7:00 AM | **Next storm arrives on Wednesday...may start as snow or a wintry mix in some suburbs before a changeover to plain rain**

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

Today

Mainly cloudy, windy, chilly, lingering rain showers possible early, highs in the mid 40’s; W-NW winds increasing to 10-20 mph; gusts to 35 mph  

Tonight

Partly cloudy, windy, cold, lows in the upper 20’s

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, quite breezy, chilly, mid-to-upper 40’s for afternoon highs

Tuesday Night             

Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, near 30 degrees for late night lows

Wednesday

Mainly cloudy, chilly, precipitation may arrive in the morning as snow or a mix of snow and rain across the northern and western suburbs with rain to the south and east of I-95, plain rain throughout the region by later in the day, small snow accumulations are possible well north and west before the changeover, low-to-mid 40’s

Thursday

Becoming partly sunny, breezy, chilly, low-to-mid 40’s

Friday

Partly sunny, cold, near 40 degrees

Saturday

Mainly sunny, chilly, mid-to-upper 40’s

Discussion              

As low pressure pulls away to the northeast of here today, occasional rain will continue until late morning or mid-day. Winds will intensify this afternoon from a northwesterly direction and can gust to 30 mph or later in the day. High pressure returns to the area for a brief time on Tuesday and then the next storm in this active weather pattern arrives on Wednesday. It could be cold enough for some snow at the onset on Wednesday, but an eventual changeover to plain rain is expected. High pressure will return on Thursday following the passage of the mid-week storm system along with the return of strong NW winds.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather