7:00 AM | ****Rain today and some of it will be heavy...could end as snow far N/W suburbs with small accumulations...major storm at mid-week with snow, ice and rain****
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy and much colder than yesterday with rain that can be heavy at times, there is the chance for a changeover to snow in some of the far northern and western suburbs before the precipitation winds down later in the afternoon and small accumulations are possible, highs early in the day in the lower 40's
Tonight
Becoming mainly clear, quite cold, lows in the upper 20’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, quite cold, upper 30’s for afternoon highs
Tuesday Night
Becoming mainly cloudy, quite cold, mid-to-upper 20’s for late night lows
Wednesday
Snow likely to develop later in the morning and it will then be followed by a period of sleet, freezing rain and/or rain before a change back to snow at night, winds will become increasingly strong, daytime highs in the mid 30’s, overnight lows in the upper 20’s
Thursday
Snow still possible in the early morning then becoming partly sunny, windy, quite cold, afternoon snow showers are possible, mid 30’s
Friday
Mostly sunny, cold, mid-to-upper 30’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, still quite cold, upper 30’s
Discussion
This will be a stormy week in the Mid-Atlantic region with two storms to deal with during the next few days. Today’s storm will feature rain and some of it will be heavy at times, but as colder air filters in from a strengthening high pressure system to the north, a changeover to snow is possible later in the day across the far northern and western suburbs. A second and more impactful storm will arrive during the mid-to-late morning hours on Wednesday and it will bring the region snow at the onset. The snow will likely change to a period of sleet, freezing rain and/or rain and then change back to snow at night. The period of mixed precipitation will limit total snow accumulations with preliminary estimates of 2-4 inches in the District, 4-8 inches in the nearby N/W suburbs, and 8+ inches in the far N/W suburbs. Snow showers will linger through the day on Thursday and it'll remain much colder-than-normal right into the upcoming weekend.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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