7:00 AM | **A cold week with very strong mid-week winds and a weekend snow threat**

6-Day DC Forecast

Today

Mainly cloudy, cold, maybe a snow shower perhaps mixed with sleet, highs in the upper 30’s

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, cold, periods of rain possibly mixed with ice pellets towards morning, lows in the low-to-mid 30’s

Tuesday

Mainly cloudy skies with a few rain showers possible early, becoming breezy and milder in the afternoon with partly sunny skies, near 55 degrees for afternoon highs

Tuesday Night

Mainly cloudy, becoming windy, cold, good chance of rain showers, mid-to-upper 30’s for late night lows

Wednesday

Partly sunny, very windy, cold, near 40 degrees

Thursday

Mainly sunny, still windy and cold, mid 30’s

Friday

Mainly sunny, quite cold, mid 30’s

Saturday

Becoming cloudy, cold, chance of snow, mid 30's

Discussion

This looks like quite a cold week in the Mid-Atlantic region with a bit of frozen precipitation possible late tonight across far northern suburbs, potentially damaging winds at mid-week, and perhaps a weekend snow threat. Very cold air has dropped southward through New England from southeastern Canada during the past 24 hours or so and low pressure is headed towards the Great Lakes from south-central Canada. Precipitation is likely to arrive here later tonight and it should be in the form of plain rain, but ice pellets could mix in towards morning across the far northern suburbs. Another low pressure system and its associated strong cold front will cross the region tomorrow night and usher in a very cold air mass for the mid and late week. In addition, winds will become very strong following the Tuesday night frontal passage with gusts past 40 mph likely on Wednesday and Thursday. Looking ahead, a storm will try to get organized near the east coast this weekend and snow is a threat for the Mid-Atlantic region...stay tuned.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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