7:00 AM | *Nice fall weather next few days...more weekend rain on the way and quite cool*

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

Today

A mix of sun and clouds, comfortably cool, highs not far from 70 degrees; W winds around 5-10 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, chilly, lows in the mid-to-upper 40’s

Thursday

Mainly sunny, nice, low-to-mid 70’s for afternoon highs

Thursday Night             

Mainly clear, cool, lower 50’s for late night lows

Friday

Mainly sunny, pleasant, lower 70’s

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, quite cool, breezy, periods of rain likely, low-to-mid 60’s

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, unseasonably cool, breezy, chance of showers, near 60 degrees

Monday

Partly sunny, cool, chance of showers, near 60 degrees

Discussion              

An upper-level low will push across the central states over the next few days and help to spawn an Ohio Valley surface low by the end of the week. This initial or primary low will then give way to an intensifying secondary low early this weekend somewhere near the Mid-Atlantic coastline. As a result, it looks like yet another weekend rain event for the Mid-Atlantic region that will feature a persistent onshore flow of air (NE winds) and quite cool conditions. The inclement weather is likely to spill over into Sunday with the expected very slow movement of the upper-level trough of low pressure over the eastern US.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather