7:00 AM | Cold weather has arrived and it'll stay cold into the end of the week; weekend storm threat favors rain

6-Day Forecast

Today

Mostly cloudy this morning with clearing later this afternoon, cold, cannot rule out flurries early today well to the south and east of the District, highs in the upper 30’s

Tonight

Mostly clear, quite cold, lows in the low-to-mid 20’s

Wednesday

Mostly sunny and cold, mid 30’s

Wednesday Night

Mostly clear, very cold, near 20 degrees

Thursday

Mostly sunny, cold, upper 30’s

Friday

Partly sunny, cold, low 40's

Saturday

Becoming cloudy, chilly, chance for PM rain, low-to-mid 40’s

Sunday

Mostly cloudy, chilly, chance for more rain, mid-to-upper 40’s

Discussion

Very strong high pressure will be in control of the weather across much of the nation over the next few days as it spreads south and east from the Northern Rockies. The weather will be much more typical of winter around here as we end the month of December and begin 2015, and it’ll be mainly on the dry side in the I-95 corridor. Significant moisture is likely to gather this weekend near the Gulf of Mexico and then spread northeast towards the Mid-Atlantic region and the Ohio Valley. At the current time, it appears that low pressure associated with this moisture field will pass to our west this weekend keeping us on the warmer side of the storm and this in turn will favor primarily a rain event around here from later Saturday into Sunday.

Video

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