7:00 AM | Arctic air in control today and will be reinforced later this week - perhaps accompanied by snow

6-Day Forecast

Today

Mostly sunny, breezy, very cold, highs in the low-to-mid 20’s

Tonight

Mostly cloudy, quite cold, lows near 20 degrees

Wednesday

Mostly cloudy, not as cold, upper 30’s

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, cold, some snow possible late, mid 20’s

Thursday

Mostly cloudy, colder, some snow possible early, upper 20’s early and then dropping during the afternoon

Friday

Mostly sunny, brutal cold, low 20’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, not as cold, maybe a few snow showers, low 30’s

Sunday

Mostly cloudy, cold, chance for snow late, near 30 degrees

Discussion

Arctic air plunged into the Mid-Atlantic region late yesterday and temperatures today will be confined to well below normal levels for this time of year. After some modification in temperatures on Wednesday, another Arctic cold front will arrive late Wednesday night/early Thursday and it is likely to be accompanied by some snow - perhaps on the order of a coating to an inch or two. Brutal cold Arctic air will follow that system for Thursday night and Friday along with bone-chilling winds.

Looking ahead, after a moderately cold day on Saturday, signs point to another possible snow event in the Mid-Atlantic region in the Sunday/Monday time frame of next week. Elsewhere, yesterday's storm produced the 5th largest snowfall ever in Chicago, the 3rd largest in Detroit, and let's just say Boston is off the charts. Another foot of snow in the Boston area on Monday pushed some accumulation totals to nearly 50 inches in less than a week (throw in a Super Bowl championship and it makes for an interesting week).