7:00 AM | *More comfortable conditions today following frontal passage...a comfortable air mass headed this way for the weekend*

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

Today

Mainly cloudy, more comfortable conditions with slightly below-normal temperatures and lower humidity, scattered showers are possible, maybe a thunderstorm, highs in the lower 80’s (normal high at DCA is 90 degrees); N-NW winds around 5-10 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lows in the near 70 degrees

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s for afternoon highs

Wednesday Night             

Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid 70’s for late night lows

Thursday

Partly sunny, quite warm, chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees

Friday

Partly sunny, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, comfortably warm, low-to-mid 80’s

Sunday

Partly sunny, still comfortably warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, low-to-mid 80’s

Discussion              

Temperatures will actually stay below-normal today in most spots of the Mid-Atlantic region with highs, for example, confined to the lower 80’s in the DC metro area where normal highs at DCA are about 90 degrees.  Given the general west-to-east air flow in the upper part of the atmosphere, the front that came through last night will have difficulty pushing too far to the south and east over the next 24 hours or so and is likely to stall out in the southern Mid-Atlantic region. As such, it’ll stay unsettled around here for the remainder of the work week with additional chances for showers and thunderstorms to go along with overall rather seasonal temperatures.  Another cool front will head this way late in the week and all signs point to this next one having enough “push” behind it to bring another comfortable air mass this way for the upcoming weekend.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather