7:00 AM | ***A significant rain and wind event through late tonight as the remains of Nicole ride up along the Appalachians…a colder pattern to follow*** — Arcfield Weather

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

Today

Mainly cloudy, mild, becoming windy, periods of rain developing this morning, some of the rain can be heavy at times, a strong PM thunderstorm is also possible, highs near 70 degrees

Tonight

Periods of rain, some of the rain can be heavy at times, a strong thunderstorm is possible, very gusty winds, mild, lows near 60 degrees

Saturday

Becoming mainly sunny, windy, mild early, but turning colder later in the day, early day highs in the mid 60’s

Saturday Night             

Mainly cloudy, breezy, a shower or two possible, turning noticeably colder, upper 30’s for late night lows  

Sunday

Mainly sunny, cold, mid-to-upper 40’s 

Monday

Mainly sunny, cold, mid-to-upper 40’s  

Tuesday

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of showers, mid 40’s

Wednesday

Partly sunny, still cold, chance of showers, near 50 degrees

Discussion              

A significant wind and rain event is in store for the region from today through late tonight as the remains of Tropical Storm Nicole ride up along the spine of the Appalachian Mountains. Rainfall amounts of 1-2 inches are likely with isolated higher amounts possible by the end of the storm and winds can gust up to 50 mph or so as the storm center tracks just to our west late tonight. After the exit of Nicole early this weekend, a big-time change to the overall temperature pattern will take place across the eastern states. Temperatures will drop noticeably on Saturday night and after a cold, sunny day on Sunday, they are likely to bottom out near freezing by early Monday morning.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather