7:00 AM | *Windy and unseasonably warm today...colder and dry weekend*
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the DC metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, windy, unseasonably mild, nothing more than a shower or two this morning, occasional showers this afternoon, maybe a strong PM thunderstorm, highs in the low-to-mid 70’s
Tonight
Mainly cloudy with evening showers likely, maybe a strong thunderstorm or two, windy, some clearing and turning colder late, lows in the lower 40’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, windy, much cooler, lower 50's for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Mainly clear, brisk, cold, lower 30’s for overnight lows
Sunday
Mainly sunny, cold, upper 40’s; chance of snow showers late at night
Monday
Chance of snow showers early; otherwise, partly sunny, cold, upper 40's
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, cold, upper 40’s
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, chilly, lower 50's
Discussion
The warm up that began yesterday will continue today as a cold frontal system in the Ohio Valley heads east and towards the Mid-Atlantic. Temperatures today will climb into the 70’s, but there will also be occasional showers mainly after noon and perhaps a strong thunderstorm or two. It’ll turn colder and dry this weekend following the passage of the west-to-east moving cold frontal system. A "clipper" system will then drop southeastward across the Mid-Atlantic region late Sunday night into early Monday and it can generate some snow showers in DC, Philly and across southern PA, northern MD and southern NJ.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com