7:00 AM | *Rain on the way for later today and early tonight...windy and colder late tonight and Friday with gusts to 40 mph*

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

Today

Mainly cloudy, becoming windy and quite mild, occasional showers likely by mid-to-late afternoon, highs near 70 degrees; S-SE winds increasing to around 10-20 mph; gusts to 30 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy with rain likely during the evening hours, windy with late night gusts to 40 mph, turning colder, lows in the middle 30’s

Friday

Windy and colder with gusts to 40 mph, partly-to-mostly sunny skies, near 55 degrees for afternoon highs

Friday Night             

Mainly clear, brisk, chilly, late night lows in the upper 30’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, quite breezy, mild, chance for a shower, lower 60’s

Sunday

Sun followed by clouds, breezy, cooler, near 55 degrees; showers possible at night

Monday

Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers, middle 60’s

Tuesday

Partly sunny, a bit cooler, breezy, upper 50’s

Discussion

A strong cold front will head this way today from the Ohio Valley and it’ll help to spawn the formation of low pressure near the Mid-Atlantic coastline by later tonight. The combination of the low pressure system and cold front will bring rain to the region from later today into early tonight and winds will kick up as well. In fact, those winds can gust to 40 mph or so by late tonight and through the day on Friday which will be a cooler day compared to today. A weak front can bring some clouds to the area on Saturday and perhaps a shower or two, and then it turns cooler on its heels to close out the upcoming weekend. Another cold frontal system can bring more rain to the area by the early part of next week.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather