7:00 AM | Very cold day following passage of energetic Arctic front
Paul Dorian
6-Day DC Forecast
Today
Mostly sunny, breezy, very cold, highs struggle to reach 30 degrees
Tonight
Becoming mostly cloudy, quite cold, flurries possible, lows near 20 degrees
Thursday
Partly sunny, breezy, not as cold, mid 40’s
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, cold, upper 20’s
Friday
Partly sunny, milder, upper 40’s; chance for rain at night
Saturday
Mostly cloudy skies, chilly, chance for rain early, upper 40’s
Sunday
Mostly cloudy skies, colder, chance for snow or snow showers, upper 30’s
Monday
Mostly sunny skies, quite cold, low 30’s
Discussion
In the wake of yesterday’s Arctic frontal passage, temperatures today will struggle to reach the 30 degree mark and a persistent breeze will generate even lower wind chills. Temperatures will then modify on Thursday and Friday ahead of an influx of moisture from the southern states that reaches us by the end of the week. As a result of the slight warm up later this week, rain is likely to fall early this weekend as a system forms near the Northeast US coast line, but colder air could get wrapped in later in the weekend as a second system moves from the Gulf of Mexico towards the east coast.