6:30 AM | **Light rain/drizzle/fog this morning...windy, mild this afternoon...a messy weekend with plenty of rain that can be preceded by some accumulating snow**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy this morning with light rain or drizzle and areas of patchy fog, becoming windy and milder during the afternoon with partial sunshine, highs near 50 degrees; S-SE winds around 5-10 mph in the morning; W-NW winds in the afternoon increasing to around 10-20 mph; gusts possible to 35 mph
Tonight
Mainly clear, windy with gusts to 30 mph, cold, lows in the upper 20’s
Friday
Mainly sunny, breezy, cold, upper 30’s for afternoon highs and lower wind chill values
Friday Night
Increasing clouds, cold, lows in the upper 20’s
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, chance for snow, sleet and/or rain from mid-morning to mid-day and then rain is likely in the afternoon, cold, near 45 degrees; rain at night
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, windy, periods of rain, some of the rain can be heavy times, mild, upper 50’s for highs though temperatures can drop sharply later in the day and at night
President’s Day
Mainly sunny, windy, quite cold, middle 30’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, brisk, quite cold, middle 30’s
Discussion
After some light rain or drizzle this morning, it’ll turn windy this afternoon with gusts to 35 mph and milder with afternoon highs near 50 degrees. The work week will end with sunshine on Friday, but it will be cold and windy with afternoon high temperatures confined to the upper 30’s and lower wind chills. A long-lasting storm system will impact the region this weekend with snow and/or ice possible at the onset from mid-morning to mid-day on Saturday and then rain is likely from later Saturday into Sunday. There can be some small accumulations on Saturday before the changeover to rain. A strong cold front pushes through later Sunday and its passage will usher in a very cold air mass for the first half of next week. Looking ahead, there are signs of an east coast storm threat by the middle or latter part of next week...something we’ll closely monitor in coming days.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather