7:00 AM | ***Winds a major factor through tonight on backside of major storm system with gusts to 50 mph or so***

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

Today

Becoming partly sunny, very windy with gusts to 50 mph, cold, highs in the lower 40’s; W-NW winds increasing to 20-30 mph; gusts to 50 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, very windy with gusts to 50 mph, cold, lows in the lower 30’s

Wednesday

Mainly sunny, still very windy with gusts to 40 mph, cold, upper 40’s for afternoon highs

Wednesday Night             

Mainly clear, blustery, cold, near 30 degrees for late night lows

Thursday

Mainly sunny, much milder, near 60 degrees

Friday

Mainly cloudy, breezy, mild, chance of showers, lower 60’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, breezy, cooler, chance of showers, low-to-mid 50’s

Sunday

Partly sunny, breezy, colder, mid 40’s

Discussion              

It’ll be very windy today, tonight and Wednesday on the back side of a major storm system now over the western Atlantic Ocean. Winds can gust to 50 mph or so through tomorrow and isolated power outages are certainly on the table. In addition to the wind, this major storm system will feature snow shower activity today that will wrap around from northeast-to-southwest all the into southeastern PA and a couple of these snow showers can make their way all the way into northeastern Maryland. High pressure will take over later in the week and there will be much milder conditions for Thursday and Friday.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather