6:00 AM | **Setting up for a cold Turkey Day following the mid-week passage of strong cold front...strong winds by Thursday night and Friday**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Sun followed by some clouds, chilly, highs near 55 degrees (normal high at DCA is 55 degrees); NW winds around 5-10 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, cold, lows in the upper 30’s
Tuesday
Mainly cloudy, chilly, good chance of PM rain, mid-to-upper 50’s for afternoon highs
Tuesday Night
Mainly cloudy, chilly, good chance of rain, upper 40’s for late night lows
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy, breezy, much milder, scattered showers possible, upper 60’s
Thursday
Becoming mainly sunny, windy, cold, mid-to-upper 40’s
Friday
Mainly sunny, very windy, unseasonably cold, maybe a snow shower, lower 40’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, still quite cold, low-to-mid 40’s
Discussion
High pressure will remain in control of the weather for another day producing some sunshine here today, light winds, and temperatures on the chilly side with afternoon highs near 50 degrees. A strong cold front approaches the area later tomorrow and the pushes through at mid-week. This system will bring more welcome rain to the area from later tomorrow into Wednesday and its passage will usher in an unseasonably cold air mass for Thanksgiving Day and a secondary cold frontal passage will ensure unseasonably cold weather for Friday and Saturday as well. The winds will become a noticeable factor on Thanksgiving Day from a northwesterly direction and then very strong on Thursday night and Friday. This late week Arctic blast will produce another Great Lakes snow event for those areas just downstream of the still relatively warm lakes, and a few snow showers could make their way all the way into the I-95 corridor.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather