6:15 AM | **Low pressure pushes rain into the region from late tonight into Thanksgiving Day...extended windy and cold pattern begins this weekend**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Partly sunny, chilly, highs in the lower 50’s; W-SW winds around 5 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, chilly, periods of rain late, lows near 40 degrees
Thanksgiving Day
Mainly cloudy, chilly, periods of rain, near 50 degrees for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Becoming partly cloudy, cold, middle 30’s for late night lows
Friday
Mainly sunny, breezy, cold, middle 40’s
Saturday
Windy and cold with mainly sunny skies, upper 30’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, windy, cold, maybe a snow shower, mid-to-upper 30’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, breezy, cold, mid-to-upper 30’s
Discussion
A cold front cross the region on Tuesday, but the air behind it will not be all that cold and temperatures later today should peak in the lower 50’s. Low pressure from the Tennessee Valley will move northeast later today and spread rain into our area from later tonight into Thanksgiving Day. Temperatures on Thursday are likely to spend most of the day at or slightly below the 50 degree mark and it turns colder by the upcoming weekend as a broad northwesterly flow of air forms on the backside of the departing low pressure system. The cold air outbreak that reaches the Mid-Atlantic region this weekend will be the opening salvo of what looks like an extended colder-than-normal stretch of weather that likely lasts through the first couple of weeks of December.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather