7:00 AM | Strong cold frontal passage tomorrow night brings an end to the warm spell
Paul Dorian
6-Day DC Forecast
Today
Mainly sunny skies and continued unusually warm, highs in the mid-to-upper 70's
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, mild, patchy fog is possible late, lows in the mid-to-upper 50’s
Saturday
Mostly cloudy skies with a shower or two in the morning and some patchy fog is possible, occasional afternoon showers and possibly a strong thunderstorm, breezy, still warm with highs near 70 degrees
Saturday Night
Early evening showers are likely, possibly a strong thunderstorm, then becoming partly cloudy, breezy and turning much colder late, lows by morning in the middle 30’s
Sunday
Mainly sunny, breezy, noticeably colder, upper 40’s
Monday
Partly sunny, cool, chance for a rain shower, near 55 degrees
Tuesday
Mainly cloudy, milder, occasional rain likely, low-to-mid 60's
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy, even warmer, breezy, occasional showers likely, near 70 degrees
Discussion
Very mild air for this time of year will stick around through Saturday, but then a strong cold front will arrive and bring an end to the current warm spell. Temperatures today and Saturday will continue at well above normal levels, but then we’ll turn noticeably colder late tomorrow night following the passage of the strong cold front. After a morning shower or two on Saturday, the approaching strong cold front will generate a narrow line of showers and embedded thunderstorms during the afternoon and early evening hours and some of the thunderstorms can be on the strong-to-severe side and contain brief downpours and gusty winds. Winds on Sunday will kick up out of the NW and temperatures will generally hold in the 40’s. Weak low pressure from the south-central US will head towards us on Monday and it could generate a couple of rain showers. It'll turn warmer again by the middle of next week and more rainfall is likely on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then another cold shot should arrive for the second half of next week.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com