6:45 AM | **Showers/strong storms possible later today...potent system brings chance of heavy rain/severe storms on Sunday**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Partly sunny, warm, humid, good chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, some of the storms can be strong and some of the rain can be heavy, watch for localized flooding, highs near 90 degrees; S-SE winds around 5 mph
Tonight
Evening showers and thunderstorms are possible; otherwise, mainly cloudy skies, mild, muggy, some patchy fog possible late, lows near 70 degrees
Saturday
Partly sunny, warm, humid, isolated PM showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 70 degrees for late night lows
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, warm, humid, good chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the storms can be strong-to-severe, some of the rain can be heavy, watch for localized flooding, low-to-mid 80’s
Monday
Clouds and limited sun, warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, low-to-mid 80’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, quite warm, upper 80’s
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, very warm, near 90 degrees
Discussion
The combination of high low-level moisture content and an incoming frontal system will keep the atmosphere quite unstable today in the Mid-Atlantic region. Some of the storms that form later today can be quite strong and some of the rain can be heavy. After perhaps a little bit of a reduction in the chances for rain on Saturday, a potent system is likely to drop southeast on Sunday from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic region. This system is likely to bring heavy rain to the Mid-Atlantic region on Sunday and potentially some strong-to-severe thunderstorm activity.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather