7:00 AM | Very mild and windy on Wednesday (Christmas Eve) with a soaking rainfall

6-Day Forecast

Today

Becoming cloudy, cold, rain showers possible this afternoon and there is a chance that sleet and/or snow can be mixed in for awhile at the onset, highs in the mid-to-upper 30's

Tonight

Mostly cloudy, cold, rain likely, lows by morning in the low-to-mid 30’s

Tuesday

Mostly cloudy, milder, chance for showers, near 50 degrees

Tuesday Night

Mostly cloudy, cool, rain likely, mid 40’s

Wednesday

Cloudy, becoming windy and quite mild, periods of rain, heavy at times, near 60 degrees

Thursday

Windy and cooler with partial sunshine, upper 40’s

Friday

Mostly sunny, cool, upper 40’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, cool, upper 40’s

Discussion

The overall weather pattern this week looks quite active as the atmosphere over North America undergoes some significant changes. One storm will ride up the east coast later today bringing rain showers to the metro region, possibly mixed with sleet and/or snow for awhile, and then an even stronger storm will affect the Northeast US and Upper Midwest on Christmas Eve Day (Wednesday) into early Christmas Day. It’ll be turning quite mild ahead of the mid-week storm in the I-95 corridor which will produce rain around here and the rain can be heavy at times. In addition, there may even be some thunderstorm activity associated with this storm on Wednesday; especially, in southern and eastern parts of the Mid-Atlantic region (e.g., Delmarva Peninsula, coastal New Jersey). The winds will be quite strong on Wednesday and those strong winds will continue on the back side of the storm Wednesday night into early Thursday as it turns cooler. While it does turn cooler on Thursday behind the storm, temperatures will generally remain above normal for this time of year during the second half of the week.