6:00 AM | *Quite breezy and noticeably cooler conditions today following the passage of a cold front*

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

Today

Mainly cloudy, quite breezy, noticeably cooler, maybe a shower, highs in the upper 70’s; E-NE winds increasing to around 10-20 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, mild, maybe a shower, lows in the upper 60’s

Tuesday

More clouds than sun, cool maybe a shower, mid-to-upper 70’s for afternoon highs

Tuesday Night             

Mainly cloudy, mild, mid-to-upper 60’s for late night lows

Wednesday

Partly sunny, a bit warmer, chance of showers, lower 80’s

Thursday

Mainly sunny, nice, lower 80’s

Friday

Mainly sunny, comfortably warm, low-to-mid 80’s

Saturday

Mainly sunny, warm, middle 80’s

Discussion

A cold front is working its way through the region this morning and it’ll stall out across southern Virginia by tonight. It’ll turn out sharply cooler today and on Tuesday as well on the back side of the frontal system and there will be a stiff east-to-northeast wind. Meanwhile, Hurricane Erin - now a category 4 “major” storm - will stay well offshore and pass by to the east of here at mid-week. However, rip currents, rough surf, high waves, and beach erosion will be a problem along much of the eastern seaboard during the next several days. High pressure takes control of the weather for the second half of the week and provide us with continued comfortable temperatures for this time of year in the Thursday, Friday, Saturday time period.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather