7:00 AM | **Wet weather returns to the region tonight with approaching strong cold front...colder this weekend and a reinforcing cold shot early next week**

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

Today

Partly sunny, mild, becoming breezy, highs in the middle 60’s; SE winds around 5-10 mph in the morning, increasing to 10-20 mph this afternoon

Tonight

Becoming mainly cloudy, cool, good chance of showers, maybe a strong thunderstorm after midnight, lows in the mid-to-upper 50’s           

Friday             

Clouds and AM showers, maybe a strong morning thunderstorm, partly sunny and breezy in the afternoon, mild, low-to-mid 60’s for afternoon highs           

Friday Night             

Partly cloudy, colder, lower 40’s for late night lows           

Saturday             

Considerable clouds, cooler, windy, showers are possible, mid 50’s           

Sunday             

Mainly sunny, breezy, colder, near 50 degrees            

Monday             

Partly sunny, cold, chance of a rain and/or snow shower, upper 40’s           

Tuesday             

Mainly sunny, cold, near 50 degrees           

Discussion              

A strong cold front will cross the region on Friday and there will be showers ahead of it from tonight into tomorrow morning.  A strong thunderstorm or two can be mixed in and the rain can come down hard for brief spells. The breeze will pick up on Friday afternoon as cooler, drier air arrives and then another cold front can cause a few showers on Saturday along with windy conditions. Temperatures will be on a downward trend as we head through the weekend with afternoon highs in the 60’s on Friday replaced by the 50’s on Saturday afternoon and perhaps no better than 50 degrees on Sunday. Another cold front will approach the region on Sunday night and Monday and this frontal boundary zone may feature a wave of low pressure that can produce some rain and/or snow shower activity in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian