7:00 AM | **Arctic blast arrives tomorrow night...Thanksgiving Day to be one of the coldest ever**
Paul Dorian
6-Day DC Forecast
Today
Becoming partly sunny and windy today, colder than yesterday, highs near 50 degrees
Tonight
Mainly clear, breezy, cold, lows not far from 30 degrees
Wednesday
Partly sunny, quite breezy, cold, near 45 degrees for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Mainly clear, quite breezy, quite cold, mid 20’s for late night lows
Thursday
Mainly sunny, quite breezy, cold, near freezing for highs
Friday
Mainly sunny, still quite cold, mid 30’s
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance of rain that could be mixed with sleet at the onset, near 50 degrees
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance of rain, low-to-mid 50’s
Discussion
The big story of the week will be the Arctic blast that arrives late tomorrow and it should result in one of the coldest Thanksgiving Days ever for much of the Mid-Atlantic region and Northeast US. Temperatures tomorrow night should drop to mid 20’s for overnight lows and then will struggle on Thursday to reach the freezing mark. The last Thanksgiving Day in Washington, DC with highs in the 30’s was 18 years ago on November 23, 2000 when the temp only reached 38. The Arctic cold air mass will begin to lift out by the early part of the weekend at which time moisture will be pushing in this direction from the Gulf of Mexico region.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com