7:00 AM | **Another cool and unsettled day in the DC metro region...weekend shaping up nicely**

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

Today

Mainly cloudy, breezy, unseasonably cool, showers are possible, maybe even a rumble of thunder, ice pellets or graupel can be mixed in at times, highs in the low-to-mid 50’s; W-NW winds around 10-20 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, breezy, chilly, chance of evening showers, ice pellets or graupel can be mixed in at times, lows in the low-to-mid 40’s

Thursday

Partly sunny, breezy, still on the cool side, chance of showers, lower 60’s for afternoon highs

Thursday Night             

Partly cloudy, chilly, maybe a shower, near 45 degrees for late night lows

Friday

Partly-to-mostly sunny, cool, mid 60’s

Saturday

Mainly sunny, milder, upper 60’s

Sunday

Mainly sunny, nice, mid 70’s

Monday

Mainly sunny, warm, upper 70’s

Discussion              

An unusually cool air mass remains entrenched in the Mid-Atlantic region and an upper-level low spinning overhead will keep it quite unsettled here at mid-week.  With cold air aloft, any daytime heating will quickly result in destabilization of the atmosphere leading to clouds, scattered rain showers and perhaps even a rumble of thunder. The air is cold enough that some higher-elevation spots to the north and west can experience ice pellets or graupel mixed in with the rain later today and early tonight. The weather gets quieter and milder at the end of the week and the weekend is shaping up quite nicely.    

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather