7:00 AM | *Occasional showers today, tonight and Friday with a few thunderstorms...any storm can be strong-to-severe; especially, later tomorrow...cool air mass arrives this weekend*
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, breezy, warm, quite humid, occasional showers, maybe a strong thunderstorm this afternoon, some of the rain can come down hard for a brief time, highs near 80 degrees
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, breezy, mild, muggy, chance of showers and possible thunderstorms, some of the rain can come down hard for a brief time, lows in the lower 70’s
Friday
Mainly cloudy, breezy, warmer, chance of showers and afternoon thunderstorms, some of the PM storms can be on the strong-to-severe side, mid 80’s for afternoon highs
Friday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the storms can be on the strong-to-severe side, upper 60’s for late night lows
Saturday
Morning showers possible; otherwise, partly sunny skies, warm, near 80 degrees
Sunday
Mainly sunny, pleasantly cool for this time of year, near 70 degrees
Monday
Mainly sunny, comfortably cool, near 70 degrees
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, nice, low-to-mid 70’s
Discussion
Enhanced moisture from the southeastern states has pushed into the region and this tropical air mass will result in occasional showers both today and on Friday and there can be some embedded strong-to-severe thunderstorm activity as well; especially, tomorrow afternoon/evening. A strong cool front will arrive by early Saturday and a shower threat may linger in the morning, but the weather will turn out to be dry and quite cool for the remainder of the weekend. In fact, the air mass arriving this weekend will be very cool for this time of year and the month of June could actually start off on quite a chilly note early Monday (June 1) with temperatures reaching the 40's across some of the northern and western suburbs.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com