6:15 AM | *Nice weather for the weekend throughout the Mid-Atlantic region...weekend auroras possible*

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

Today

Clouds and limited sun today and there can be some early morning patchy fog, warm, highs in the middle 70’s; S winds around 5 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, cool, cannot rule out a shower or thundershower, lows near 60 degrees

Saturday

Mainly sunny, nice, mid-to-upper 70’s for afternoon highs

Saturday Night             

Mainly clear, cool, lower 50’s for late night lows

Sunday

Mainly sunny, pleasant, middle 70’s; chance of showers and thunderstorms at night

Monday

Becoming mainly sunny, cooler, lower 70’s

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, even cooler, upper 60’s

Wednesday

Mainly sunny, still on the cool side, mid-to-upper 60’s

Discussion

Weak high pressure remains in control of the weather around here today with clouds and limited sunshine expected and then another weak cool front will pass through in the overnight hours…perhaps generating a shower or two. The frontal passage later tonight will pave the way for a nice weekend in the Mid-Atlantic region with plenty of sunshine expected on both days. Another cool front will cross the area on Sunday night and Monday and this one will usher in a cool air mass with highs on Tuesday and Wednesday likely to be confined to the 60’s. Two other notes…a tropical system may form over the Gulf of Mexico by early next week with its highest chance of impact likely limited to Florida sometime later next week. Also, the strongest solar flare of the current solar cycle, #25, will impact the Earth’s atmosphere later this weekend and the potential exists for widespread auroras.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather