6:00 AM | **Much colder today on the backside of a strong cold front...snow shower possible...temperatures to drop well down into the 20's overnight**

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

Today

Mainly sunny, windy, cold, chance of a snow shower, highs near 40 degrees; W-NW winds around 15-25 mph; gusts to 35 mph

Tonight

Mainly clear, breezy, quite cold, lows in the middle 20’s

Wednesday

Mainly sunny, still quite cold, but not as windy, near 40 degrees for afternoon highs

Wednesday Night             

Partly cloudy, cold, near 30 degrees for late night lows

Thursday

Partly sunny, milder, low-to-mid 50’s

Friday

Partly sunny, mild, lower 60’s; chance of showers at night

Saturday

Partly sunny, mild, lower 60’s

Sunday

Partly sunny, quite mild, near 70 degrees

Discussion

A strong cold front passed through the region late last evening and ushered in a colder-than-normal air mass for mid-March and temperatures today will struggle to climb past 40 degrees. The front produced some high wind gusts in the area with 68 mph being recorded at Reagan National Airport (DCA) and 66 mph at Dulles Airport (IAD). The DCA observation of 68 mph was the highest wind gust recorded there since May 2019, and the third highest seen during the past 30 years. The winds will remain rather strong adding to the chill in the air and there can be a snow shower that makes its way into the I-95 corridor. It stays chilly at mid-week, but temperatures rebound by the end of the week with high temperatures back up in the 60’s.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather