7:00 AM | ***Strong cold front can bring us heavy rain later tomorrow/tomorrow night and the potential exists for severe thunderstorms***

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

Today

Mainly sunny, quite warm, highs in the upper 80’s; E-SE winds around 5-10 mph

Tonight

Increasing clouds, mild, lows in the mid 60’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, warm, breezy, chance of showers and thunderstorms in the mid and late afternoon, some of the late day rain can be heavy at times and there can be a severe thunderstorm, mid-to-upper 70’s

Saturday Night             

Showers and thunderstorms during the evening hours, some of the rain can be heavy and some of the storms can be severe, mild early then turning cooler late, near 50 degrees for late night lows

Sunday

Mainly sunny, cooler, breezy, maybe a shower, low-to-mid 60’s

Monday

Mainly sunny, breezy, a bit cooler, near 60 degrees

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, a bit milder, lower 60’s

Wednesday

Mainly sunny, mild, mid-to-upper 60’s

Discussion              

High pressure remains in control today as we end the work week providing us with some sunshine and unusually warm conditions for the latter part of April.  Temperatures should peak in the upper 80’s and this unusual warmth can be a record-breaker in some spots. The main system of interest this weekend will be a strong cold front that’ll edge its way through the Ohio Valley on Saturday and then likely generate some heavy rainfall around here from later tomorrow into Saturday night. Severe thunderstorms are a threat as well with this frontal passage and the time period of concern for the active weather in the metro region will be 3-11pm. It’ll turn cooler on Sunday following the passage of the initial cold front and then a secondary cold front will pass through on Sunday night and usher in even cooler air for Monday.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather