7:00 AM | **Unusually cool today and still quite unsettled with a stiff wind and a chance of showers**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, windy, unseasonably cool, chance of showers, highs in the mid-to-upper 50’s (normal high at DCA is 73 degrees); W-SW winds around 10-20 mph, gusts possible to 30 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, windy, chilly, chance of showers, lows in the lower 40’s
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy, breezy, unseasonably cool, chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm, mid-to-upper 50’s for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Mainly cloudy, chilly, breezy, occasional showers, maybe a thunderstorm, near 45 degrees for late night lows
Thursday
Partly sunny, breezy, cool, chance of showers, low-to-mid 60’s
Friday
Mainly sunny, breezy, a bit milder, maybe a shower, mid-to-upper 60’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, nice, near 70 degrees
Sunday
Mainly sunny, warmer, near 75 degrees
Discussion
An unusually cool air mass for early May has engulfed much of the northeastern quadrant of the nation and it’ll stick around for a few more days. The Great Lakes, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast US will be stuck with well below-normal temperatures through much of the remainder of the week with a deep upper-level low pressure system spinning around overhead. With cold air aloft, any daytime heating early in the day will quickly result in destabilization of the atmosphere leading to clouds and scattered rain showers. The air is cold enough that some higher-elevation interior locations of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast US can even experience ice pellets (graupel) and/or snowflakes mixed in with the rain during the next couple of days. The weather gets quieter and milder at the end of the week.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather