7:00 AM | *Improving conditions today on the heels of a frontal passage*

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

Today

Clouds will give way to sun, warm, lowering humidity levels, highs in the mid-to-upper 80’s; NW winds around 5-10 mph

Tonight

Mainly clear, mild, lows in the mid-to-upper 60’s

Friday

Mainly sunny, warm, still only moderate humidity levels, middle 80’s for afternoon highs

Friday Night             

Becoming mainly cloudy, mild, increasingly muggy, cannot rule out a late night shower or thunderstorm, lower 70’s for late night lows

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the storms can be strong-to-severe, upper 80’s

Sunday

Partly sunny, quite warm, humid, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the storms can be strong-to-severe, lower 90’s

Monday

Mainly sunny, comfortable, lower 80’s

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, warm, low-to-mid 80’s

Discussion

A surface cool front is pushing off the coast this morning and its passage has cleansed the atmosphere of the high heat and humidity from yesterday and it’ll lead to improving conditions all along the I-95 corridor. Clouds will give way to sun and overall humidity levels will come down today with the onset of a northwesterly flow of air in the lower levels of the atmosphere. It’ll stay rather comfortable through tomorrow and then the humidity builds up again late Friday night and Saturday ahead of the next cool frontal system. That front can cause another round of showers and thunderstorms in the Mid-Atlantic region this weekend and it’s passage will be followed by another comfortable air mass for the early part of next week.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather