6:00 AM | *****A major winter storm this weekend to impact a large part of the nation...significant snowfall in the Mid-Atlantic region*****

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

Today

Partly-to-mostly sunny, noticeably milder, becoming quite breezy, highs not far from 50 degrees; W-SW winds increasing to 10-15 mph; gusts to 25 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, turning colder, lows in the upper 20’s

Friday           

Partly sunny, cold, breezy, near 40 degrees for afternoon highs

Friday Night             

Partly cloudy, brisk, bitter cold, near 10 degrees for late night lows

Saturday

Increasing clouds, very cold, chance of snow late in the day, near 20 degrees; snow at night heavy at times

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, very cold, breezy, periods of snow, heavy at times, sleet can mix in at times during the PM hours, significant accumulations likely, lower 20’s

Monday

Mainly cloudy, breezy, very cold, still the chance of snow during the early morning hours, middle 20’s; brutal cold at night

Tuesday

Partly sunny, very cold, low-to-mid 20’s; brutal cold at night

Discussion

A major winter storm will affect the Mid-Atlantic region this weekend with significant snowfall and sleet can mix into the picture at times. The stage will be set as the next in a series of Arctic blasts reaches the Northern Plains later today and then swallows up much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation by the upcoming weekend. Despite the threat of some icing during this weekend’s event, this could turn out to be the biggest snowstorm in a decade for the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor with a foot or more on the table in most places. The timeframe in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor appears to be from later Saturday night into Monday morning meaning there can be impacts on travel conditions at the start of the new work week. Brutal cold air will follow the weekend storm with some seldom-seen low temperatures around here during the first half of next week. The last time DC recorded a temperature below zero was in January 1994…just saying.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather