VA, DC Weather: Thanksgiving Week Forecast Details Released

WASHINGTON, DC — The best weather day of the next seven days is, thankfully, Thanksgiving Day. Sunshine and temperatures in the mid- to upper 50s are forecast on the holiday across the DC-northern Virginia region.

Before we get to Thanksgiving, we're looking at rain developing Sunday evening and ending Monday morning. Less than a half inch of rain is forecast.

Sunshine will return Monday afternoon and temperatures will be in the low 50s. It will be cooler on Tuesday and Wednesday with temperatures in the mid - to upper 40s.

After a 24-hour warm-up on Thanksgiving Day, it's back into the 40s on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. No major rain or snow chances in the forecast.

The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang said weather shouldn't hinder travel in the DC/Virginia/Maryland region this week. It will feel wintry on Tuesday with wind chills in the 30s under mostly sunny skies, and overnight lows dropping into the mid-20s to near 30. Temperatures warm up Wednesday to the upper-40s to low-50s.

And Thanksgiving Day's forecast is for partly sunny skies and mild temps with highs in the mid-50s to near 60.

If you're wondering when we may see snow, The Weather Channel is forecasting no snow chances through at least Dec. 5.

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Here are the extended forecast details for northern Virginia and the DC area via the weather service:

Sunday Night: Showers, mainly after 1am. Low around 45. South wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Monday: A chance of showers, mainly before 10am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Light west wind becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 44. Northwest wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 29. Northwest wind 3 to 8 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 48.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Thanksgiving Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.