6:15 AM | ***Windy, warm and wet on Sunday with possible strong-to-severe thunderstorms***

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

Today

Mainly cloudy in the morning, clearing in the afternoon, milder than yesterday, highs in the lower 60’s; E-NE winds around 5 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, chilly, maybe some drizzle and patchy fog, lows in the middle 40’s

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, becoming breezy, chance of light rain/drizzle and some patchy fog, upper 50’s

Saturday Night             

Mainly cloudy, mild, quite breezy, chance of light rain/drizzle, lows in the middle 50’s

Sunday

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

Monday

Partly sunny, windy, cooler, chance of showers, mid-to-upper 50’s

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, mild, mid-to-upper 60’s

Wednesday

Mainly sunny, warmer, near 75 degrees

Discussion

There will be plenty of cloudiness around early today, but clearing skies this afternoon can allow for temperatures to turn milder compared to Thursday and then they’ll surge later this weekend to very mild levels on Sunday. The weekend will become quite wet, however, with the chance of light rain/drizzle on Saturday and Saturday night, and then occasional rainfall is likely on Sunday. The rain on Sunday can become heavy at times and the winds can be quite strong as a cold front slides eastward towards the coast. In addition, there can be a strong-to-severe thunderstorm or two raising the chance for damaging wind gusts in the Mid-Atlantic region. It turns cooler on Monday following the passage of a cold front, but as is increasingly common for this time of year, the cool down should be short-lived. It should become very mild again in the Mid-Atlantic region by the middle of next week.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather