6:00 AM | **Scattered showers and thunderstorms later today...numerous showers and thunderstorms from tonight into tomorrow night with an inch or more of rainfall on the table**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Partly sunny, warm, scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms, some of the storms can be strong, highs in the lower 80’s; S-SW winds around 5-10 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the storms can be strong, lows in the middle 60’s
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy, warm, chance of scattered PM showers and thunderstorms, near 80 degrees for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, good chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm, middle 60’s for late night lows
Thursday
Mainly cloudy, warm, good chance of showers, maybe a thunderstorm, near 80 degrees
Friday
Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers, upper 70’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, mild, maybe a shower, upper 70’s
Sunday
Mainly sunny, warm, near 80 degrees
Discussion
A cold frontal system will inch its way across the region today and stall out just to our south before pushing back to the north later tomorrow as a warm front. Low pressure will develop in the Ohio Valley on Thursday and push towards the northeastern states riding along the frontal boundary zone. Another cold front slides through at week’s end to be followed by high pressure which will gradually build back into the region during the upcoming weekend.
As a result of this combination of fronts and low pressure systems, more rain is coming to the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor and this looks like a soaking rain event with an inch or more on the table. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely later today and then numerous showers and thunderstorms are on the way for later tonight, tomorrow and tomorrow night. There can be a few lingering showers on Friday and Saturday with plenty of clouds around and it should be dry on Sunday and Monday (one caveat on the expected dry conditions on Sunday and Monday…we will need to keep our eyes on a couple of tropical systems that should be over the western Atlantic this weekend).
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather