7:00 AM | Quite cold for New Year's Eve outdoor activities...temperatures drop sharply tonight reaching the upper teens in suburban locations by early tomorrow
Paul Dorian
6-Day Forecast
Today
Mostly sunny, breezy, quite cold, highs struggle to pass the freezing mark
Tonight
Mostly clear, brisk, quite cold, lows by morning in the lower 20's in the metro area, upper teens in many suburbs
Thursday
Mostly sunny, breezy and cold, mid 30’s
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, cold, upper 20’s
Friday
Partly sunny, breezy, not quite as cold, near 40 degrees
Saturday
Becoming cloudy, chilly, PM rain developing; however, there can be a brief period of snow and/or ice at the onset, upper 30’s
Sunday
Mostly cloudy, milder, chance for more rain, near 50 degrees
Monday
Mostly sunny, windy, quite cold, near freezing for highs
Discussion
Very strong high pressure will stay 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 and central Plains. A reinforcing Arctic air mass has moved into the Mid-Atlantic region in the overnight hours and temperatures today will struggle to reach the freezing mark all along the I-95 corridor. As we ring in the New Year, temperatures will drop sharply overnight bottoming out in the upper teens by early tomorrow morning in many suburban locations and the lower 20's inside the metro region. It’ll stay cold through the rest of the work week and then a low pressure system will head up to our west this weekend into the eastern Great Lakes. This type of storm track will eventually usher in milder air to the region so that the bulk of the weekend system is likely to be in the form of plain rain around here. However, at the onset of the weekend precipitation event later Saturday, there may be enough cold air around for a brief period of snow and/or ice in the region before an ultimate changeover to plain rain. Looking ahead to next week, colder air pours in behind the weekend storm for the early part of next week and then a “clipper-type” of low pressure system could combine with coastal moisture to throw a little snow our way by around Tuesday of next week. Following that, it appears that very cold air will invade much of the eastern half of the nation for the second half of next week.
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