7:00 AM | ****Showers and possible severe storms later today into later tonight...holiday weekend starts off shaky, but ends pretty well although it gets very warm****

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

Today

Mainly cloudy, warmer, more humid, breezy, occasional showers and possible thunderstorms, any storm later today can be strong-to-severe with downpours, highs in the upper 70’s; S winds increasing to 10-15 mph; gusts to 25 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, mild, breezy, showers and thunderstorms during the evening hours, some of the storms can be strong-to-severe with downpours, lows in the lower 60’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, warm, breezy, still the slight chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm, upper 70’s for afternoon highs

Saturday Night             

Partly cloudy, mild early and turning cooler late, upper 50’s for late night lows

Sunday

Mainly sunny, warm, lower 80’s

Monday

Mainly sunny, very warm, near 90 degrees

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, very warm, lower 90’s   

Wednesday

Mainly sunny, still very warm, near 90 degrees

Discussion              

The combination of an increasingly humid air mass, strong surface frontal system and a vigorous mid-level low will help to generate numerous showers in the Mid-Atlantic region from today into tonight and possible severe thunderstorms. In fact, there may be two bands of thunderstorms to closely monitor during this event- one during the mid-day/early afternoon hours and a second during the evening. The main severe weather parameter threats will be damaging wind gusts and “flash-flooding” downpours., and isolated tornadoes are also on the table. The upper-level low will be rather slow-moving in an easterly direction and this will result in an unsettled weather day on Saturday with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. The upper-level will then exit off the coast by Sunday resulting in improvement to end the weekend and the weather on Monday, Memorial Day, should feature plenty of sunshine, very warm conditions, and highs well up in the 80’s.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather