7:00 AM | **Heavy rain event later Friday into early Saturday and it may include severe thunderstorms**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the DC metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, mild, highs near 70 degrees
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, mild, slight chance for a shower or two, lows in the lower 50’s
Thursday
Partly sunny, breezy, warmer, mid-to-upper 70’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly cloudy, mild, cannot rule out a few showers, low-to-mid 60’s for overnight lows
Friday
Mainly cloudy, warm, becoming windy, showers likely and possible PM thunderstorms, some of the rain can be heavy at times late Friday and Friday night and some of the storms can reach severe levels, mid 70’s
Saturday
More clouds than sun, mild, but not quite as warm as Friday, showers are still possible, mid-to-upper 60’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, mild, cannot rule out an isolated shower, mid-to-upper 60’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, warmer, mid 70’s
Discussion
A back door cool front passed through the region last night and it’ll turn a bit cooler today with a low-level flow of air out of the northeast. This same front will turn around by early tomorrow and advance to the north as a warm front. As a result, it’ll turn much warmer on Thursday and stay quite warm on Friday along with increasing south-to-southwest winds as we close out the work week. A strong cold front supported by vigorous energy in the upper atmosphere will grudgingly works its way to the east coast at the end of the week and this will result in a soaking rain event for the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor from later Friday into early Saturday. In addition to the heavy rainfall, there is quite likely to be a threat for strong-to-severe thunderstorm activity in much of the Mid-Atlantic region later Friday and Friday night. As the upper-level low crawls to the Mid-Atlantic coastline this weekend, it'll remain somewhat unstable on Saturday with some clouds and possible lingering showers, but skies should become partly sunny on Easter Sunday.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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