6:30 AM | ***Accumulating snow from later this evening into early tomorrow morning***

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

Today

Some sun early, clouds late, quite breezy, cold, highs in the mid 40’s; W-NW winds around 10-20 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, cold, snow is likely to develop in the late evening and continue overnight, quite cold, lows in the lower 30’s

Saturday

Mostly cloudy in the morning with snow winding down early, accumulations of 2-4 inches with isolated higher amounts possible, quite breezy, cold, partial sun in the afternoon, near 40 degrees for afternoon highs

Saturday Night             

Partly cloudy, brisk, quite cold, lower 20’s for late night lows

Sunday

Mainly sunny, cold, breezy, mid 40’s

Monday

Mainly sunny, not as cold, near 50 degrees

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, cool, lower 50’s

Wednesday

Partly sunny, milder, mid 50’s

Discussion              

A cold front passed through the region last night and ushered in a reinforcing chilly air mass with high pressure taking (brief) control of the weather around here as we close out the work week. Low pressure will ride along that frontal boundary zone over the next 24 hours or so and there will be accumulating snow from later this evening into early Saturday morning. Snowfall estimates are 2-4 inches by early tomorrow morning in the DC metro region with isolated higher amounts possible and the snow should be of the light and fluffy texture…not the heavy, wet stuff of earlier in the week. The remainder of the weekend should be cold, breezy and dry with temperatures slightly below-normal for the middle of February and then a warm-up ensues early next week.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather