6:30 AM | *****New week, new month, new year...and a new weather pattern with significant snowfall to start the week*****
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Snow will become heavy at times this morning, snow winds down during the early-to-mid afternoon hours, significant total accumulations, windy, much colder than yesterday, highs in the mid-to-upper 30’s N-NW winds at 10-20 mph; gusts to 30 mph
Tonight
Mainly clear, quite breezy and cold, lows near 20 degrees
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, cold, breezy, near 40 degrees for afternoon highs
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, cold, mid-to-upper 20’s for late night lows
Wednesday
Partly sunny, milder, maybe a couple of showers, mid-to-upper 40’s
Thursday
Becoming mainly cloudy, a bit colder, breezy, mid 40’s; chance of snow at night
Friday
Mostly cloudy, cold, chance of snow, mid 30’s
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, cold, mid 30’s
Discussion
A new month, a new year, and a new weather pattern that has resulted in overnight snow in parts of the Mid-Atlantic region and it’ll be a cold, snowy start to the week here with temperatures confined to the 30’s following an unusually mild weekend. The snow can fall heavily at times this morning and mid-day with accumulations of 3-6 inches likely in the far north/west suburbs and 6-10 inches is on the table in the District and surrounding areas. Low pressure will push away from the Mid-Atlantic coastline later this morning and high pressure will take control of the weather for tonight and Tuesday. It’ll turn milder for a brief time at mid-week as high pressure pushes off the coast, but another cold front will usher in colder air for the late week time period. By Thursday night and Friday, we’ll have to watch as low pressure tries to intensify near the Mid-Atlantic coastline and it could produce some accumulating snow in the region.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather