7:00 AM | *More soaking rain on Friday and then a winter-like cold shot for the weekend*

6-Day DC Forecast

Today

Mainly sunny, much cooler than yesterday, highs in the mid 50’s

Tonight

Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, chance of rain towards morning, lows in the lower 40’s

Friday

Mainly cloudy, still quite cool, occasional rain and some of the rain can be heavy at times during the afternoon, lower 50’s for afternoon highs

Friday Night

Mainly cloudy, cold, lingering evening showers likely, becoming breezy, near 40 degrees for late night lows

Saturday

Mainly sunny, windy, cold, mid 40’s

Sunday

Mainly sunny, cold, mid 40’s

Monday

Increasing clouds, cold, chance of rain at night, upper 40’s

Tuesday

Mainly cloudy, cold, periods of rain, upper 40’s; chance of rain or snow showers at night

Discussion

The active weather pattern that we have been experiencing is showing no signs of letting up and will take on a winter-like look in coming days with two cold shots and two storms coming our way. The first storm will arrive on Friday with more soaking rain for the already waterlogged DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor and this system will be followed by a winter-like cold shot for the weekend with temperatures way below-normal for this time of year. Another storm is likely to pull out of the Gulf of Mexico region early next week and head right towards the Mid-Atlantic coastline and this system will have some cold air in place before its arrival. As a result, while more soaking rain is likely in the immediate I-95 corridor on this storm’s front end in the Monday night/Tuesday time frame, there may be enough entrenched cold air for snow across interior higher elevation locations of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast US. This second storm system will then usher in a second very cold air mass by the middle of next week.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com