6:00 AM | **Near freezing in many locations late tonight...noticeably warmer for the late week and weekend**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly sunny, windy, cold, highs in the lower 50’s; W-NW winds around 10-20 mph; gusts to 30 mph
Tonight
Mainly clear, cold, lows near the freezing mark
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, still quite chilly, little in the way of wind, low-to-mid 50’s for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Mainly clear, cold, patchy frost is possible late, low-to-middle 30’s for late night lows
Thursday
Partly sunny, milder, near 60 degrees
Friday
Mainly sunny, nice, lower 70’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, warm, low-to-mid 70’s
Sunday
Mainly sunny, warm, mid-to-upper 70’s
Discussion
One cold front slipped through the region on Sunday and a secondary will push through this morning and it’ll usher in even colder air than its predecessor. Temperatures today will be confined to the lower 50’s for afternoon highs which is about ten degrees below the normal for this time of year. With clear skies tonight, diminishing winds, and high pressure moving nearby, conditions will be quite favorable for temperatures to drop to near freezing in many suburban locations so prepare if there are sensitive plants out there (cover just before sunset with a light sheet or burlap). It stays quite chilly on Wednesday and temperatures could drop into the low-to-mid 30’s late Wednesday night/early Thursday and patchy frost is possible. Noticeably warmer weather returns to the Mid-Atlantic region late in the week and we may be setting up for a nice weekend with sunny, dry and warm days.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather