7:00 AM | **Watch for slick spots late tonight...rain, mild conditions here by Thursday ahead of an Arctic front...rain could change to ice and/or snow on Friday**

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

Today

Mainly sunny, cold, highs near 40 degrees; SE winds around 5 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, cold, watch for slick spots on the roads late, lows in the upper 20’s

Wednesday

Partly sunny, a bit milder, mid 40’s for highs

Wednesday Night             

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of rain late, mid 30’s for late night lows           

Thursday

Mainly cloudy, milder, chance of rain, mid 50’s

Friday

Mainly cloudy, turning much colder, rain could change to ice and/or snow as temperatures should drop from early day highs; possible “freeze-up” conditions at night

Saturday

Mainly sunny, quite cold, lower 30’s

Sunday

Increasing clouds, cold, mid-to-upper 30’s

Discussion              

It remains quite cold around here today with some sunshine and then we’ll have to watch out for some possible slick spots late tonight as there will be a combination of damp, low-level air with below freezing temperatures. An Arctic front will then press slowly to the south and east at mid-week across the nation’s heartland and this boundary zone will feature rainy and mild conditions on its warm side and accumulating ice and/or snow on the cold side.  In fact, accumulating ice and/or snow will likely impact a large area from Texas to the Northeast US before the week is done with some regions likely to experience some serious icing and significant snow accumulations.  It’ll turn milder in the Mid-Atlantic region by Thursday and rain is likely to fall around here.  However, as Arctic air filters into the region on Friday following the passage of the front, the rain can change to a period of sleet and/or freezing rain and then perhaps to all snow and “freeze-up” conditions are possible on Friday night. Looking ahead, there is the threat for another storm system to push northward into the Mid-Atlantic region at the end of the weekend…stay tuned.  

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather