6:00 AM | *Plenty of fog around next couple days with occasional rain or drizzle...an oceanic flow of air*

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

Today

Mainly cloudy with widespread fog, mild, occasional rain or drizzle, maybe a PM thunderstorm, highs in the lower 60’s (normal high at DCA is 53 degrees); E-SE winds around 5 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, cool, occasional showers, maybe a thunderstorm, patchy fog around, lows near 50 degrees

Friday

Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers, patchy fog around, mid-to-upper 50’s for afternoon highs

Friday Night             

Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance of showers, middle 40’s for late night lows

Saturday

Becoming partly sunny and much warmer, chance of PM showers, maybe a late day or nighttime thunderstorm, mid-to-upper 70’s

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, quite mild, chance of showers, near 70 degrees

Monday

Mainly sunny, warm, lower 70’s

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, quite warm, upper 70’s

Discussion

An easterly flow of air has developed around here following the passage of a backdoor cold front which will push off any big-time warmup until this weekend. Temperatures should reach the 60’s today and then hold in the 50’s on Friday with a continuing oceanic flow of air from the still-chilly waters of the western Atlantic. It remains quite damp as well during the next 48 hours with widespread fog and occasional rain around. On Saturday, the oceanic air mass should retreat to the north and temperatures could climb all the way into the 70’s. It should then be very mild during the early part of next week and a strong front can bring a soaking rainfall to the Mid-Atlantic region during the latter part of next week.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather