7:00 AM | **The threat for additional showers continues through tonight...cold blast arrives this weekend with below-freezing conditions likely late Sunday night and late Monday night**

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

Today

Mainly cloudy, becoming milder after a chilly start, occasional showers and a thunderstorm is possible, highs in the upper 60’s late in the day; NE winds around 5 mph in the morning; SW winds at 5-10 mph in the afternoon

Tonight

Occasional showers, maybe a thunderstorm, breezy, turning colder late, lows in the mid-to-upper 40’s

Friday

Mainly sunny, cooler, quite breezy, near 60 degrees for afternoon highs

Friday Night             

Partly cloudy, breezy, chilly, lower 40’s for late night lows

Saturday

Partly sunny, quite breezy, cooler, chance for a few mid-day and PM showers, not out of the question that a few ice pellets mix in with the rain at times, lower 50’s

Sunday

Mainly sunny, windy, cold, upper 40’s

Monday

Mainly sunny, breezy, quite cold for late March, near 45 degrees  

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, still chilly, near 50 degrees

Discussion              

Occasional showers will be the rule around here through tonight as a secondary low pressure system forms near the northern Mid-Atlantic coastline and a thunderstorm cannot be ruled out.  After a relatively mild day on Friday, the weekend will turn increasingly cold and NW winds will intensify following the passage of two cold frontal systems.  With the arrival of the initial cold front on Saturday, there can be a few rain showers and perhaps even a bit of sleet or graupel (i.e., snow pellets) mixed in at times late in the day. Temperatures on Sunday will be confined to the upper 40’s for afternoon highs and below-freezing conditions are quite likely late Sunday night and again late Monday night. In fact, it stays quite a bit colder-than-normal for the latter part of March right into the middle part of next week.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather