6:00 AM | ****Biggest snow event in awhile for DC metro...heavy snow in the AM...possible lull in the afternoon..."backend" snow develops by early evening...sleet can mix in at times****
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, breezy, cold, snow this morning that will be heavy at times, sleet can mix in at times; especially, to the south and west of the metro region, snow showers in the afternoon, highs in the upper 20’s; E-NE winds around 5-10 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy with the re-development of snow or a mix of snow and sleet that quickly changes to all snow, additional small accumulations are likely, windy, quite cold, lows near 20 degrees
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, windy, cold, near 30 degrees for afternoon highs
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, quite cold, near 20 degrees for late night lows
Wednesday
Partly sunny, quite cold, near 30 degrees
Thursday
Partly sunny, quite cold, near 30 degrees
Friday
Sun followed by clouds, cold, lower 30’s
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow, low-to-mid 30’s
Discussion
A major winter storm system will move eastward today and produce significant accumulating snow in the area that is likely to fall at its heaviest during the morning hours. In fact, there can be a lull in the precipitation during the afternoon and sleet can mix in at times; especially, to the south and west of the metro region. Snow or a mix of snow and sleet that changes back to all snow likely re-intensifies during the late afternoon or early evening hours on the backend of the storm system with additional accumulations possible. Total accumulations of 5-10 inches are on the table with isolated higher amounts possible of up to 12 inches or so…the biggest snow event in several years for the DC metro region. Arctic cold will follow for the next few days as our cold, active weather pattern continues in the Mid-Atlantic region. Later in the week, low pressure is likely to develop over the Gulf of Mexico and it can move northeast from there and have an impact in the region this weekend.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather