7:00 AM | *Passage of a "back door" cold front brings cooler conditions to the region for today and Thursday...temperatures surge again this weekend, but it becomes quite wet*

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

Today

Partly sunny, cooler than yesterday, highs in the lower 60’s; N-NE winds around 5-10 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, chilly, lows in the lower 40’s

Thursday

Mainly cloudy, cool, upper 50’s for afternoon highs

Thursday Night             

Mainly cloudy, chilly, lows near 45 degrees

Friday

Becoming partly sunny, a bit milder, lower 60’s

Saturday

Becoming mainly cloudy, quite mild, chance of showers later in the day and at night, lower 70’s

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, windy, quite mild, occasional showers, maybe a strong thunderstorm, some of the rain can be heavy at times, low-to-mid 70’s

Monday

Partly sunny, windy, cooler, chance of showers, near 60 degrees

Discussion

The passage of a “back door” cold front will bring cooler conditions to the region for both today and tomorrow as low-level winds have shifted from a southwesterly direction to north-northeast. (I refer to this kind of cold front as a “back door” since it “sneaks in” from our northeast instead of the more conventional approach of a cold front from our west). Temperatures will begin to rebound on Friday and it’ll be quite mild this weekend. The weekend becomes quite wet, however, with occasional rainfall likely from later Saturday through Sunday. Some of the rain can be heavy at times later this weekend and a strong thunderstorm is possible. It turns cooler on Monday following the passage of a more conventional “west-to-east-moving” cold frontal system.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather