6:40 AM | ***Icing problems to last a bit longer in some of the far northern and western suburbs...changes to plain rain throughout the region later in the day***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy with rain or freezing rain early today and then plain rain is likely for the late morning and afternoon and it can become heavy at times, icing can continue to cause slick spots early this morning in some of the far northern and western suburbs where temperatures hold near freezing for awhile longer, increasingly windy, cold, highs in the lower 40’s; E winds increasing to 10-20 mph; gusts later today to 30 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, cold, periods of rain during the evening, windy, lows near 35 degrees
Friday
Becoming mainly sunny, windy, cold, mid 40’s for afternoon highs
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, cold, near 30 degrees for late night lows
Saturday
Mainly sunny, cold, near 40 degrees
Sunday
Mainly sunny, a bit colder, upper 30’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, cold, near 40 degrees
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, cold, lower 40’s
Discussion
The precipitation field associated with a weakening storm system over the western Great Lakes and a newly developing secondary storm system over the Carolinas arrived in the DC metro region in the wee hours moving in from southwest-to-northeast. There can be an additional small buildup of ice this morning in some of the far northern and western suburbs…watch out for slick spots in those areas where temperatures hold near freezing for a bit longer. Increasingly strong easterly winds will develop as the low pressure system intensifies near the coast and this will pump in slightly milder maritime air. This influx of slightly milder air will lead to a southeast-to-northwest moving transition of any wintry mix that still falls to plain rain by later in the morning. The rain can get heavy later today and winds will be quite strong from an easterly direction. The rain winds down later this evening and tomorrow will see the return of sunshine and then the weekend will turn gradually colder and below-normal for this time of year.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather