6:00 AM | ***Chance of some PM snow on Friday with Arctic front...maybe a snow squall...bitter cold weekend with powerful winds***
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Clouds give way to sun, cold, highs in the low-to-mid 30’s; N-NW winds around 5-10 mph
Tonight
Partly cloudy, very cold, lows in the mid-to-upper teens
Thursday
Mainly sunny, cold, near 30 degrees for afternoon highs
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, very cold, middle teens for late night lows
Friday
Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of some snow during the afternoon and evening hours, maybe a snow squall, near 35 degrees
Saturday
Partly sunny, windy, very cold, mid-to-upper 20’s with much lower wind chills
Sunday
Partly sunny, windy, bitter cold, chance of snow showers late in the day or at night, mid-to-upper 20’s with much lower wind chills
Monday
Mainly sunny, breezy, quite cold, upper 20’s
Discussion
Temperatures climbed above freezing on Tuesday for the first time in awhile in many spots and this allowed for some melting of the “snowcrete” that has been stuck in place in recent days. Yesterday’s “warmup” is the good news…the bad news is that much colder air returns by tonight and we’re headed for a bitter cold weekend in the Mid-Atlantic region. The next weather system of note will be a strong Arctic cold front that arrives later in the day on Friday and it can produce some snow during the afternoon and evening hours…perhaps even a snow squall. The passage of the late week Arctic front will result in a direct discharge of Arctic air from eastern Canada and temperatures are likely to be confined to the mid-to-upper 20’s for afternoon highs. In addition, the winds will be powerful on both Saturday and Sunday as the result of a very tight pressure gradient across the northeastern states and wind chill levels will be below zero at times. Another clipper system will drop southeast on Sunday from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic and it can produce snow showers in parts of the area.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather