6:00 AM | **An Arctic blast has arrived in the Mid-Atlantic region on the heels of a strong cold frontal passage and it won't be the last...weekend snow threat(s)**

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

Today

Becoming mainly sunny, windy, quite cold, maybe a snow shower, highs in the lower 30’s with even lower wind chills; W-NW winds around 10-20 mph; gusts to 30 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, windy with gusts to 30 mph, very cold, lows near 20 degrees

Friday           

Increasing clouds, breezy, cold, middle 30’s for afternoon highs

Friday Night             

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow or snow showers, near 30 degrees for late night lows

Saturday

Mainly cloudy, chilly, chance of snow and/or rain, low-to-mid 40’s

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, breezy, very cold, chance of snow or snow showers, lower 30’s

M.L.K. Day

Mainly sunny, breezy, very cold, lower 30’s

Tuesday

Mainly sunny, bitter cold, middle 20’s; lower teens possible for overnight lows

Discussion

An Arctic air mass has pushed into the Mid-Atlantic region on the heels of a strong cold frontal passage and temperatures have very likely already reached their highs for the day. The winds will be quite strong through the day from a west-to-northwest direction making it feel even colder than the actual ambient temperatures. It stays much colder-than-normal on Friday and then an upper-level disturbance will head in this direction on Friday night and Saturday potentially resulting in some snow and/or rain to the metro region. Another system will then try to slide up along the east coast on Sunday and it can bring some snow or snow shower activity to the area during the second half of the weekend. More Arctic air is on tap for the Mid-Atlantic during the early part of next week.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather