7:00 AM | A strong cold frontal passage on Friday to bring some brief downpours to the region; cooling trend this weekend evolves into a cold pattern next week and beyond

6-Day Forecast

Today

Mostly sunny skies give way to increasing clouds, mild, highs in the upper 40’s

Tonight

Cloudy, cool, rain or drizzle developing with patchy fog late, lows in the low 40's

Friday

Cloudy, windy, very mild with occasional showers and possibly a thunderstorm containing strong wind gusts, some of the rain can come down briefly heavy at times, watch for some localized flooding, low-to-mid 50’s

Friday Night

Becoming partly cloudy, turning colder, low-to-mid 30’s

Saturday

Mostly sunny, still mild, low 50's

Sunday

Partly sunny, breezy, cooler, chance for some snow late at night, low-to-mid 40’s

Monday

Mostly sunny, colder, low-to-mid 30’s

Tuesday

Mostly cloudy, cold, chance for snow, low 30’s

Discussion

A strong cold front will cross the region on Friday and it will generate some brief downpours along with the possibility of a thunderstorm containing strong wind gusts. Temperatures will climb to into the 50’s ahead of the front on Friday and the combination of melting snow and brief downpours can create localized flooding problems given the extensive snowpack, clogged drains and gutters. Once the front clears the region later tomorrow, a cooling trend will take over for the upcoming weekend.

Next week looks like a very cold week as the overall weather pattern returns to the type seen earlier this winter with a deep trough in the eastern US and a strong ridge along the west coast. This pattern will bring multiple Arctic air outbreaks and snow threats into the Mid-Atlantic region as we close out February and begin the new month of March.

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