7:00 AM | **A couple of strong cold fronts to impact the northeastern states on Tuesday and Wednesday**

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

Today

Mainly sunny, becoming quite breezy, chilly, highs in the upper 40’s; W-SW winds increasing to around 10-20 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, breezy, cold, lows near 30 degrees

Tuesday

Partly sunny, windy, chilly, maybe a shower, upper 40’s for afternoon highs

Tuesday Night             

Partly cloudy, cold, maybe a shower, lows not far from 30 degrees

Wednesday

Partly sunny, windy, quite mild, maybe a shower, low-to-mid 50’s for afternoon highs

Thursday

Partly sunny, windy, chilly, middle 40’s

Friday

Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers, lower 50’s

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, colder, chance of rain or snow, lower 40’s

Discussion

After a cold, dry and quiet weekend, high pressure will remain in control as we start the new work week and west-to-southwest winds will strengthen as the pressure gradient tightens between low pressure to the north and high pressure building in from the southwest. A couple of strong cold frontal systems dropping southeastward from Canada will impact the northeastern states on both Tuesday and Wednesday. The first of these fronts can cause windy conditions on Tuesday with the chance of a shower around here. The second front will also generate windy conditions around here at mid-week with the possibility of a shower or two. At the end of the work week, low pressure to our west will try to push a warm front through our region and there can be some rain from later Friday into Saturday.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather