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

6-Day Forecast

Today

Becoming mostly cloudy, chilly, showers possible this afternoon, highs in the low-to-mid 40's

Tonight

Mostly cloudy, chilly, rain likely, possible patchy fog late, lows by morning in the upper 30’s

Tuesday

Mostly cloudy, milder, occasional showers, near 50 degrees

Tuesday Night

Mostly cloudy, cool, rain likely, mid-to-upper 40’s

Wednesday

Cloudy, becoming windy and quite mild, periods of rain, heavy at times, upper 50’s

Thursday

Windy and cooler with showers ending early and then partial afternoon sunshine, near 50 degrees

Friday

Mostly sunny, cool, near 50 degrees

Saturday

Mostly sunny, cool, near 50 degrees

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 possible afternoon rain showers to the metro region and then periods of rain in the overnight hours. 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., 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.