My mower may choke, but my grass is gonna love this. The forecast out of Sterling today shows "chances" or "likely" showers clear across the page through Sunday night. Thunderstorms are also a possibility each day as an approaching frontal system (visible in the satellite image above) slides back and forth across the region, and daytime heating kicks in to stir up the atmosphere.

Today's sprinkles will likely be replaced by heavier showers and storms by late tonight as the first weather approaches with the cold front, and then stalls on top of us.

Tomorrow looks cloudy, much like today, with chances for thundershowers in the afternoon, especially across the southern counties as warmer, wetter air flows from the south and collides with the colder air at the front. Saturday will look much the same, too, with the additional risk of severe thunderstorms as the cold front finally pushes through. That colder air could even trigger patchy frost to the west of the Blue Ridge.

The new air mass behind the front should mean drier air and clear skies next week, with pleasant highs in the 70s.