7:00 AM | *Our quiet, dry and warm weather pattern is coming to an end...soaking rain event with possible strong-to-severe thunderstorms*

6-Day DC Forecast

Today

Mainly cloudy with patchy morning fog, warm, humid, cannot rule out a late shower or two, highs in the mid 70’s

Tonight

Periods of rain with possible strong-to-severe thunderstorms after midnight, mild, breezy, muggy, some of the rain will be heavy at times, lows in the lower 60’s

Tuesday

Mainly cloudy, windy, warm, occasional showers, maybe a thunderstorm as well, low-to-mid 70’s for afternoon highs

Tuesday Night

Becoming partly cloudy, turning cooler, lows near 50 degrees by morning

Wednesday

Partly sunny, cool, low 60’s

Thursday

Mainly sunny, cool, near 60 degrees

Friday

Mainly sunny, cool, mid 60’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, not as cool, upper 60's

Discussion

The quiet, dry and warm weather pattern we’ve enjoyed for much of October is going to undergo a change and there is likely to be some wild weather over the next few weeks with soaking rain events, possible strong thunderstorm activity, and multiple cold shots coming into the eastern and central US. A strong cold front is diving southeastward today from the Upper Midwest and it’ll help drive some moisture northward from the Gulf of Mexico over the next 24 hours. As a result, a soaking rain event is likely around here from later tonight into tomorrow and there can be some strong-to-severe thunderstorm activity as well. Once the front passes through the region late tomorrow night, a chilly air mass will push in at mid-week and keep us cool until the weekend. It is likely to modify over the weekend in terms of temperatures, but another rain event is possible late in the weekend and that may be followed by an impressive cold shot early next week - just in time for Halloween.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com