7:00 AM | ***An Arctic blast arrives late today with gusty winds and possible snow showers...maybe even a burst of heavier snow...temperatures to drop sharply later tonight and Thursday***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Sunshine followed by clouds and becoming quite windy with late day gusts to 40 mph, scattered snow showers are possible this afternoon and maybe even a burst of heavier snow, cold, highs in the mid-to-upper 30’s
Tonight
Early evening snow showers possible then becoming mainly clear, windy and very cold, lows in the upper teens with even lower wind chill values
Thursday
Mainly sunny, very cold, still blustery, near 30 degrees for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly clear, very cold, near 20 degrees for night lows
Friday
Mainly sunny, still cold, upper 30’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, cold, near 40 degrees
Sunday
Partly sunny, a bit milder, mid-to-upper 40’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, cool, near 50 degrees
Discussion
The low pressure system that produced a wintry mix around here on Monday and Tuesday has pushed away to our northeast and an Arctic cold front will arrive here late this afternoon/early evening from our northwest. The arrival of this Arctic frontal system will be accompanied by strong wind gusts of up to 40 mph and possible snow showers...maybe even a burst of heavier snow. It’ll stay windy tonight and on Thursday as well and it’ll turn sharply colder with some of the lowest wind chill values and temperatures of the season so far in the Mid-Atlantic/NE US. The cold becomes less harsh at week’s end, but it’ll remain colder-than-normal going into the upcoming weekend.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
perspectaweather.com