7:00 AM | *Very cold at mid-week with strong NW winds as well...temperatures will struggle on Wednesday to reach 30 degrees*
Paul Dorian
6-Day DC Forecast
Today
Mainly sunny, not as cold, highs near 45 degrees
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of a late night rain or snow shower, lows in the low-to-mid 30’s
Tuesday
Mainly cloudy, becoming quite breezy, chilly, chance of rain and/or snow showers, mid 40’s for afternoon highs
Tuesday Night
Mainly cloudy, breezy, becoming very cold, chance of snow showers, lows near 20 degrees by morning
Wednesday
Mainly sunny, windy, very cold, near 30 degrees for highs, but much lower wind chill values with gusts to 30 mph
Thursday
Mainly cloudy, still very cold, chance for snow showers, mid 30’s
Friday
Mainly cloudy, still quite cold, chance of snow or snow showers, mid-to-upper 30’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, not as cold, low-to-mid 40’s
Discussion
A significant cold air outbreak is headed to the Mid-Atlantic region and will result in mid-week temperatures that will struggle to reach the 30 degree mark. In addition, winds will be strong out of the NW on Wednesday with gusts to 30 mph generating even lower wind chill values. Before this next Arctic blast arrives, there may be some rain and snow shower activity to deal with from late tonight into tomorrow night, but most of the precipitation from this approaching upper-level system will stay to our north. Some snow is possible later in the week as additional upper-level energy drops into the eastern US from the Northern Plains. One final note, the official airport snow totals on Saturday was 4.0 inches at Dulles (IAD) and 2.0 inches at Reagan National (DCA) from the first accumulating snow event of the season.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Vencore, Inc.
vencoreweather.com