7:00 AM | Mid-week Nor'easter to bring rain and wind and accumulating snow is also a possibility
Paul Dorian
6-Day Forecast
Today
Mostly cloudy although there can be some afternoon brightening, still quite cool, highs near 50 degrees
Tonight
Mostly clear, cold, lows in the upper 20's
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, chilly, upper 40’s
Tuesday Night
Increasing clouds, chilly, chance for some rain late, upper 30’s
Wednesday
Cloudy, windy, cold, rain likely, low 40’s; there could be a mix or changeover to snow at night
Thursday
Mostly cloudy, windy, still quite cool, some snow or rain possible early, mid-to-upper 40’s
Friday
Mostly sunny, milder, low-to-mid 50’s
Saturday
Mostly sunny, milder, upper 50’s
Discussion
Canadian high pressure will continue to control our weather through tomorrow and temperatures will remain well below normal. In fact, in the wake of Sandy, the Mid-Atlantic region has been incredibly persistent with clouds and cold and the relatively new month so far is averaging well below normal temperatures. Meanwhile, with cold air already established, the ingredients are there for a powerful Nor'easter to pound the Mid-Atlantic region from Wednesday into Thursday, and this storm will not only generate rain and wind, but snow as well.
An offshore storm will develop just off the Southeast US coast on Tuesday and then it will ride slowly northward along the east coast reaching near a position just east of the Delaware Bay by Wednesday evening. This track will bring rain and wind to coastal regions and significant snows in inland locations from central Maryland/Virginia northward into Maine. There is even the chance that the rain changes to accumulating snow in or near the big cities along the I-95 corridor as the storm pulls to the northeast by later Wednesday or Wednesday night. Winds will gust out of the northeast up to 50 mph along the I-95 corridor with even highers gusts at the coastline. Once this system passes by, the overall pattern will change for awhile and there will be significant improvement by the latter part of the weekend with noticeably milder conditions.
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