The day starts off with temperatures near the freezing mark in many spots so watch out for black ice on all road surfaces that appear wet. A frontal system will approach the region today and it can produce a couple of showers and the winds will become very noticeable later in the day gusting up to 45 mph or so. High pressure will take control on Wednesday and under mostly sunny skies, afternoon temperatures will climb towards the 60 degree mark. A cold front passes through on Wednesday night and it’ll turn colder again for the last couple days of the work week.
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A bit of a tricky situation today as we begin the new work week as there can be a burst of moderate-to-heavy snow possibly mixed with sleet and/or freezing rain that can even result in some accumulations before milder air pushes in to change the precipitation to plain rain. A frontal system will slide through the region today with high pressure situated off the east coast and it’ll likely be just cold enough at the start for some frozen precipitation with a coating to an inch or two of snow possible in areas to the north and west of the District. A southerly flow on the back side of the high will boost afternoon temperatures to 40 degrees and snow should change to plain rain across the region before winding down. The rest of the week looks rather quiet and it’ll get much milder at mid-week.
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The new work week will begin with a bit of a tricky situation as there is likely to be a quick burst of heavy snow in the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor possibly mixed with sleet at times - all as a strong cold frontal system slides to the east. Snow, possibly mixed with sleet, should arrive by the mid-morning hours on Monday in DC and in the mid-to-late morning hours across the Philly and NYC metro regions. Rapid accumulations are likely before a changeover to plain rain takes place later in the afternoon.
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The day will start off with freezing drizzle in most areas and as another low pressure area pushes northeast along a frontal system, the precipitation could mix with or change to snow for a few hours later this morning into the afternoon. Additional small accumulations of ice/snow are possible before the system winds down later in the day. High pressure takes over for the weekend, but then another low pressure area can bring us some snow or snow and rain combination on Monday.
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The latest winter storm continues to pound away at the Mid-Atlantic with lots of snow north of the Pennsylvania/Maryland border and lots of icing to the south of there. There have been intense snow bands in the region from southeastern Pennsylvania to central New Jersey during the past few hours resulting in a quick piling up of snow to as much as 8 inches in some spots. The precipitation will tend to slacken off this afternoon, but this latest winter storm will turn into another relatively long duration event with redevelopment of the precipitation by tonight and there can be some impacts into the latter part of the day on Friday.
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Snow broke out early today and quickly mixed with sleet and icing will be the main problem for the rest of the day. A combination of sleet and freezing rain will produce an icy buildup and travel conditions will be dangerous in many areas as temperatures remain at or below the freezing mark. This will turn out to be a rather long duration event with a wintry mix possible tonight and into the day on Friday at varying rates of intensity. Snow accumulations will be limited to a coating to a couple of inches in the DC metro region due to the quick mixing, but there will be higher amounts in the far northern and western suburbs - and all areas experience an icy buildup.
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A significant winter storm will impact the Mid-Atlantic region on Thursday and Thursday night and it is likely to develop into a rather long duration event and last well into the day on Friday. Snow should break out early tomorrow morning in the DC and Philly metro areas and by the late morning hours in New York City. The snow can come down hard for a few hours beginning shortly after its arrival time in the I-95 corridor. The precipitation may slacken off for a brief time later tomorrow into early tomorrow night, but more precipitation will re-develop tomorrow night likely as a wintry mix and this can change back to all snow on Friday.
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Attention now turns to the next storm system and this one is likely to generate significant accumulating snow in the DC metro region and some ice as well. Snow likely breaks out early tomorrow during the 3-7AM time period and it can come down hard for awhile before mixing with or changing to sleet later in the day. Accumulations of 3-6 are likely before any changeover to sleet and there can be isolated higher amounts. Sleet or a mix of sleet and snow will continue tomorrow night and there can even be occasional snow, sleet and/or rain well into the day on Friday as this will likely turn out to be a long duration event. This low pressure system will take a track farther to the east compared to Monday’s storm and this track will help to keep a cold air mass in place with temperatures generally at or below the freezing mark.
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With the passage of one storm system in the overnight hours, attention to those in the Mid-Atlantic region will now turn to the next storm system and this one is likely to generate significant snow and/or ice for the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor with several inches on the table. The next storm will take a track farther to the east compared to last night’s system and this will help to keep in place a cold air mass that arrives in the overnight hours. This cold air mass will be anchored by strong high pressure to the north and low-level temperatures are likely to remain at or below freezing during much of the upcoming event in the immediate I-95 corridor – virtually assuring a buildup of snow and/or ice.
Elsewhere, historic and dangerous cold continues today across much of the central US. Several sites have set their all-time low temperature records and many others have experienced their lowest temperatures ever recorded in the month of February. In addition to the extreme cold, snow and ice has accumulated all the way down to the Gulf coastal region of Texas. In fact, nearly three-quarters of the US is now covered by snow which is the highest amount ever recorded since this kind of data began to be collected in 2003.
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One storm system will push away today and attention will turn to another system that will impact the region from late Wednesday night into early Friday. High pressure will build over New England on Wednesday and act as an anchor for a cold air mass in the Mid-Atlantic region. As a result, the chance of accumulating snow at the onset of the next storm system will be quite high in the DC metro region from late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning. The snow is likely to mix with or change to sleet later in the day on Thursday and to sleet and/or freezing rain at night with some ice buildup possible on any already accumulated snowfall. Stay tuned…something to closely monitor next couple of days.
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