7:00 AM | **Accumulating snow later Thursday/Thursday night followed by bitter cold; incredible cold air outbreak early next week**

6-Day Forecast

Today

Mostly cloudy, breezy, cold, maybe a few snow showers this afternoon, highs in the low-to-mid 30’s

Tonight

Mostly clear, cold, lows near 20 degrees

Wednesday

Mostly cloudy, cold, low-to-mid 30’s

Wednesday Night

Cloudy, quite cold, some snow and/or sleet possible late, low-to-mid 20’s

Thursday

Cloudy, cold, occasional snow that may be mixed with rain for awhile; if there is a mix, it will become all snow by later in the afternoon, accumulating snow continues at night, low-to-mid 30’s

Friday

Snow ending early, windy and very cold, highs holding in the upper teens; near 0 degrees by early Saturday

Saturday

Brutal cold start to the day and a cold afternoon, mostly sunny skies, low-to-mid 20’s

Sunday

Mostly cloudy, cold, maybe some snow or rain late, upper 30’s

Discussion

A storm will move off the Mid-Atlantic coastline late Thursday and it is likely to bring several inches of accumulating snow to the region into early Friday morning. This potential Northeast US snowstorm will be aided by a powerful upper-level jet streak, cold Arctic high pressure to the north, and lots of moisture riding northward from the Gulf of Mexico. While the snow can be mixed with rain for awhile during the onset of the storm on Thursday, precipitation will become all snow later in the day and then the brunt of the accumulating snow will occur Thursday night. This storm will be followed by bitter cold air with temperatures likely holding in the teens for highs on Friday on top of a fresh snowpack, and then low temperatures by early Saturday morning will plunge to near 0 degrees in some of the normally colder northern and western suburbs. Furthermore, all indications are that this late week bitter cold air outbreak will not be the last. In fact, there is the potential for an incredibly cold air outbreak to arrive in the Mid-Atlantic region by around Tuesday of next week.