7:00 AM | **Low pressure pushes off to the northeast today...very cold in its wake...icing possible late Sat. night/early Sunday...another cold blast arrives early next week**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Becoming mainly sunny and windy, quite cold, highs in the lower 30’s (normal high at DCA is 45 degrees); W-NW winds increasing to 10-20 mph; gusts to 35 mph during the mid-day and afternoon
Tonight
Mainly clear, still quite breezy, very cold, lows in the mid-to-upper teens
Saturday
Mainly sunny, quite cold, near the freezing mark for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Becoming mainly cloudy, very cold, cannot rule out a bit of ice late at night, lower 20’s for late night lows
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, not as cold, chance for some icing early then a couple of rain showers possible, lower 40’s by later in the day
Monday
Mostly sunny, breezy, quite cold, mid 30’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, very cold, upper 20’s
Wednesday
Partly sunny, still quite cold, mid-to-upper 30’s
Discussion
Low pressure that generated the overnight snowfall continues to intensify this morning as it pushes northeastward over the open waters of the western Atlantic. This system will push fairly rapidly during the next few hours to a position off the east coast of Maine by mid-day. Any clouds early today will give way to mainly sunny skies and it’ll become quite windy with gusts to 35 mph for the mid-day and afternoon. Later tonight, temperatures will drop well down into the teens and Saturday will remain much colder-than-normal for this time of year despite some sunshine. Milder air will try to push into the area late Saturday night and Sunday and this process may initially result in a bit of rain and/or ice in some spots. By later Sunday, temperatures should be able to reach into the 40’s, but the warm up will be short-lived as another impressively cold air mass will arrive early next week following the passage of the next cold frontal system.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather