6:30 AM | ***Weekend storm to bring mixed bag of precipitation to the region...powerful storm impacts us next Tuesday/Wednesday with heavy rain, strong winds***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Sun followed by increasing clouds, cold, highs not far from 40 degrees; NW winds around 5-10 mph
Tonight
Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, lows in the upper 20’s
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, cold, good chance for snow or a mix of snow and ice to arrive during the early-to-mid morning hours which is then likely to mix with or change to rain later in the day, some snow accumulations are possible before the transition on the order of a coating to 1 inch in the DC metro region, 1-3 inches in some of the far N/W suburbs, mid-to-upper 30’s for afternoon highs
Saturday Night
Mainly cloudy with rain or a mix of rain and snow, cold, low-to-mid 30’s for late night lows
Sunday
Becoming partly sunny, breezy, cold, slight chance of snow or a mix of rain and snow in the morning, near 40 degrees
Monday
Mainly sunny, cold, low-to-mid 40’s
Tuesday
Mainly cloudy, becoming windy and milder, periods of rain and some of the rain can be heavy, there is an outside chance that the precipitation begins as a period of snow or a mix of snow and ice, near 55 degrees by later in the day
Wednesday
Partly sunny, windy, chilly, upper 40’s
Discussion
The active weather pattern of recent days will continue during the next several across the eastern half of the nation. A winter storm will impact the Mid-Atlantic region this weekend with accumulating snows across interior sections and a mixture of precipitation in the big cities along the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor. Another storm system will impact a large part of the eastern half of the nation in the Tuesday/Wednesday time frame and this one looks like a powerhouse. It is likely to feature very heavy rainfall, interior accumulating snows, and potentially damaging winds with power outages on the table in many states. If that isn’t enough, there may be another strong storm system to deal with in the eastern states by the early part of next weekend.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather