7:00 AM | *Mild and wet weather next few days*

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

Today

Mainly cloudy, chilly, occasional light rain, maybe some patchy fog as well, highs in the mid-to-upper 40’s; S-SE winds around 5 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, chilly, occasional rain, some patchy fog as well, lows in the lower 40’s

Thursday

Mainly cloudy, breezy, milder, occasional rain, some patchy fog as well, upper 50’s for afternoon highs

Thursday Night             

Mainly cloudy, mild, occasional rain, patchy fog, lower 50’s for late night lows

Friday

Warmest day of the week…Mainly cloudy, breezy, very mild, chance of rain early in the morning, upper 60’s

Saturday

Increasing clouds, colder, chance of rain late in the day or at night, lower 50’s

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, even colder, chance of rain, mid-to-upper 40’s

Monday

Partly sunny, cold, low-to-mid 40’s

Discussion

The next few days will be mild in the Mid-Atlantic region and quite wet as well as moisture steadily flows to the northeast from the Gulf of Mexico. The warmest day of the week will be on Friday when temperatures surge to near 70 degrees in the DC metro region. Another storm system is then likely to impact the Mid-Atlantic region later in the upcoming weekend with one surface low pressure system (primary) heading into the Ohio Valley and a secondary likely to form near the Mid-Atlantic coastline. While there will be little cold air around initially, strong high pressure will build into southeastern Canada and act as a cold air source…possibly resulting in a changeover from rain-to-snow across interior sections of the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US on Sunday night.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather