The Washington PostDemocracy Dies in Darkness

D.C.-area forecast: Shower possible today, especially east. Chillier Saturday.

Ahead of a big warming trend next week there will be a brief but noticeable cooldown this weekend.

By
February 23, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. EST
2 min

Radar courtesy MyRadar | © OpenStreetMap contributors

Today’s daily digit

A somewhat subjective rating of the day’s weather, on a scale of 0 to 10.

6/10: Mild weather lovers get temperatures well into the 50s. Showers may be annoying to others, especially during morning hours when they’re steadiest.

Express forecast

  • Today: Showers, especially morning. Highs: 53-59.
  • Tonight: Partly cloudy, some breeze. Lows: Mid-30s to around 40.
  • Tomorrow: Fairly bright, breezy. Highs: Low to mid-40s.
  • Sunday: Sunny, slight breeze. Highs: Around 50.

Forecast in detail

It’s mild today and again for Sunday with rain chances in this forecast mainly confined to today, especially this morning. Our brief but noticeable cool spell focused on Saturday gets replaced with a potential warm spell starting as we head into the workweek.

Get our daily forecasts on your Amazon Alexa device.

Today (Friday): Showers are possible, but they should be most common east of Interstate 95 and they won’t be too significant. Skies are likely to remain mostly cloudy. Peeks of sunshine increase by late afternoon. As afternoon wind gusts from the northwest briefly touch 20 mph, the thermometer should hit the mid-to-upper 50s. Confidence: Medium

Tonight: Skies clear a good deal and shower chances generally remain minimal. Be sure to look for the rising full “snow” moon. Northwest winds could re-energize late night, gusting again about 20 mph. Low temperatures dip into the mid-30s to around 40 downtown. Confidence: Medium-High

Follow us on YouTube, Facebook, X, and Instagram for the latest updates. Keep reading for the forecast into next week …

Tomorrow (Saturday): Partly to mostly sunny with the coldest air of the weekend, thanks to continued northwesterly winds gusting about 20 mph. Wind chills may feel several degrees colder than the mid-40s showing on the thermometer. Confidence: Medium

Tomorrow night: Mostly clear and calming wind. Upper teens to mid-20s are fully wintry low temperatures. Confidence: Medium-High

Sunday: Confidence is higher that we see fuller sunshine, unfettered by many clouds. This — combined with breezes out of the warmer south and southwest — helps boost temperatures back toward average readings for this time of year, approaching 50 degrees. Confidence: Medium-High

A look ahead

Sunday night: Clouds may slowly increase, along with breezes. A late-night shower is possible. Temperatures may hover in the 30s for much of the night. Confidence: Medium

Our warm-up begins Monday and Tuesday with temperatures in the 60s for most of us. We even have an outside chance of hitting 70 by Tuesday. Skies may be a mix of clouds and sun with a slight shower chance, or even a brief period of overnight light rain. Confidence: Medium