6:30 AM | ***Heavy rain and strong winds tonight...watch out for localized flooding...snow threat early-to-mid next week***

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

Today

Increasing clouds, chilly, chance of rain by late afternoon, highs in the lower 50’s; Light and variable winds in the morning; E-SE winds around 5-15 mph in the afternoon; gusts to 25 mph

Tonight

Rain, heavy at times, maybe a thunderstorm, watch out for localized flooding, windy with gusts to 45 mph, chilly, lows in the lower 40’s

Saturday

Rain possible early in the day then becoming partly sunny, windy with gusts to 50 mph, chilly, upper 40’s for highs

Saturday Night             

Mainly clear, cold, windy, upper 20’s for late night lows

Sunday

Partly sunny, windy, much colder, chance of snow showers, near 40 degrees

Monday

Increasing clouds, cold, mid 30’s; chance of snow at night

Tuesday

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow, low-to-mid 30’s

Wednesday

Mainly sunny, quite cold, breezy, mid-to-upper 20’s

Discussion              

A powerful storm system that will produce blizzard conditions across the Midwest and Great Lakes will the Mid-Atlantic region more heavy rain and strong winds from late today into early Saturday. Given the already well saturated grounds from recent heavy rain, localized flooding is likely to become an issue with the coming rainfall and with the strong winds expected, isolated power outages are a possibility. Colder air will follow this storm for the second half of the weekend and for much of next week as well. Low pressure may intensify off the east coast in the early-to-middle part of next week and that could result in some accumulating snow for the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor, but details still need to be ironed out. There is also a second threat of snow for us late next week and that one could be followed by an Arctic blast into the Mid-Atlantic region.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather