7:00 AM | **Weekend storm favoring snow accumulations interior Mid-Atlantic...powerful storm next week**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Becoming breezy and partly sunny today after early day clouds, cold, highs in the low-to-mid 40’s; NW winds increasing to around 10-20 mph
Tonight
Becoming mainly clear, brisk, quite cold, lows in the low-to-mid 20’s
Friday
Sun followed by clouds, cold, upper 30’s for afternoon highs
Friday Night
Mainly cloudy, cold, upper 20’s for late night lows
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, cold, good chance for snow or a mix of snow and ice to arrive during the late morning or mid-day hours which is then likely to mix with or change to rain later in the afternoon and continue as rain at night, small accumulations are possible before the transition on the order of a coating to an inch in the DC metro area and 1-3 inches in some of the far N/W suburbs, mid-to-upper 30’s
Sunday
Becoming partly sunny, breezy, cold, chance of snow and/or rain early, low 40’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, cold, low-to-mid 40’s
Tuesday
Mainly cloudy, becoming windy and milder, periods of rain, some of the rain can be heavy, there is chance the precipitation starts out as snow or a mix of snow and ice, near 55 degrees by later in the day
Discussion
The active weather pattern of recent days will continue during the next several days across the eastern half of the nation. One storm will bring wintry precipitation to the Mid-Atlantic region this weekend and then a powerhouse storm can bring heavy rain and strong winds here from Tuesday into Wednesday. The precipitation with the weekend system likely arrives here as snow or snow and ice around mid-day on Saturday and then transition to rain or a mix with small accumulations possible before the changeover. The storm next Tuesday/Wednesday is likely to bring heavy rain here with potentially damaging winds (power outages on the table), and there is a chance that the precipitation starts out as snow or a mix of snow and ice. There are likely to be additional systems to deal by the time we get through the middle of the month in this on-going active weather pattern.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather