6:00 AM | *Arctic blast arrives tonight with coldest air of the season so far*
Paul Dorian
6-Day DC Forecast
Today
Mainly cloudy, cool, cannot rule out an afternoon shower or two, highs in the low-to-mid 50’s
Tonight
Partly cloudy, becoming windy and quite cold late, lows in the mid 30’s
Friday
Mainly sunny, quite breezy, cold, low 40’s for highs with even lower wind chills
Friday Night
Mainly clear, very cold, lows in the low-to-mid 20’s by morning
Saturday
Mainly sunny, cold, low 40’s
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, still cold, but not quite as harsh, chance of rain late, near 50 degrees
Monday
Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance of showers, low 50’s
Tuesday
Partly sunny, cool, low-to-mid 50’s
Discussion
An Arctic cold front will arrive here tonight and the winds will pick noticeably as colder air begins to pour into the Mid-Atlantic region. This frontal passage will usher in the coldest air mass of the season so far for the end of the work week and beginning of the weekend and temperatures could bottom out in the lower 20’s by early Saturday morning. Overall conditions will be less harsh on Sunday and Monday, but it’ll remain colder-than-normal for this time of year and there could be some rain to start the new work week from low pressure near the Mid-Atlantic coastline. More cold air outbreaks are destined to follow later this month into the central and eastern US as a “high-latitude blocking” pattern develops way up north.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com