6:00 AM | ***A strong cold front barrels through early Friday...heavy rain, powerful winds on the way...maybe a gusty thunderstorm...rising temperatures tonight...dropping temperatures on Friday***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Increasing clouds, a bit milder, chance of rain late in the day, highs in the lower 50’s; S-SE winds around 5-10 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy with periods of rain, maybe a gusty thunderstorm, some of the rain will be heavy at times, becoming very windy with gusts to 45 mph, temperatures will rise into the 50’s during the overnight hours
Friday
Clouds and mild early in the day with lingering rain showers, maybe even a gusty thunderstorm, becoming partly sunny in the afternoon and cannot rule out an isolated snow shower, very windy with gusts to 50 mph, temperatures will drop during the mid-day and afternoon hours after peaking at mild levels early in the day
Friday Night
Clearing skies, windy, cold, mid-to-upper 20’s for late night lows
Saturday
Mainly sunny, breezy, cold, lower 40’s
Sunday
Mainly sunny, a bit milder, near 50 degrees
Monday
Mainly sunny, breezy, colder, upper 30’s
Tuesday
Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of rain, low-to-mid 40’s
Discussion
A strong cold front will barrel through the region early Friday and it will bring us heavy rain, powerful winds, and maybe even a gusty thunderstorm. Winds will be strong late tonight/early Friday ahead of the front and can gust to 45 mph or so from a southwesterly direction. After a brief lull in the winds immediately following the passage of the cold front, they’ll pick up markedly during the mid-day and afternoon hours from a northwesterly direction…potentially gusting to 50 mph or so. Temperatures will act in a topsy-turvy fashion in that they’ll rise into the 50’s later tonight in many places and then drop into the 30’s during the day on Friday following the passage of the strong cold front. Snow showers will develop across some of the higher elevation interior locations on Friday and one or two of these may make their way into the I-95 corridor. The weather will settle down for the weekend with dry conditions expected on both days and a moderate chill in the air.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather