7:00 AM | There is much warmer weather on the way - at least for a few days - but then colder air returns next week

6-Day DC Forecast

Today

Cloudy, cold, chance for rain and/or snow showers, highs in the mid 40’s

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance for rain and/or snow showers, lows in the mid-to-upper 30’s

Tuesday

Mainly cloudy in the morning with a chance for rain and/or snow showers, still on the chilly side of normal, some afternoon clearing, near 55 degrees for highs late

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy, cold, mid 30’s for overnight lows

Wednesday

Mainly sunny, cool, upper 50’s

Thursday

Partly sunny, noticeably milder, near 70 degrees

Friday

Mainly sunny, warm, mid-to-upper 70’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, breezy, warm, mid-to-upper 70’s

Discussion

There is a major warm up coming here later this week and for the weekend, but it will be just a temporary break in the overall cold weather pattern that we have been experiencing for several weeks now. Clouds will thicken up today as low pressure forms along the SE US coastline and there can be some rain and snow shower activity at anytime from today into early tomorrow. It stays chilly at mid-week, but then the warm up begins in earnest on Thursday and the mid-to-upper 70's are quite likely for highs on Friday and Saturday. The transition back to next week's colder weather may not come quietly this weekend as there is likely to be a widespread severe weather outbreak for much of the central and eastern US and a heavy rain event here in the Sunday/Monday time frame.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com