7:00 AM | ***Some snow likely early Thursday...another snow threat for Friday night/Saturday with greater potential***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Partly sunny, still quite windy, cold, highs in the upper 30’s; W-NW winds at 10-20 mph; gusts to 30 mph
Tonight
Partly cloudy, cold, winds die down, lows in the mid-to-upper 20’s
Wednesday
Becoming mainly cloudy, breezy, milder, mid-to-upper 40’s for afternoon highs
Wednesday Night
Mainly cloudy, cold, good chance that rain develops and it can change to snow towards daybreak, near 30 degrees for late night lows
Thursday
Mainly cloudy in the morning with the chance of a period of snow, partly sunny in the afternoon, breezy, cold, low-to-mid 30’s
Friday
Mainly sunny early, clouds late, even colder, mid 20’s; chance of snow at night
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow, near 30 degrees
Sunday
Partly sunny, cold, mid 30’s
Discussion
The overall weather pattern looks active and quite cold for the next couple of weeks with multiple snow threats and cold air outbreaks on the table. The first threat of snow will come early Thursday with the arrival of the next Arctic air mass. Low pressure is likely to form along the incoming frontal boundary zone and overnight rain can change to a period of snow early on Thursday. This looks like a minor-to-moderate type of event - perhaps on the order of a coating to 2 or 3 inches - but the timing may not be all that good as it could coincide with the AM rush hour on Thursday. Very cold air will follow for Thursday night and Friday as we get well into the next Arctic air mass. Looking ahead, there is the threat for more snow on Friday night and Saturday and this one has a great deal of potential. One question at this point is how far north up the coast this system can come late in the week as it moves along the same stalled-out frontal boundary zone…stay tuned…an interesting couple of weeks.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather