6:15 AM | **The first widespread rain event for the Mid-Atlantic region in several weeks coming late Sunday**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly sunny, becoming windy, comfortable, highs near 70 degrees; W-NW winds increasing to 10-20 mph
Tonight
Mainly clear, brisk, chilly, lows in the low-to-mid 40’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, cooler, upper 50’s for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Mainly clear, cold, upper 30’s for late night lows
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, cool, good chance of rain in the afternoon and at night, upper 50’s
Monday
Becoming mainly sunny, comfortable, near 70 degrees
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, cool, lower 60’s
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, cool, near 60 degrees; chance of rain late at night
Discussion
The first widespread rain event in many weeks is coming to the Mid-Atlantic region from later Sunday into early Monday. Strong low pressure will push up to the northwest of here during the latter part of the weekend and it may even be able to draw some tropical moisture into the region from Hurricane Rafael. The likely rainfall amounts here should be in the 0.25 to 0.50 inch range between later Sunday and early Monday. The weather pattern returns to dry and comfortably cool again during the first half of next week, but more rain is possible by Wednesday night or Thursday.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather