sunny, cooler than yesterday, but not bad for this time of year, highs near 50 degrees

Tonight

Partly cloudy early, cloudy late, cold, chance for rain towards morning, cannot rule out a wintry mix in the far northern and western suburbs, lows in the mid 30’s

Tuesday

Mainly cloudy, cold, rain likely, cannot rule out a wintry mix for awhile in the far northern and western suburbs, low-to-mid 40’s

Tuesday Night

Mainly cloudy, cold, rain likely, mid-to-upper 30’s

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy, increasingly windy and becoming milder, periods of rain and some of the rain will be heavy later in the day and especially at night, mid-to-upper 50’s

Thursday

Mainly cloudy, windy, mild early, turning colder late, residual morning showers possible, near 50 degrees

Friday

Partly sunny, windy, cold, upper 30’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, cold, near 40 degrees

Discussion

It’ll turn somewhat colder today following the mild conditions of this past weekend, but not bad for this time of year. Over the next few days, two separate low pressure systems will ride up through the eastern states with the second system being the stronger one and having more of an impact on the region. Light rain will likely break out by early Tuesday from the first system and a wintry mix cannot be ruled out at the onset in the far northern and western suburbs. The second system will take an inland track and rain is likely in the I-95 corridor and to points eastward to the coastline at mid-week and it’ll be heavy at times from later Wednesday into early Thursday. Cold air returns for the late week time period following that second storm system and winds will be quite strong as well on Thursday and Friday.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian

Vencore, Inc.