7:00 AM | ***Powerful cold front to bring us potentially damaging wind gusts, showers and possible strong thunderstorms***

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

Today

Increasing clouds, becoming windy and warmer, chance of PM showers, highs in the upper 60’s; S-SW winds increasing to 10-20 mph; gusts possible late in the day to 35 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, windy, mild, occasional showers, wind gusts of 40+ mph possible, lows near 60 degrees

Saturday

Changeable skies, very windy and unseasonably warm, wind gusts can reach 55+ mph, occasional showers with a possible thunderstorm, mid 70’s for afternoon highs

Saturday Night             

Mainly cloudy in the evening with showers and a thunderstorm possible, windy with gusts of 55+ mph possible, mild early turning colder late, upper 30’s for late night lows

Sunday

Mainly sunny, windy with gusts to 35 mph, noticeably cooler, mid 50’s

Monday

Mainly sunny, much milder, near 70 degrees

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, warm, upper 70’s

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy, warm, chance of showers, upper 70’s

Discussion              

It turns much milder today with afternoon temperatures peaking in the upper 60’s.  Showers will be possible this afternoon and winds will increase in strength. Temperatures will climb to even higher levels on Saturday just ahead of an incoming strong cold front perhaps reaching the 75 degree mark. There will be occasional showers on Saturday and Saturday night to go along with those unseasonably warm conditions and perhaps even a thunderstorm. A big factor on Saturday and Saturday night will be the winds with gusts to 50 mph on the table. Despite some sunshine, it’ll be noticeably cooler on Sunday following the passage of the strong cold front with temperatures nearly 20 degrees lower than Saturday and there will be a stiff NW wind as well.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather