6:00 AM | ***Some snow later today/tonight...more snow likely on Friday...very cold weekend on the way***

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

Today

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of late day snow, highs in the mid-to-upper 30’s; Light and variable winds

Tonight

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance for snow with small accumulations possible on the order of a coating to an inch, lows in the middle 20’s

Wednesday

Becoming partly sunny, cold, low-to-mid 30’s for afternoon highs

Wednesday Night             

Partly cloudy, quite cold, middle teens for late night lows

Thursday

Mainly sunny, cold, near 30 degrees

Friday

Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of PM snow, middle 30’s

Saturday

Partly sunny, windy, very cold, middle 20’s with much lower wind chills

Sunday

Partly sunny, windy, very cold, middle 20’s with much lower wind chills

Discussion

Weak low pressure will head in this direction today and it can produce some snow around here by later in the day and tonight with small accumulations on the table of a coating to an inch. The next weather system of note will be a strong Arctic cold front that arrives at the end of the week and it can produce some snow in the Mid-Atlantic region during the afternoon and evening hours on Friday. The passage of the late week Arctic front will result in a bitter cold weekend in the DC metro region with temperatures likely to be confined to the middle 20’s for afternoon highs on both Saturday and Sunday. In addition, the winds will be powerful on both days as the result of a tight pressure gradient across the northeastern states and the combination of the bitter cold and strong winds will produce much lower wind chill values. Looking ahead, it does appear that, for the first time in awhile, milder weather might just make it all the way into the northeastern states by the second half of next week.

Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather