7:00 AM | ***Still windy today with gusts to 40 mph...another storm brings heavy rain/strong winds here on Friday night...colder air to follow***

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

Today

Mainly sunny, windy, chilly, chance of AM rain showers, highs in the upper 40’s; W-SW winds around 15-30 mph; gusts to 40 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, breezy, colder, lows near 30 degrees

Thursday

Mainly sunny, cool, near 50 degrees for afternoon highs

Thursday Night             

Mainly clear, cold, near 30 degrees for late night lows

Friday

Becoming mainly cloudy, cool, chance of rain later in the day and at night, increasingly windy, lower 50’s; heavy rain, strong winds at night

Saturday

Becoming partly sunny, cool, still windy, chance of rain showers, upper 40’s

Sunday

Mainly sunny, windy, much colder, upper 30’s

Monday

Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow or a mix of snow and ice late in the day or at night, upper 30’s

Discussion              

The powerful storm system that brought heavy rainfall and howling winds to the region yesterday and last night will push into southeastern Canada today. Winds will remain quite strong gusting up to 40 mph or so, but from a westerly direction on the back side of the departing storm system. Another powerful storm system can bring heavy rain and strong winds to the Mid-Atlantic region on Friday night and this second system will usher in much colder air for the latter part of the upcoming weekend and the early part of next week. In fact, there will be some intense cold this weekend dropping southward from Canada into the US and some of this Arctic air will trek south and east reaching the eastern seaboard later in the weekend.  A third storm system threatens the eastern states early-to-middle part of next week and this time snow will be on the table in the I-95 corridor given the expected preceding arrival of Arctic air.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather