7:00 AM | *Winds stay quite strong today and it'll be much cooler...not far from freezing tonight...soaking rain from Sunday night into Monday*
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Some sun early then becoming partly-to-mostly cloudy, very windy with gusts to 50 mph, cannot rule out a rain or snow shower, chilly, highs in the lower 50's, but with lower wind chills
Tonight
Mainly clear, still windy, cold, lows in the mid 30’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, breezy, cool, upper 50’s for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, cold, lower 40's for late night lows
Sunday
Increasing clouds, milder, breezy, upper 60’s; rain likely at night and it can become heavy at times
Monday
Mainly cloudy with occasional rain, maybe a thunderstorm, some of the rain can be heavy at times, warmer, breezy, mid 70’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, cool, upper 50's
Wednesday
Partly sunny, cool, chance of showers, near 60 degrees
Discussion
Winds will stay quite strong today on the back side of yesterday’s strong cold frontal passage with gusts to 50 mph. It’ll be quite cold tonight and late night lows won’t be far from the freezing mark in many spots. After a quieter day on Saturday, a major storm will take shape over the middle of the nation on Sunday. This system will head towards the Great Lakes while a secondary low forms in the eastern US. The impact of this storm will be wide-ranging in the eastern half of the nation from Sunday into Monday including accumulating snow in the Upper Midwest to heavy rain in the Mid-Atlantic region to a possible widespread severe weather outbreak across the southern US. Another cold air outbreak arrives in the eastern US by next Tuesday and a rather sustained period of colder-than-normal weather can be expected through the remainder of April.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com