7:00 AM | *Coastal storm pounds the Mid-Atlantic region today...significant late week and weekend warm surge*
Paul Dorian
6-Day DC Forecast
Today
Cloudy, quite breezy, cool, periods of rain and some of the rain can be heavy at times, there can also be a thunderstorm or two, highs near 60 degrees
Tonight
Cloudy, quite breezy, cool, periods of rain still likely; especially, during the evening hours, some of the rain can be heavy at times, lows in the mid 50’s
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy with the slight chance for some lingering early morning showers, becoming noticeably milder during the afternoon hours, low 70’s by later in the day
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, mild, patchy fog possible late, upper 50’s for lows
Thursday
Mainly sunny, quite warm, low-to-mid 80’s
Friday
Partly sunny, quite warm, chance of a morning shower or thunderstorm, mid 80’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, breezy, very warm, near 90 degrees
Sunday
Partly sunny, breezy, very warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms at night, upper 80’s
Discussion
A coastal storm is intensifying as it turns slowly up the Mid-Atlantic coastline and it will produce heavy rain bands today in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor along with some strong wind gusts and perhaps a thunderstorm or two. The rain bands will rotate to the northwest and into the I-95 corridor from the southeast today as the low pushes slowly up the coast. The low pressure system will push to near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay by later today and then weaken tonight as it pushes away from the coastline. The steadiest, heaviest rain threat will end by later tonight and it’ll become noticeably milder during the afternoon hours on Wednesday. A strong surge of warm air will then boost temperatures well into the 80’s on Thursday and Friday in the DC metro region and both weekend days will be very warm. In fact, some spots could reach the 90 degree mark for highs this weekend. At the same time the Mid-Atlantic warms up considerably, very cold air for this time of year will plunge into the western US and states like Colorado and Wyoming could actually end up with substantial snowfall.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
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