7:00 AM | ***Rain from tomorrow into Sunday morning...spring tease on Sunday afternoon with the 60's likely...potentially damaging wind gusts from later Sunday into mid-day Monday***
Paul Dorian
6-Day DC Forecast
Today
Mainly cloudy, a bit colder than yesterday, highs in the low-to-mid 40’s
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, cold, slight chance of rain late, lows near 35 degrees
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, cold, periods of rain, lower 40’s for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Periods of rain, maybe even a rumble of thunder, cold early with temperatures near 40 degrees then rising late
Sunday
Lingering showers on Sunday morning then becoming partly sunny and much milder with increasing winds, low-to-mid 60's for afternoon highs; very windy on Sunday night
Monday
Very windy with mainly sunny skies, colder, mid-to-upper 40’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, cold, mid 40’s
Wednesday
Partly sunny, cold, chance of snow or rain showers, low-to-mid 40’s
Discussion
A rapidly intensifying storm this weekend will become an all-out blizzard for the Great Lakes and it will have big implications for our weather here in the Mid-Atlantic region. Rain is likely to overspread the DC metro region on Saturday and evolve into a real soaker by tomorrow night - perhaps even with a rumble or two of thunder. The rain will taper off by mid-day on Sunday and then much milder air will flow northward up along the eastern seaboard on increasingly strong winds. In fact, Sunday afternoon could turn out to be quite a spring tease with temperatures climbing to the low-to-mid 60's. However, the warmth will be rather short-lived and those increasingly strong winds on Sunday afternoon will intensify from Sunday night into mid-day Monday with potentially damaging wind gusts of 50-60 mph.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com