6:00 AM | *Warmer, more humid next couple of days...scattered PM showers and thunderstorms*

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

Today

Partly sunny, warmer and becoming more humid, slight chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, highs in the mid-to-upper 80’s; S-SW winds around 5-10 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, mild, muggy, lows in the upper 60’s

Thursday

Partly sunny, very warm and quite breezy, humid, chance of PM showers and thunderstorms, some of the late day storms can be strong-to-severe, low-to-mid 90’s for afternoon highs

Thursday Night             

Mainly cloudy, mild, chance of showers and thunderstorms, upper 60’s for late night lows

Friday

Partly-to-mostly sunny, not as warm, maybe a shower or thunderstorm, middle 80’s

Saturday

Mainly sunny, warm, low-to-mid 80’s

Sunday

Mainly sunny, warm, middle 80’s

Monday

Partly sunny, warm, chance of showers and thunderstorms, mid-to-upper 80’s

Discussion

After a couple of very comfortable days in the Mid-Atlantic region, changes will take place here at mid-week with warmer and more humid conditions on the way. The atmosphere will also become more unstable later today as an upper-level low expands into the northeastern states bringing us scattered PM showers and thunderstorms. On Thursday, an incoming frontal system will generate more instability in the atmosphere and there can be another round of PM showers and thunderstorms...some of those late day storms on Thursday can be strong-to-severe. From this vantage point, the passage of the late week frontal system looks like it’ll set us up for a pretty decent weekend in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather