6:00 AM | ****Bitter cold next few days...biggest impacts from weekend storm stay to our south and east****

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

Today

Mainly sunny, breezy, bitter cold, highs in the lower 20’s with below zero wind chills; W winds around 10-20 mph

Tonight

Partly cloudy, nostril-freezing cold, lows in the low-to-middle single digits

Friday           

Mainly sunny, breezy, brutally cold, near 20 degrees for afternoon highs with below zero wind chills

Friday Night             

Partly cloudy, biting cold, middle single digits for late night lows

Saturday

Increasing clouds, still bitter cold, chance of some snow late in the day and/or at night, upper teens

Sunday

Mainly cloudy, very cold, windy, slight chance of snow, lower 20’s

Monday

Partly sunny, cold, not as harsh, near 30 degrees

Tuesday

Partly sunny, cold, low-to-mid 30’s

Discussion

It remains brutally cold around here for the next couple of days with afternoon high temperatures generally confined to the teens and overnight lows likely in the lower-to-middle single digits in many locations. As far as the weekend storm is concerned, low pressure will develop near the Carolina coastline by later Saturday and then intensify dramatically as it moves to the northeast later in the weekend. The biggest impact from this weekend storm will be across southern Virginia, North Carolina, and likely across eastern New England as well. Around here, the winds will become a noticeable factor this weekend and there is the chance for some snow from later Saturday into Saturday night…accumulations cannot be ruled out.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather