6:00 AM | ***A reinforcing shot of Arctic air to start the new year...snow showers likely in much of the Mid-Atlantic region from later this evening into early Thursday***

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

Today

Mainly cloudy this morning with flurries possible, partly sunny in the afternoon, breezy, cold, highs in the upper 30’s (normal high at DCA is 46 degrees); W-SW winds around 10-20 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, quite cold, snow showers likely and maybe a late night burst of heavier snow, watch for small accumulations and slick spots, lows in the middle 20’s

Thursday     

Chance of snow showers early then becoming partly sunny, windy, cold, lower 30’s for afternoon highs

Thursday Night             

Partly cloudy, very cold, near 20 degrees for late night lows

Friday

Partly sunny, cold, near 40 degrees

Saturday

Increasing clouds, cold, slight chance of snow, upper 30’s

Sunday

Mainly sunny, cold, near 40 degrees

Monday

Partly sunny, cold, lower 40’s

Discussion

It remains quite cold here at mid-week and a reinforcing shot of Arctic air will push into the region tonight setting the stage for a very cold start to the new year. Low pressure to our north will drag a cold front through the area tonight and temperatures on Thursday will be far below-normal for the first day of January. Snow showers are possible tonight in the DC metro region and there may even be a burst of heavier snow during the wee hours of Thursday morning…watch for small accumulations and slick spots during the AM hours. It looks like the colder-than-normal weather will continue on Friday and right through the first weekend of the new month. One final note, there will be a low pressure system in the Southeast US on Saturday that will likely stay just to the south of the area…a close call and something to monitor during the next couple of days.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather