7:00 AM | Possible downpours on Friday morning as strong cold front passes through the region; cooling trend this weekend evolves into a cold pattern to close out February and begin March

6-Day Forecast

Today

Mostly cloudy skies today and quite mild, highs in the mid 50’s

Tonight

Cloudy, mild, some rain or drizzle with patchy fog, lows in the mid 40’s

Friday

Cloudy, windy, very mild with occasional showers during the morning and mid-day hours, some of the rain can be briefly heavy, a thunderstorm is also possible with strong wind gusts, upper 50’s

Friday Night

Becoming partly cloudy, turning colder, low 30's

Saturday

Mostly sunny, still mild, upper 50’s

Sunday

Partly sunny, breezy, mild, low-to-mid 50's

Monday

Mostly sunny, colder, low 40's

Tuesday

Mostly cloudy, cold, chance for some snow, mid-to-upper 30’s

Discussion

A strong cold front will cross the region on Friday morning and it will generate some brief downpours along with the possibility of a thunderstorm containing strong wind gusts. Temperatures on Friday will climb to well up in the 50’s, but then a cooling trend will take over for the upcoming weekend. Next week looks to be quite cold 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 likely 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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