6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro area
In the present day
Primarily cloudy, cool, turning into windy, intervals of rain, possibly a thunderstorm, a few of the rain will probably be heavy at occasions, look ahead to localized flooding, highs close to 60 levels (regular excessive now at DCA is 72 levels); E-SE winds rising to round 15-25 mph; late day gusts potential to 35 mph
Tonight
Primarily cloudy, windy, chilly, intervals of rain, possibly a thunderstorm, a few of the rain could be heavy at occasions, look ahead to localized flooding, lows close to 55 levels
Saturday
Primarily cloudy, milder, breezy, occasional rain or drizzle, higher 60’s for afternoon highs
Saturday Night time
Primarily cloudy, chilly, breezy, occasional showers or drizzle, possibly a thunderstorm, low-to-mid 50’s for late evening lows
Sunday
Primarily cloudy, breezy, gentle, intervals of rain that can proceed on Sunday evening, possibly a thunderstorm, a few of the rain could be heavy at occasions, close to 70 levels
Monday
Primarily cloudy early then turning into primarily sunny, breezy, cool, decrease 60’s
Tuesday
Partly sunny, breezy, cool for early a part of Could, probability of showers, close to 60 levels
Wednesday
Partly sunny, cool, breezy, decrease 60’s
Dialogue
Rain related to a northeastward shifting storm system has unfold into the DC metro area and it’ll proceed into the day on Saturday. A number of the rain will probably be heavy at occasions, be careful for localized flooding, and winds will improve in energy from an east-to-southeast course. In actual fact, on the peak of the storm, flooding could turn into a difficulty alongside coastal sections of the Chesapeake Bay and Delmarva Peninsula given the truth that a stiff E-SE circulation will proceed for a a number of hour interval.
By the point we get to the second half of the weekend, a mess of upper-level lows will start to consolidate into one because the northernmost system will turn into the dominant participant and acts to “soak up” the opposite lows. The tip consequence will probably be one deep upper-level low by the early a part of subsequent week centered over the japanese Nice Lakes. On the floor (and similar to the primary system on Friday and Saturday), an preliminary (major) low will push in the direction of the Nice Lakes and a secondary storm will kind close to the Mid-Atlantic shoreline by late Sunday evening/early Monday. As with the primary occasion, this second one will end in soaking rains for the DC metro area and winds will turn into fairly a noticeable issue as effectively. An unusually chilly air mass for early Could will comply with the second storm for the primary half of subsequent week and instability showers could happen from time-to-time.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Climate