7:00 AM | *Strong cold front arrives later today with powerful wind gusts...some snow likely at mid-week*

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

Today

Mostly cloudy, becoming quite windy and very mild, chance of showers, highs in the middle60’s; S-SW winds increasing to 10-20 mph; gusts possible late to 40 mph

Tonight

A shower possible early then becoming partly cloudy, still windy with gusts to 40 mph, turning sharply colder, lows near 30 degrees           

Tuesday

Partly sunny, cold, not as windy, near 40 degrees for afternoon highs           

Tuesday Night             

Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow towards morning, cold, near 30 degrees for late night lows           

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy, cold, snow likely at times which can mix with rain and/or sleet, accumulations of a coating to a couple of inches are on the table, mid-to-upper 30’s

Thursday

Becoming mainly sunny, cold, near 40 degrees            

Friday

Mainly cloudy, milder, near 50 degrees           

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, quite mild, chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm, near 60 degrees

Discussion              

A strong cold front will arrive in the eastern states later today and it’ll turn very windy and much milder ahead of it and then sharply colder behind it during the overnight hours. The winds can gust past 40 mph later in the day from a southwesterly direction and then again later tonight following the frontal passage from a northwesterly direction. After a cold and dry day on Tuesday, low pressure will push from the south-central states to a position off the Mid-Atlantic coastline on Wednesday bringing the chance of some snow which can be mixed with rain and/or sleet at times. Some snow accumulations are possible in the region with this mid-week system likely in the range of a coating to a couple of inches.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian