7:00 AM | **Mid 80's today as summer-like air reaches the Mid-Atlantic...possible coastal storm by the middle of next week**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Partly sunny, breezy and much warmer, noticeably more humid as well, chance for a late day shower or thunderstorm, highs in the mid 80’s
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lows in the mid 60’s
Saturday
Mainly cloudy warm, chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm, near 80 degrees for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Mainly cloudy, cooler, chance of showers, upper 50’s for late night lows
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, cooler, chance of showers, lower 70’s
Monday
Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers, low-to-mid 70’s
Tuesday
Mainly cloudy, cooler, chance of showers, lower 60’s
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy, cool, chance of rain, low-to-mid 60’s
Discussion
High pressure over the western Atlantic will pump much warmer air into the Mid-Atlantic region today on southwesterly winds and we’ll experience afternoon temperatures well up in the 80's. A cool front will arrive late tonight and there can be showers and thunderstorms ahead of it anytime from later today through the late evening hours. This front will stall nearby on Saturday and low pressure will drift along the boundary zone on Sunday producing more clouds in the region, a threat of showers, and overall cooler conditions. It’ll turn even cooler during the early part of next week and an overall damp weather pattern will continue through at least mid-week. Elsewhere, a tropical system is very likely to form this weekend over the southwestern Atlantic – the first of the 2020 Atlantic Basin tropical season - and it may very well contribute to the formation of a coastal storm in the Mid-Atlantic region during the middle of next week.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com