6:45 AM | *Unseasonably cool today with a shower threat...more rain, possible thunderstorms, later tonight and on Friday*

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

Today

Mainly cloudy, breezy and unseasonably cool, an occasional shower today and there can be some patchy drizzle at times, highs near 70 degrees; E-NE winds around 10-20 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, breezy, mild, showers likely, maybe a thunderstorm or two, some of the late night rain can come down hard, lows in the mid-to-upper 60’s

Friday

Mainly cloudy, warmer, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy, near 80 degrees for afternoon highs

Friday Night             

Mainly cloudy, mild, showers likely, maybe a thunderstorm or two, mid-to-upper 60’s for late night lows

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, low-to-mid 80’s

Sunday

Partly sunny, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid 80’s

Monday

Partly sunny, quite warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 80’s

Tuesday

Partly sunny, not quite as warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lower 80’s

Discussion              

The overall weather pattern has evolved into one that will be considerably wetter for the Mid-Atlantic region in coming days compared to what was experienced earlier this month and during May. Today will be unseasonably cool with a persistent ocean flow of air (i.e., east-to-northeast winds) given the combination of high pressure to the north and low pressure to the south. There can be a shower from time-to-time today or some patchy drizzle, but significant rainfall is not looking too likely. More rain is destined to arrive here later tonight and for Friday and there can be a thunderstorm or two mixed in…some of the rain late tonight and tomorrow can be heavy at times. A daily threat of showers and thunderstorms this weekend looks like it will continue through much of next week. Conditions do turn warmer on Friday and then temperatures likely reach into the 80’s during the weekend and early part of next week.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather