7:00 AM | *Cool, unsettled next few days..."major" hurricane threat for Florida's Gulf coast with a possible late Thursday landfall*

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

Today

Mainly cloudy, cool, chance of showers, highs near 70 degrees; E winds around 5 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, cool, chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm, lows in the lower 60’s

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy, cool, chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm, lower 70’s for afternoon highs

Wednesday Night             

Mainly cloudy, cool, chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm, middle 60’s for late night lows

Thursday

Mainly cloudy, a bit milder, chance of showers, upper 70’s

Friday

Mainly cloudy, cool, chance of showers, middle 70’s

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, cool, chance of showers, middle 70’s

Sunday

Partly sunny, cool, chance of showers, lower 70’s

Discussion

The next few days will remain on the cool side around here as high pressure centered over southeastern Canada continues to have an influence on the weather in the Mid-Atlantic region. These next few days will also remain unsettled with multiple frontal systems to deal with and the threat of showers from time-to-time. Elsewhere, a tropical system now over the Caribbean Sea will intensify as it moves northward in coming days over the very warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. This system should make landfall later in the day on Thursday - perhaps as a “major” hurricane of category 3 status or higher - likely somewhere along Florida’s Gulf coast (Big Bend region).

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather