7:00 AM | **Rain changes to snow this morning as Arctic air filters into the region**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Rain changes to snow by mid-morning and continues until around mid-day, remaining mainly cloudy in the afternoon, breezy, cold, temperatures will slowly fall slowly through the day; N winds at 10-20 mph
Tonight
Partly cloudy, breezy, very cold, lows near 15 degrees with even lower wind chills
Friday
Sun followed by increasing clouds, quite cold, mid 20’s for afternoon highs
Friday Night
Mainly cloudy, very cold, chance of snow, mid-teens for late night lows
Saturday
Chance of snow early then becoming partly sunny, cold, upper 20’s
Sunday
Partly sunny, cold, mid 30’s
Monday
Partly sunny, quite cold, lower 30’s
Tuesday
Partly sunny, cold, near 35 degrees
Discussion
Rain will change to snow later this morning from northwest to the southeast with the arrival of an Arctic air mass and accumulations are likely to fall into the coating to an inch or two inch range – watch out for slick spots on the roads later today as temperatures slowly fall. In fact, the high temperatures for the day have likely already been reached and should drop slowly through the remainder of the day as Arctic air continues to filter into the region. Bitter cold conditions for tonight with late night lows likely near 15 degrees in many spots and highs tomorrow will certainly do no better than the middle 20’s as the Arctic air mass becomes quite well established. Low pressure will then attempt to push northward just off the eastern seaboard by the early part of the upcoming weekend. Currently, that system appears to be more likely to generate accumulating snow to the south and east of the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor with a possible focus zone in the region from southeastern Virginia to the Delmarva Peninsula to coastal southern New Jersey…still something to monitor though.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather