7:00 AM | **Heavy rain event today into tonight...active pattern brings more significant rain next week**
Paul Dorian
6-Day DC Forecast
Today
Periods of rain today and some of the rain will be heavy at times, there can be a strong thunderstorm or two mixed in, becoming breezy, cold, highs in the upper 40's
Tonight
Cloudy and breezy with occasional rain and possibly a thunderstorm or two; primarily, before midnight, some of the rain can be heavy at times, cold, lows in the lower 40’s
Saturday
Mostly cloudy skies, breezy and cool, upper 50's
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy and chilly, low 40’s
Sunday
Mainly sunny, mild, low 60’s
Monday
Increasing clouds, mild, rain likely later in the day and at night, low-to-mid 60’s
Tuesday
Rain likely early in the day; otherwise, mainly cloudy skies, mild, mid 60’s
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, mild, mid 60’s
Discussion
Talk about going out like a lion! March will end with a heavy rain event in the Mid-Atlantic region and the result could be more than three inches of rain in some spots by early tomorrow morning. The rain will fall heavily at times today into tonight and there can even be a strong thunderstorm or two in the mix. Any lingering rain early tomorrow will give way to mainly cloudy skies and then Sunday is likely to turn out to be a pretty decent day. However, the next wave in a series of waves traversing the country from west-to-east in this active weather pattern will likely bring more significant rain to the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor later Monday into Tuesday. Following that early week rain threat, there are signs for another big rain event here in the Mid-Atlantic region late next week – most likely in the later Thursday/Friday time period - and this one looks like it could be followed by an impressive surge of cold air for the eastern US.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com