7:00 AM | **A strong cold front heads this way for the weekend...powerful wind gusts on the table for later Friday and Saturday**

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

Today

Mainly sunny, cool, highs in the upper 50’s; N-NW winds around 5-10 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, cold, slight chance of a shower, lows in the low-to-mid 30’s

Thursday

Mainly sunny, breezy, quite chilly, lower 50’s for afternoon highs

Thursday Night             

Partly cloudy, cold, mid-to-upper 30’s for late night lows

Friday

Partly sunny, becoming windy, much milder, chance of PM showers, near 65 degrees

Saturday

Very windy and warm with changeable skies and occasional showers, maybe a strong thunderstorm, there is the potential for damaging wind gusts, low-to-mid 70’s

Sunday

Mainly sunny, windy, noticeably cooler, mid 50’s

Monday

Mainly sunny, becoming quite mild, near 70 degrees

Discussion              

High pressure will stay in control of the weather through today resulting in plenty of sunshine and then a cold front slides through the region later tonight. Following the frontal passage, it’ll be unseasonably chilly on Thursday, but then it turns much milder on Friday with possible late day showers ahead of an incoming strong cold front.  Temperatures will climb to even higher levels on Saturday just ahead of the strong cold front perhaps reaching the low-to-mid 70’s, but occasional showers are likely and perhaps even a thunderstorm. The biggest factor late Friday and Saturday will likely be the winds which will be quite strong and potentially damaging with gusts to 50 mph or higher on the table. Despite some sunshine on Sunday, it’ll be noticeably cooler following the frontal passage with temperatures some 20 degrees lower than Saturday and there may be a stiff NW breeze as well.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather