7:00 AM | **Watch out for some freezing rain well to the north and west later tonight...heavy rainfall tomorrow night with possible flash flooding**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy with occasional showers, breezy, turning noticeably colder compared to yesterday, temperatures dropping into the upper 30's-to-lower 40's across the metro region
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, cold, occasional rain is likely and there can be freezing on some surfaces in the far northern and western suburbs, lows in the low-to-mid 30’s
Thursday
Mainly cloudy with occasional rain, there can be freezing on some surfaces early in the day in the far northern and western suburbs, cold early and then milder late, upper 50’s for late day highs
Thursday Night
Rain, heavy at times, watch out for potential flash flooding, chilly, mid-to-upper 40’s for overnight lows
Friday
Mainly cloudy, chilly, becoming quite breezy, occasional rain and some of it can be heavy at times early in the day, upper 40’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny skies followed by increasing clouds, cold, lower 40’s; chance of snow and/or rain at night
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow and/or rain early, low-to-mid 40’s
Monday
Partly sunny, chilly, maybe a shower, near 50 degrees
Discussion
An active weather pattern will produce a chilly rain around here later today and tonight and there can be freezing on some surfaces well to the north and west in the overnight hours. A strong cold frontal passage in the overnight hours has resulted in a dramatic drop in temperatures from yesterday’s warmer-than-normal levels and they should drop to the low-to-mid 30's to the N and W later tonight. This same front will then push back to the north as a warm front later tomorrow and pave the way for a strong low pressure system to generate some heavy rainfall around here from tomorrow night into early Friday and the possibility of flash flooding. Yet another low pressure system will move eastward from the Ohio Valley this weekend and it could generate some snow here from Saturday night into early Sunday or a mix of snow and rain.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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