7:00 AM | **It stays quite brisk and cold today, but turns dramatically warmer by Thursday afternoon**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly sunny, still brisk and quite cold, highs in the upper 40’s; NW winds at 10-15 mph; gusts to 25 mph
Tonight
Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, chance for a bit of rain, sleet and/or snow towards daybreak, lows in the low-to-mid 30’s
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy and chilly in the morning with the chance for a bit of rain or ice, partly sunny and much milder in the afternoon with a plain rain shower possible, windy, near 60 degrees for highs by late in the day
Wednesday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, windy, maybe a shower or two, lower 50’s for late night lows
Thursday
Windy and much warmer with mainly cloudy skies, good chance of PM showers and a possible strong-to-severe thunderstorm, mid-to-upper 70’s; showers and possible thunderstorms at night
Friday
Partly sunny, breezy, much cooler, chance of showers, mid-to-upper 50’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, cool, upper 50’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, cool, chance of rain showers, upper 50’s
Discussion
The unusual chill will stick around into early tomorrow and then much warmer air to our south and west will an advance in this direction. Initially, the warmer air will be forced to ride up and over the entrenched cold air mass late tonight and early Wednesday and this “overrunning” process can result in a bit of rain or ice. It should turn much milder tomorrow afternoon with a plain rain shower possible along with some partial sunshine. By Thursday, the warmer air will win out in its entirety and temperatures are likely to surge to 75 degrees in the DC metro region. This dramatic warm up on Thursday will come at a cost, however, as showers are likely and a strong-to-severe thunderstorm can form along and just ahead of incoming strong cold front. That same front may cause another outbreak of severe weather later tomorrow into Wednesday night across much of the same area that was hit last week (Deep South, Tennessee Valley). The passage of this next cold front will result in a cooler air mass around here for Friday and it remains on the cool side this weekend.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather