7:00 AM | **Chance of showers and strong-to-severe thunderstorms later today as cold front arrives...nice weather to follow**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Increasing clouds, warm, more humid, becoming breezy, chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, some of the late day storms can be strong-to-severe with brief heavy downpours, highs in the mid 80’s; S-SW winds around 10-15 mph; gusts later in the day to 25 mph
Tonight
Evening showers and thunderstorms likely, some of the storms can be strong-to-severe with brief heavy downpours possible, mainly cloudy skies overnight, mild, lows in the mid 60’s
Thursday
Becoming partly sunny, cooler, upper 70’s
Thursday Night
Mainly clear, cool, upper 50’s for late night lows
Friday
Mainly sunny, nice, upper 70's
Saturday
Mainly sunny, comfortable, near 80 degrees
Sunday
Mainly sunny, a bit warmer, mid-to-upper 80’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, warm, mid-to-upper 80’s
Discussion
A cold front will arrive later today and present us with the best chance of showers and thunderstorms this week. In fact, some of the late day and evening storms in the Mid-Atlantic region can be severe with brief heavy downpours possible and even isolated tornadoes. Given the well-saturated grounds, any heavy rainfall later today can result in localized flash flooding. Following the passage of the front, the latter part of the week will feature comfortable weather conditions to go along with plenty of sunshine. The nice weather pattern will continue into the upcoming weekend and temperatures will warm a bit, but remain pretty comfortable for this time of year.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Peraton
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