5:30 AM | *Dry spell should be broken later today/tonight with the arrival of a cold front...another cold front can bring more showers here late Saturday*

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

Today

Mainly sunny, warm, becoming breezy and more humid, chance of late day showers and thunderstorms, highs in the middle 80’s; S-SW winds around 5 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, mild, muggy, chance of showers and thunderstorms, lows in the low-to-mid 60’s

Friday

Mainly sunny, quite warm, mid-to-upper 80’s for afternoon highs

Friday Night             

Mainly clear, mild, upper 60’s for late night lows

Saturday

Mainly sunny, quite warm, chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s

Sunday

Partly sunny, cool, maybe a shower, low-to-mid 70’s

Monday

Mainly sunny, cool, low-to-mid 70’s

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, pleasant, middle 70’s

Discussion

The rain-free weather that we’ve experienced during the past several days should come to an end later today with the arrival of a cold frontal system. Though the front is weakening as it heads towards the east coast, it should still be able to produce some shower and thunderstorm activity around here from later today into early Friday breaking our current dry spell. In fact, a few strong storms are possible which can contain brief downpours. A second cold front will arrive late Saturday and it too can produce some shower and thunderstorm activity in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor. High pressure will return to the area for the Sunday and Monday time frame and another cool and dry air mass will spread here from the Great Lakes.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather