7:00 AM | **Finally...a soaking rainfall coming to the Mid-Atlantic region**

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

Today

Some sunshine to give way to increasing clouds, chilly, highs near 50 degrees; N-NE winds around 5-10 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, cold, lows in the mid 30’s

Tuesday

Mainly cloudy, chilly, becoming quite breezy, periods of rain, some of the rain should be heavy at times, lower 50’s for afternoon highs

Tuesday Night             

Mainly cloudy, chilly, windy, periods of rain, some of the rain should be heavy at times, near 45 degrees for late night lows

Wednesday

Partly sunny, chilly, breezy, chance of showers, mid 50’s

Thursday

Mainly sunny, cool, lower 50’s

Friday

Increasing clouds, chilly, chance of rain late, near 50 degrees

Saturday

Partly sunny, chilly, chance of rain, near 50 degrees

Discussion              

The big weather story of the week in the Mid-Atlantic region will be the soaking rain event that takes place from later tomorrow into early Wednesday as strong low pressure pushes into the Great Lakes region. It has been very dry in recent weeks, but this system should produce an inch or more of rain throughout the area by early Wednesday morning. It appeared last week that there would be an influx of unseasonably cold air into the Mid-Atlantic region on the back side of this storm, but that no longer appears to be the case. Instead, Turkey Day should be dry and cool with only slightly below-normal temperatures for this time of year. The weather becomes unsettled again at week’s end and for the upcoming weekend and it looks like it will be on the chilly side.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather