7:00 AM | **An even colder air mass arrives on Thursday and temperatures stay far below-normal through Monday** — Arcfield Weather

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

Today

Mainly cloudy early today and then skies should clear for the afternoon, cold, becoming breezy, highs near 50 degrees; W winds increasing to 10-20 mph

Tonight

Mainly clear, cold, a bit of a breeze, lows near 30 degrees

Thursday

Mainly sunny, windy, cold, low-to-mid 40’s for afternoon highs

Thursday Night             

Mainly clear, cold, breezy, upper 20’s for late night lows  

Friday

Mainly sunny, brisk and quite cold, mid 40’s 

Saturday

Partly sunny, quite cold, near 40 degrees  

Sunday

Mainly sunny, quite cold, near 40 degrees

Monday

Mainly sunny, quite cold, near 40 degrees

Discussion              

Coastal low pressure will depart from southern New England today and chilly high pressure will begin to build into the region from our west.  Temperatures will remain below-normal here at mid-week as they’ll climb towards the 50 degree mark for afternoon highs (normal high now at DCA is 58 degrees). Winds pick up on Thursday and It turns even colder with the arrival of a reinforcing cold air mass after a frontal passage. This next cold shot will keep temperatures far below-normal from tomorrow all the way from tomorrow into the early part of next week and temperatures this weekend temperatures will struggle to pass the 40 degree mark for afternoon highs.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather