7:00 AM | *Chilly air mass arrives on Tuesday...near 30 degrees in some spots for overnight lows late Tuesday night/early Wednesday...dry streak ends*

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

Today

Clouds early then becoming mainly sunny, comfortable, windy, highs in the lower 70’s; W-SW winds around 10-20 mph

Tonight

Mainly clear, chilly, quite breezy, lows in the mid-to-upper 40’s

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, windy with gusts to 35 mph, chilly, upper 50’s for afternoon highs

Tuesday Night             

Mainly clear, cold, lower 30’s for late night lows

Wednesday

Sun followed by clouds, quite cool, low-to-mid 50’s

Thursday

Mainly cloudy, cool, chance of showers, low-to-mid 50’s

Friday

Mainly sunny, cool, near 60 degrees

Saturday

Mainly sunny, comfortable, low-to-mid 60’s

Discussion

A cold front will cross the region today and then a secondary cold front pushes through early Tuesday with high pressure to follow for the mid-week. Temperatures will climb into the lower 70’s later today, but will be confined to the upper 50’s for highs on Tuesday and likely the low-to-mid 50’s on Wednesday and Thursday. Temperatures late tomorrow night/early Wednesday can drop the lowest levels so far this season with overnight lows near the 30-degree mark in many spots. Another frontal system arrives on Thursday and it can bring more showers to the region.

One final note, the record consecutive day dry streak at Reagan National Airport (DCA) ended yesterday at 38 days…besting the previous record of 34 days set in 2007.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather