7:00 AM | A wild, wet, windy and warm Christmas Eve with heavy rain at times and even a possible thunderstorm...next week turns colder and New Year's Day should feel quite a bit different than Christmas Day
Paul Dorian
6-Day Forecast
Today
Cloudy, becoming windy and very mild, periods of rain, heavy at times, maybe a thunderstorm or two, highs in the mid-to-upper 50’s
Tonight
Cloudy, windy, mild, periods of rain, heavy at times, maybe a thunderstorm or two, lows in the upper 40’s
Thursday
Windy with showers ending early then becoming partly sunny, slightly cooler, low 50’s
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, diminishing winds, cold, mid 30’s
Friday
Mostly sunny, mild, near 50 degrees
Saturday
Partly sunny, mild, low 50’s
Sunday
Increasing clouds, chilly, chance for rain late, mid 40’s
Monday
Mostly cloudy, chilly, chance for rain, near 40 degrees
Discussion
A major storm will impact a large part of the country today and it will generate wet, windy and warm conditions for the Mid-Atlantic region with a thunderstorm or two possible later today and again tonight. Periods of rain today and tonight can fall heavily at times and there is a threat for some localized flooding conditions. The best chance for thunderstorms later today and tonight will be across southern and eastern sections of the Mid-Atlantic region (e.g., Delmarva Peninsula, coastal New Jersey), but just about anyone can see one as a cold front barrels eastward from the Midwest. In addition to the rainfall, winds will grow increasingly strong today with a southerly direction and those strong winds will continue into early tomorrow; however, the direction will shift to out of the west on Thursday following the passage of a cold frontal system. While cooler air moves in on Thursday, temperatures will remain at above-normal levels and it’ll stay relatively mild on Friday and Saturday as well. Truly cold air looks like it will arrive in the Mid-Atlantic region early-to-mid next week and New Year’s Day is likely to have quite a different feel to it than Christmas Day.