6:00 AM | *Quite warm today with highs well up in the 70's...rain later tonight into tomorrow morning...maybe a thunderstorm...a chilly weekend*

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

Today

Mainly sunny, becoming quite warm and quite breezy, cannot completely rule out an isolated afternoon shower, highs in the mid-to-upper 70’s (normal high at DCA is 58 degrees); S-SW winds increasing to around 10-20 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, cool, periods of rain late, maybe a thunderstorm, lows in the lower 50’s

Friday

Mainly cloudy with lingering showers into the mid-day hours, windy, cooler, temperatures holding steady within a few degrees of 50 for much of the day

Friday Night             

Mainly cloudy, brisk, colder, cannot rule out an early evening shower, lower 30’s for late night lows

Saturday

Mainly sunny, windy, colder, upper 40’s  

Sunday

Mainly sunny, cool, upper 50’s

Monday

Partly sunny, mild, middle 60’s

Tuesday

Mainly cloudy, warm, chance of showers, low-to-mid 70’s

Discussion

It’ll become quite warm and breezy today ahead of a strong cold front with afternoon temperatures likely to peak in the mid-to-upper 70’s. The frontal system will bring us periods of rain from alter tonight into Friday mid-day and there can be a thunderstorm mixed into the picture. On the back side of the front, winds will shift to a north-to-northwest direction on Friday leading to a colder-than-normal weekend in the Mid-Atlantic region. Temperatures on Saturday will likely top out in the upper 40’s despite plenty of sunshine and it turns a bit milder on Sunday to close out the weekend. Much milder weather returns to the Mid-Atlantic region during the early part of next week as strong high pressure ridging that has been parked over the western US in recent days slides to this part of the nation.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather