7:00 AM | After a cold start to the week, much milder for Tuesday through Thursday
Paul Dorian
6-Day DC Forecast
Today
Mostly sunny, still quite cool for this time of year, highs in the mid 50’s
Tonight
Mainly clear, chilly, lows in the upper 30’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, breezy, noticeably milder, upper 60’s
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, not nearly as chilly as recent nights, mid 40’s
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, breezy, even milder, low 70's
Thursday
Mainly sunny, warm, mid 70’s
Friday
Mainly sunny, cooler, low 60’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, cool, low 60’s
Discussion
Numerous low temperature records this morning in the northeastern US with this early winter preview and some locations downwind of the Great Lakes received significant accumulating snow (e.g., 9 inches at Syracuse, NY). The cold air mass that arrived in the Mid-Atlantic region over the weekend will keep us chilly for another 24 hours or so; however, much milder air will ride in later tomorrow on increasingly strong southwesterly winds and it should stay mild on Wednesday and Thursday. In fact, high temperatures are likely surpass the 70 degree mark in the DC metro region on Wednesday and Thursday. Another cold front will bring much cooler air back to the region at the end of the week.