6:00 AM | *****All eyes continue to focus on major weekend winter storm that will have significant impacts over a large part of the nation*****

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

Today

Partly sunny, breezy, still cold, but milder than yesterday, highs in the upper 30’s; S winds around 5-15 mph

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, not nearly as harsh as recent nights, lows in the lower 30’s

Thursday     

Mainly sunny, even milder, breezy, near 50 degrees for afternoon highs

Thursday Night             

Partly cloudy, cold, upper 20’s for late night lows

Friday

Partly sunny, breezy, colder, upper 30’s

Saturday

Increasing clouds, very cold, chance of snow late in the day or at night, upper teens

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, breezy, very cold, periods of snow, near 20 degrees

Monday

Mainly cloudy, breezy, very cold, still may be some snow, middle 20’s

Discussion

The next couple of weeks will feature some of the worst weather winter has to offer with bitter cold conditions at times and a major storm system that can bring a crippling ice event to some areas this weekend and significant snowfall to others. After another day with below-normal temperatures here at mid-week, it’ll turn milder on Thursday, but that warmup will be for a brief time only.

Another Arctic outbreak will spread south to Texas and east to the coast at the end of the week and this air mass will feature some incredible cold across the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest with 30 degrees below zero in some spots. By the end of the week, moisture will be gathering across the south-central states. As this moisture pushes to the north and east, it will encounter this very cold air mass, and the result will be a crippling ice event in many southern states, and significant accumulating snow farther to the north including in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather