7:00 AM | ***Powerful winds continue today as cold air pours into the region...threat for snow later this week has diminished***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Partly sunny, very windy, cold, chance for a snow shower or scattered flurries, highs in the upper 30’s; NW winds around 20-30 mph; gusts to 50 mph
Tonight
Mainly clear, windy, very cold, lows in the lower 20’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, windy, very cold, middle 30’s for afternoon highs
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, very cold, lows in the upper teens
Wednesday
Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, chance of PM snow, upper 20’s
Thursday
Mainly cloudy, windy, chance of snow, near 30 degrees
Friday
Mainly sunny, still quite cold, windy, mid-to-upper 30’s
Saturday
Mainly sunny, cold, upper 30’s
Discussion
In the wake of a strong cold frontal passage on Sunday, winds strengthened dramatically and will remain powerful today gusting past 50 mph at times (no doubt it is trash day). Cold air has poured into the Mid-Atlantic region and temperatures will remain well below-normal during the next few days. In fact, much of the nation will feature very cold conditions for the week with Arctic high pressure in control.
By early Wednesday, low pressure will organize near the northern Gulf coast and then head east-northeast reaching the waters off the Carolina coastline by early Thursday. From there, the low pressure system will intensify rapidly as it likely continues on an east-northeast track and its heaviest precipitation should stay to the south and east of the immediate DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor. While there still can be some snow around here from later Wednesday into Thursday, the chance has greatly diminished with this likely east-northeast track of the low pressure system rather than the other possibility of it riding up along the eastern seaboard.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather