7:00 AM | Shower/storm threat late today/early tonight...nice weather for Thursday

6-Day DC Forecast

Today

Mainly cloudy today although there can be some sunny breaks; especially, during the mid-day and afternoon hours, warmer, chance of mid-to-late afternoon showers and thunderstorms, highs near the 80 degree mark

Tonight

Mainly cloudy with the chance of showers and thunderstorms, mild, lows near 60 degrees

Thursday

Mainly sunny, pleasantly warm, upper 70’s for afternoon highs

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy, cool, upper 50’s for overnight lows

Friday

Partly sunny, warm, chance of late day or nighttime showers and thunderstorms, upper 70’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, warm, low 80’s; chance of showers and thunderstorms at night,

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, warm, periods of rain likely, maybe a thunderstorm, upper 70’s

Monday

Mainly cloudy, warm, showers possible, upper 70’s

Discussion

An unsettled weather pattern will continue in the Mid-Atlantic region right through the upcoming weekend, but there will be some nice spells as well with, for example, Thursday likely to be quite a nice day. For today, a cold frontal system will arrive tonight from our west and there is a chance of late day or evening showers and thunderstorms. On Thursday, skies should become mainly sunny after some possible early day patchy fog. Sunshine may begin the day on Friday, but showers and storms are possible again late in the day and especially at night. The weekend starts off with decent weather on Saturday, but rain is likely on Sunday and it'll turn cool again early next week. One final note, the NASA/Wallops sounding rocket launch has been postponed until early tomorrow morning.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com