6:00 AM | **Way down in the 30's for lows late tonight...a mild weekend...an Arctic blast early next week...first hard freeze in many areas...snow showers on the table**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly sunny, quite breezy, cooler, highs in the mid-to-upper 50’s; W-NW winds around 10-20 mph; gusts possible to 30 mph
Tonight
Partly cloudy, cold, frost possible late, lows in the mid-to-upper 30’s
Friday
A mix of clouds and sun, quite breezy with gusts to 30 mph, mild, lower 60’s for afternoon highs
Friday Night
Mainly cloudy, cool, chance of showers, lower 50’s for late night lows
Saturday
Partly sunny, breezy, very mild, near 70 degrees
Sunday
Becoming mainly cloudy, breezy, mild, chance of rain, upper 60’s
Monday
Partly sunny, windy, colder, chance of snow showers, middle 40’s; hard freeze likely at night
Tuesday
Partly sunny, still quite cold, mid-to-upper 40’s
Discussion
A strong cold front passed through the Mid-Atlantic region last night and today will feature noticeably cooler conditions and quite breezy as well. Another cold front arrives late Friday night and this one should feature some shower activity in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor; however, temperatures will actually tick up this weekend following its passage.
An Arctic cold front arrives on Sunday night and it’ll usher in the coldest air yet this season for the early part of next week and many areas will experience their first hard freeze on Monday night. The atmosphere will be quite unstable on Monday with a vigorous low aloft and this could lead to some snow shower activity around here and accumulating snow is likely just downstream from the Great Lakes and in the higher elevations of the western Mid-Atlantic (e.g., West Virginia, western MD, western PA).
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather