7:00 AM | *Shower threat returns later today...cool, unsettled weekend and early part of next week*
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly sunny early in the day will give way to mainly cloudy skies, cool, good chance of showers during the mid-day and afternoon hours, an afternoon thunderstorm is possible, some of the rain can come down hard at times, highs in the mid 60’s; S-W winds at 5-10 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, chilly, good chance of evening showers, maybe a thunderstorm, some of the rain can come down hard at times, lows in the low-to-mid 40’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, breezy, quite cool, chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm, near 60 degrees for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Mainly clear, chilly, low-to-mid 40’s for late night lows
Sunday
Thickening clouds, quite cool, chance of occasional showers, lower 60’s for afternoon highs
Monday
Mainly cloudy, still cool and unsettled with a chance of showers, mid-to-upper 60’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, cool, mid 60’s
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, cool, mid 60’s
Discussion
An upper-level low pressure system will move over the northeastern quadrant of the nation today and keep it unsettled around here for the next couple of days. This system will result in unstable conditions in the atmosphere with unusually chilly air aloft for the early part of May. Any kind of early day low-level heating today and tomorrow will act to destabilize the atmosphere and the result is likely to be scattered afternoon showers on both days. There can even be a thunderstorm on Saturday afternoon and with the freezing level at such an unusually low level, small hail will be possible. Another low pressure system will head northeast on Sunday and is likely to bring us thickening clouds and more rain to the area later in the day and on Sunday night. The cool and unsettled weather pattern that is unfolding will likely last for the next ten days or so across much of the northern US.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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