7:00 AM | **Cool, but sunny weather for the Nats home opener...strong wind gusts later tomorrow and Saturday associated with powerful cold front**

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

Today

Mainly sunny, breezy, quite chilly, highs in the low-to-mid 50’s; NW winds around 10-15 mph

Tonight

Mainly clear, cold, lows in the upper 30’s

Friday

Increasing clouds, becoming windy and much milder with strong gusts likely late in the day, PM showers are possible, upper 60’s for afternoon highs

Friday Night             

Mainly cloudy, windy with strong gusts likely, mild, occasional showers are possible, mid-to-upper 50’s for late night lows

Saturday

Changeable skies, windy and warm with strong gusts, occasional showers, maybe a thunderstorm, near 75 degrees

Sunday

Mainly sunny, breezy, noticeably cooler, low-to-mid 50’s

Monday

Mainly sunny, much milder, near 70 degrees

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, nice, near 75 degrees

Discussion              

Following the passage of a cold front, it’ll be much cooler today for the Nationals home opener and despite plenty of sunshine, temperatures will likely peak in the low-to-mid 50’s – some ten degrees below the normal for this time of year. It turns much milder on Friday with possibility of late day showers ahead of the next cold front and temperatures can climb to near 70 degrees. Temperatures will climb to even higher levels on Saturday just ahead of the strong cold front perhaps reaching the middle 70’s, but there will be occasional showers and perhaps even a thunderstorm. The biggest factor from late tomorrow into Saturday will likely be the winds which will be quite strong and potentially damaging with gusts to 50 mph on the table. Despite some sunshine on Sunday, it’ll be noticeably cooler following the next cold frontal passage with temperatures nearly 20 degrees lower than Saturday and there may be a stiff NW wind as well.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather