7:00 AM | ***Quite cold air arrives for the weekend...winter storm threatens later Monday into Tuesday with ice, rain and snow***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Partly sunny, breezy, chilly, cannot rule out a shower, highs near 45 degrees; W winds at 10-15 mph; gusts to 30 mph
Tonight
Partly cloudy, breezy, quite cold, lows in the mid 20’s
Saturday
Partly sunny, windy, quite cold, isolated snow showers possible, mid 30’s for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Mainly clear, very cold, lower 20’s for late night lows
Sunday
Partly sunny, breezy, still quite cold, snow showers are possible late in the day or at night, mid-to-upper 30’s
Monday
Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of ice, rain and/or snow in the afternoon, mid-to-upper 30’s
Tuesday
Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow, sleet and/or rain, mid-to-upper 30’s
Wednesday
Mainly sunny early, clouds late, cold, mid-to-upper 30’s
Discussion
The next cold front will cross the region today and it’ll usher in quite a cold air mass for the upcoming weekend with highs on Saturday and Sunday confined to the middle 30’s. Low pressure is likely to pull out of the south-central states by early Monday and head towards the Tennessee Valley while a secondary system forms off the Mid-Atlantic coastline. A mix of ice, rain and/or snow is likely to arrive here in the afternoon and continue into Tuesday with some accumulations on the table; especially, across the far northern and western suburbs. Another system threatens the area with snow later next week, but its northward extent is still uncertain this far out.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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