7:00 AM | ***Next accumulating snow chance comes Thursday night/early Friday***

6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region

Today

Mainly sunny, cold, highs in the middle 30’s; Light and variable winds

Tonight

Partly cloudy, cold, lows in the middle 20’s

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy with the chance for light freezing rain early in the day then becoming windy and milder in the afternoon with a rain shower possible, low-to-mid 40’s for afternoon highs

Wednesday Night             

Mainly cloudy, cold, lower 30’s for late night lows           

Thursday

Becoming mainly cloudy, breezy, cold, upper 30’s; snow is likely at night

Friday

Snow is likely early then becoming partly sunny, breezy, cold, low-to-mid 30’s

Saturday

Becoming mainly sunny, cold, breezy, mid 30’s

Sunday

Partly sunny, not as cold, maybe a rain shower, low-to-mid 40’s

Discussion              

On the heels of yesterday’s significant snowfall, high pressure will take control of the weather from today into tomorrow and, after a cold day on Tuesday, it’ll turn a bit milder on Wednesday as the high shifts off the east coast.  A word of caution…as the milder air first tries to push in early on Wednesday, there can be a touch of freezing drizzle. A cold front comes through the region on Wednesday night and it’ll usher in another cold air mass for the latter part of the week.  Another strong disturbance in the upper atmosphere will head in this direction later Thursday and it is likely to result in the formation of low pressure near the Mid-Atlantic coastline by Thursday night and Friday.  This system certainly has the potential to produce more accumulating snow around here on Thursday night and early Friday and will be monitored closely during the next couple of days.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather