7:00 AM | **One of the coldest Turkey Days ever for much of the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US**
Paul Dorian
6-Day DC Forecast
Today
Mainly sunny, windy, cold, highs in the mid-to-upper 40’s
Tonight
Partly cloudy, breezy, very cold, maybe a few flurries, lows not far from 25 degrees
Thursday
Mainly sunny, windy, very cold, lower 30’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly clear, bitter cold, upper teens for late night lows
Friday
Mainly sunny, still quite cold, mid-to-upper 30’s
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance of rain that could be mixed with sleet and/or freezing rain at the onset, near 50 degrees
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance of rain, low-to-mid 50’s
Monday
Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance of rain, lower 50’s
Discussion
The big story of the week around here will be the Arctic blast that arrives later today and it will result in one of the coldest Thanksgiving Days ever for much of the Mid-Atlantic region and Northeast US. Temperatures late night should drop to near the 25 degree mark and then struggle on Thursday to reach the freezing mark for highs. 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 lows on Thursday night will be in the upper teens in a few suburban locations, the coldest conditions so far this season. After an unusually cold day on Friday, the Arctic cold air mass will begin to lift out by the early part of the weekend at which time plenty of moisture will be pushing in this direction from the Gulf of Mexico region. While the weekend event is likely to be primarily in the form of rain, there can be enough lingering cold air at the onset for sleet and/or freezing rain in some spots.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com