7:00 AM | *Quite warm to start the week which will be very unsettled...tropics have come to life*
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Partly sunny, quite warm, chance of late day showers and thunderstorms; primarily, to the south of the metro area, highs in the upper 80’s; S-SE winds around 5 mph
Tonight
Becoming mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers and thunderstorms late, lows in the mid 60’s
Tuesday
Partly sunny, breezy, warm, maybe PM showers, lower 80’s for afternoon highs
Tuesday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers, near 65 degrees for late night lows
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy, cooler, chance of showers late, near 75 degrees
Thursday
Mainly cloudy, still on the cool side, chance of showers, mid 70’s
Friday
Mainly cloudy, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 80 degrees
Saturday
Partly sunny, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, low-to-mid 80’s
Discussion
High pressure builds southward into the northern Mid-Atlantic today and then the weather will get unsettled for much of the remainder of the week. Low pressure and a large area of moisture will dominate the scene in the southeastern states this week and this system can spread showers to the north at times into the Mid-Atlantic region. Elsewhere, the tropical scene has come to life in the eastern Atlantic and a couple systems will have to be monitored in coming days. The front running system is very likely to intensify into at least tropical storm status over the next few days, but it is unknown whether its ultimate path will take it to the Caribbean Sea or if it will shift to the north and east of the Windward Islands. The second system has a smaller chance of intensifying into tropical storm status.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather