7:00 AM | ****Heavy rain and powerful winds from tonight into early Friday...power outages on the table...much colder air mass blasts into the region on Friday****
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, becoming very windy and much milder, periods of rain mainly after noon, some of the rain can become heavy at times later in the afternoon and there can be a late day thunderstorm, highs near 60 degrees
Tonight
Periods of rain, heavy at times, a possible thunderstorm, very windy, turning much colder towards morning with a brief changeover to sleet and/or snow possible, low-to-mid 30’s for lows near daybreak
Friday
Breezy and much colder with mainly cloudy skies, maybe a couple of snow showers, temperatures hold steady or drop slowly through the day
Friday Night
Mainly clear, quite cold, near 20 degrees for late night lows
Saturday
Mainly sunny, very cold, near 35 degrees
Sunday
Mainly sunny, still quite chilly, lower 40’s
Monday
Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance of rain and/or snow showers, mid 40’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, breezy, colder, upper 30’s
Discussion
A powerful cold front will barrel towards the eastern seaboard from later today into early Friday and it’ll bring some wild weather to the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US. Ahead of the front, heavy rains, possible thunderstorms and potentially damaging winds will develop and raise the prospects for localized flooding and power outages. It’ll become much milder as well today with temperatures soaring to the 60 degree mark by late in the day in the DC metro region. On the back side of the front, temperatures will plunge early on Friday and hold steady during the day. Any standing water on untreated surfaces that is left behind by the heavy rain event could freeze-up in a hurry early Friday as temperatures take that plunge. The cold air mass will stick around into the weekend with temperatures on Saturday struggling to reach the freezing mark.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com