6:15 AM | **An extended stretch of unsettled weather coming to the Mid-Atlantic region...some of the rain likely to be heavy at times**

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

Today

Mainly sunny, very warm, more humid, highs in the lower 90’s (this will be the first 90-degree day of the year…the latest for the “first-time” since 2003; normal high now at DCA is 84 degrees); W winds around 5-10 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, cannot rule out an isolated shower far northern suburbs, lows in the upper 60’s

Friday

Partly sunny, quite warm, chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, near 90 degrees

Friday Night             

Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 70 degrees for late night lows

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, quite warm, chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm, mid-to-upper 80’s 

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, not as warm, chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm, near 80 degrees

Monday

Mainly cloudy, cooler-than-normal, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 70’s

Tuesday

Mainly cloudy, cooler-than-normal, chance of showers and thunderstorms, near 80 degrees

Discussion

A cold front heads this way from north of here by later tonight and then it stalls in rather close proximity by later tomorrow. Several waves of low pressure are likely to ride along the nearly stationary frontal boundary zone generating a stretch of unsettled weather around here all the way from later tomorrow into the middle of next week. While there should be plenty of rain-free time during this extended time period, showers will be possible on each day from tomorrow through Wednesday, thunderstorms can mix into the picture, and some of the rain will likely be heavy at times.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather