7:00 AM | ***Dense fog this morning...heavy rain event from later tonight into late tomorrow...strong winds, possible thunderstorms as well...cold blast to follow for Thursday and Friday***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Dense fog this morning with patchy drizzle and light rain, occasional rain in the afternoon, mild, highs in the low-to-mid 50’s; S-SE winds around 5-10 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, mild and becoming windy, occasional rain which can be heavy at times late, maybe a late night thunderstorm temperatures rising through the 50’s in the overnight hours
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy, windy, unseasonably mild, rain, heavy at times, maybe a thunderstorm or two, lower 60’s for highs
Wednesday Night
Mainly cloudy with a lingering early evening rain shower possible, windy, turning sharply colder from late evening through the overnight hours, late night lows in the upper 20’s
Thursday
Mainly sunny, windy, quite cold, upper 30’s with much lower wind chills
Friday
Mainly sunny, breezy, still quite cold, upper 30’s
Saturday
Increasing clouds, not as cold, low-to-mid 40’s
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of rain, upper 40’s
Discussion
There was some welcome rainfall yesterday in the DC metro region, but it didn’t amount to all that much as the system involved was a rather quick mover. After a damp and foggy morning, another rain event is on the way and this one will be much more significant than yesterday’s with more than 2 inches on the table between later tonight and late tomorrow. In addition to the rain, the winds might become quite strong both ahead of the advancing cold front on Wednesday from a southerly direction and also on its backside on Wednesday night from a northwesterly direction. The combination of a strong surface cold front, plenty of available moisture, and a deep upper-level trough that becomes “negatively-tilted” will lead to the heavy rain event. A cold blast will follow the passage of the cold front with temperatures on both Thursday and Friday well below-normal for this time of year.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather