6:00 AM | ****High risk of severe weather today with downpours, damaging winds, lightning, hail, tornadoes, power outages...all on the table****
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, very windy and quite mild, periods of rain which can be heavy at times, strong-to-severe thunderstorms are likely, highs near 70 degrees; S-SW winds increasing to 15-30 mph; gusts to 45 mph or so…even higher in thunderstorms
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, windy with gusts to 45 mph or so, turning cold late, evening rain showers and a possible strong-to-severe thunderstorm, a snow shower possible late, lows in the upper 20’s
Tuesday
Partly sunny, much colder-than-normal, windy, maybe a snow shower, upper 30’s for afternoon highs
Tuesday Night
Mainly clear, brisk, quite cold, middle 20’s for late night lows
Wednesday
Partly sunny, brisk, still quite cold, lower 40’s for afternoon highs
Thursday
Partly sunny, chilly, lower 50’s
Friday
Partly sunny, milder, near 60 degrees
Saturday
Partly sunny, mild, chance of showers, near 60 degrees
Discussion
An unusually high risk of severe weather…
Another intense cold front is headed towards the eastern seaboard and it will bring us periods of rain today, heavy at times, and there is an unusually high chance for strong-to-severe thunderstorms...tornadoes are on the table. Winds will be quite strong ahead of the front gusting to 45 mph or so from a southerly direction and they’ll flip to a west-to-northwest direction later tonight following the passage of the front and remain very strong. Much colder air will pour into the Mid-Atlantic region during the overnight hours and there can be a snow shower in some areas. Temperatures on Tuesday will be far below-normal for this time of year and the winds will remain quite strong and there can a snow shower around as the “Great Lakes snow machine” gets turned on. The chill sticks around at mid-week with a gradual warmup later in the week.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather