6:15 AM | ***Brutal cold and single digit temperatures in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor...southern states suffer with snow and extreme cold***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Partly sunny, still very cold, highs near 20 degrees and below-zero wind chills; W-NW winds around 5-10 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, brutally cold, lows near 10 degrees
Thursday
Partly sunny, quite cold, lower 30’s for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Mainly clear, very cold, lows near 15 degrees
Friday
Partly sunny, still quite cold, lower 30’s for afternoon highs
Saturday
Mainly sunny, cold, near 35 degrees
Sunday
Increasing clouds, cold, lower 40’s
Monday
Partly sunny, cold, chance of rain and/or snow, lower 40’s
Discussion
Arctic high pressure will settle over the area today and then moves offshore on Thursday. As a result, it’ll remain bitterly cold for another day around here with afternoon highs near 20 degrees and overnight temperatures should drop to near 10 degrees. With the high pressure offshore on Thursday, there will some moderation in temperatures and afternoon highs both tomorrow and Friday should be in the middle-to-upper 20’s.
Elsewhere, the southern states from Texas to the Carolinas continue to suffer through unusual severe winter weather conditions during this nationwide Arctic air outbreak. Accumulating snow fell yesterday on Houston, Texas on the order of 4 inches or so (their 2nd biggest snowstorm) and as much as 10 inches on New Orleans, Louisiana. And perhaps most amazing of all, there are single digits temperatures this morning across southern Louisiana.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather