7:00 AM | Spring fever alert for the weekend
Paul Dorian
6-Day DC Forecast
Today
Clouds this morning will give way to mainly sunny skies, much calmer than yesterday, chilly, highs near 50 degrees
Tonight
Partly cloudy, cold, lows in the low-to-mid 30’s
Saturday
Increasing clouds, becoming breezy and noticeably milder, mid 60’s for highs
Saturday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, chance for a couple of showers, mid-to-upper 40’s
Sunday
Becoming mainly sunny, warm, mid 60’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, quite mild, but a tad cooler than Sunday, near 60 degrees
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, cool, low-to-mid 50’s
Wednesday
Partly sunny, warmer, chance for showers, near 60 degrees
Discussion
First, an update on the weather situation in California…an intense storm closes in today and it’ll produce widespread heavy rainfall across the state with up to ten inches possible in southern sections. In fact, this could turn out to be one of the worst storms in many years for southern California with strong winds, possible power outages and flash flooding to go along with the heavy rainfall. Yet another storm arrives early next week and this one is likely to primarily pound northern California with additional substantial rainfall - something they certainly don't need.
Here in the Mid-Atlantic region, high pressure pushes off the coast this weekend and this will allow warmer air to push into the area from the southwest. In fact, high temperatures should surpass 60 degrees in the DC metro region on both weekend days – a true taste of spring. High pressure will then build into SE Canada on Monday and this should cause temperatures to slide back some in the Mid-Atlantic for a couple of days; especially, from New York City northward. It’ll then turn warmer again by the middle and latter parts of next week.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com