7:00 AM | **Occasional rain and possible thunderstorms today and the threat of a line of strong-to-severe thunderstorms during the late afternoon/early evening...windy late tonight & Saturday**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the DC metro region
Today
Occasional rain today with possible thunderstorms, there can a line of strong-to-severe thunderstorm in the mid-to-late afternoon, some of the rain can be heavy at times, warm, windy, highs in the lower 70’s
Tonight
Evening showers and a possible strong-to-severe thunderstorm; otherwise, mainly cloudy skies, mild early then turning colder late and very windy, lows in the upper 40’s
Saturday
Windy and cooler with mainly sunny skies, mid 60’s for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance for a shower or two, near 50 degrees for overnight lows
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, mild, cannot rule out a shower or two, lower 70’s
Monday
Partly sunny, windy, a bit cooler, mid 60’s
Tuesday
Mainly cloudy, breezy, warm, chance of showers, mid 70’s
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy, breezy, warm, chance of showers, mid 70’s
Discussion
Low pressure will push to our northwest today and the combination of a warm front this morning and a cold front late today will bring us occasional rain and possible thunderstorms as well as the threat of a line of strong-to-severe thunderstorms between 3 and 9 PM. Any late day/early evening thunderstorm can produce damaging wind gusts, torrential rainfall with localized flooding, and there is even the threat for isolated tornadoes. Temperatures will warm up later today following the passage of the warm front, but will drop dramatically late tonight after the cold frontal passage and winds will whip out of the NW towards morning. Strong winds are to continue on Saturday to go along with mainly sunny skies and cooler conditions. Another cold front arrives on Sunday and it too can result in some shower activity for the Mid-Atlantic region. An overall active weather pattern will bring us additional chances for rain around here later next week.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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