6:30 AM | ****A messy weekend with plenty of rainfall and strong winds...snow/sleet can precede the rain on Saturday and small accumulations are possible...mid-week snow threat****
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly sunny, windy and cold, highs in the upper 30’s and there will be lower wind chill values; NW winds around 10-20 mph
Tonight
Becoming mainly cloudy, brisk, cold, lows in the upper 20’s
Saturday
Mainly cloudy, cold, snow and/or sleet likely breaks out during the mid-to-late morning and then it changes to rain later in the day, small snow accumulations of a coating to an inch or so are possible before any changeover to rain takes place; especially, in the far far northern suburbs, upper 30’s for late day highs
Saturday Night
Mainly cloudy, chilly, periods of rain, some of the rain can be heavy, lows in the mid-to-upper 30’s
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, mild, windy, chance of rain early then showers likely, maybe even a rumble of thunder, upper 50’s for highs; temperatures should drop sharply at night and winds will become very strong
Monday
Mainly sunny, very windy, cold, middle 30’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, still quite cold, low-to-mid 30’s
Wednesday
Mainly cloudy, quite cold, chance of snow, lower 30’s
Discussion
A long-lasting storm system will impact the region this weekend with snow and/or ice possible at the onset later Saturday morning into mid-afternoon and then rain is likely from late Saturday into Sunday. There can be small snow accumulations of a coating to an inch or so on Saturday before any changeover to rain takes place; especially, across some of the far northern suburbs. Some of the rain that falls on Saturday night and early Sunday can be heavy at times and a rumble of thunder cannot be ruled out. A strong cold front pushes through the region later Sunday and its passage will usher in very cold air for the first half of next week. Winds will become very strong behind the cold front potentially gusting past 50 mph from later Sunday into Monday…power outages on the table.
Looking ahead, there are signs of an accumulating snow threat by the middle or latter part of next week (later Wednesday/Thursday time frame).
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather