7:00 AM | ***Next storm arrives on Friday with strong winds and more significant rain***

6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region

Today

Mainly sunny skies will be followed by increasing clouds, cool, highs in the mid 60’s; Winds light and variable this morning; E winds around 5 mph this afternoon

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, chilly, showers likely late and becoming breezy, lows in the lower 50’s

Friday

Mainly cloudy, windy and cool, occasional rain, maybe a thunderstorm, some of the rain can be heavy at times, lower 60’s for afternoon highs

Friday Night

Mainly cloudy, windy, chilly, occasional showers, maybe a thunderstorm, some of the rain can be heavy at times, lower 50’s for late night lows

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, cool, occasional showers are still possible, lower 60's

Sunday

Partly-to-mostly sunny, cool, lower 60’s

Monday

Mainly sunny, cool, lower 60’s

Tuesday

Increasing clouds, cool, PM showers possible, lower 60’s

Discussion

High pressure will build into the area today, but its impact will be rather short-lived. Another storm system will reach us on Friday and it will generate more significant rainfall in the Mid-Atlantic region likely in the 1-3 inch range. In fact, flash flood watches may have to be issued for this storm given the already pretty well saturated grounds from the rains of earlier this week. In addition to the rain, winds will become quite strong on Friday from a southeasterly direction and potentially gusting into the 40-50 mph range. It remains quite unsettled on Saturday with lots of clouds and a continuing shower threat, but the weather should settle down some for Sunday and especially Monday.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian