Northern Virginia Weather: Sweaters And Sweatshirts

STERLING, VA—Except for a few showers here and there early Saturday, Northern Virginia's weekend weather forecast calls for a decent amount of sunshine with disarming temperatures actually peaking in the low 60s. That's the word from the National Weather Service area HQ in Sterling, as well as other nearby forecasting outlets.

With evenings even cooler and bordering on cold, the change is jarring. Bottom line, as the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang bluntly and correctly puts it: "Whether you see it as refreshing or too soon, given that we didn’t get much of the pleasantly warm version of the season, it sure is different." Indeed. Here's the detailed forecast from the National Weather Service:

Saturday: Showers likely, mainly before 11am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Northwest wind 5 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44. Northwest wind 3 to 8 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. South wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: Showers likely, mainly after 8am. Cloudy, with a high near 73. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday Night: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 53. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 62.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 66.

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