It’ll remain chilly today in the DC metro region and dry as well as high pressure remains in control. Clouds increase tonight ahead of the next frontal system and rain is likely here on Saturday. In addition to the rain, it’ll become windy tomorrow and much milder with a broad southwesterly flow of air out ahead of the incoming frontal system. The back side of the front will feature colder, dry conditions again as we close out the weekend on Sunday.
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A strong cold front passed through the eastern states late Wednesday and much colder air has pushed in on stiff NW winds. This cold shot will be somewhat short-lived, however, as the first half of the upcoming weekend will turn much milder once again in the eastern US as the next frontal system approaches with a broad southwesterly flow of air ahead of it. Looking ahead, high-latitude blocking will develop in coming days and this will aid in a more sustained cold weather pattern in much of the nation with impact in the eastern states coming after about the 7th or so. In addition, the upcoming colder-than-normal weather pattern is likely to become more active before we get to the middle of the month and the period between about the 10th and 13th may be quite volatile near the eastern seaboard.
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A strong cold front passed through the area late yesterday and has ushered in a noticeably colder air mass for the Mid-Atlantic region. Winds will continue to be quite strong today with gusts up to 35 mph or so from a northwesterly direction. It remains chilly and dry on Friday and then the next frontal system will cause showers around here on Saturday and it’ll become breezy and much milder as well for the first half of the weekend. Colder air returns to the Mid-Atlantic for Sunday following the passage of that next frontal system.
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If you are an inflatable Santa Claus then today is not your kind of day in the Mid-Atlantic region. A strong cold front will cross the region later today and winds ahead of it will increase dramatically from a S-SW direction and can gust up to 50 mph or so. Following the front, winds will remain quite strong later tonight and Thursday gusting to 40 mph or so from a northwesterly direction. After a milder day here at mid-week, temperatures will crash later tonight and hold pretty close to the 45 degree mark for highs on Thursday afternoon. It remains quite chilly and dry on Friday, but then turns much milder on Saturday with occasional showers as the next frontal system arrives.
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A potent cold front will wreak havoc across the eastern half of the nation from today into Thursday with a severe weather threat later today into tonight across the Lower Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys - to include the possibility of isolated tornadoes - and potential damaging wind gusts from later tomorrow into tomorrow night in the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US. An intensifying low pressure system will help to strengthen a low-level jet on Tuesday afternoon and evening and this wind field will translate into the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US later tomorrow/tomorrow night and 50+ mph wind gusts will be on the table.
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A strong cold front will push across the Ohio Valley on Wednesday and reach the I-95 corridor region by Wednesday evening. It’ll turn much milder ahead of the front on Wednesday and SW winds will increase in strength and can gust up to 50 mph. Following the passage of the strong cold front, winds will shift to a NW direction by early Thursday morning and temperatures will drop sharply. Winds on Thursday can still gust to 40 mph or so and high temperatures will hold in the low-to-mid 40’s compared to tomorrow’s near 60 degrees. It’ll stay quite chilly and dry on Friday and then showers are likely on Saturday with the next frontal system.
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A potent cold front will wreak havoc across the eastern half of the nation from tomorrow into Thursday with potential damaging wind gusts and even isolated tornadoes. An intensifying low pressure system will help to strengthen a low-level jet on Tuesday afternoon and evening as a strong cold front pushes into the Mississippi and Tennessee Valley regions. The result will be a high likelihood of damaging wind gusts and even isolated tornadoes. This same powerful low-level jet will translate to the Mid-Atlantic region on Wednesday and strong wind gusts of up to 50 mph will be a threat on Wednesday ahead of the front and also on Thursday following its passage.
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A cold front works its way through the region this morning with a pickup in winds from a northwesterly direction. High pressure will then take control of the weather from later today into early Wednesday and temperatures will remain on the chilly side. A strong cold front will arrive late Wednesday bringing showers to the region and winds will become quite strong ahead of the front from a southwesterly direction. Following the passage of the potent cold front, it’ll become noticeably colder on Thursday and winds will remain quite strong shifting to a northwesterly direction. It remains chilly on Friday as well to close out the work week.
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The weather stays nice around here today with some sunshine and high temperatures in the middle 50’s – pretty close to the average for this time of year. A weak cool front is likely to bring us showers on Friday with temperatures remaining on the moderate side. After a dry day on Saturday, a stronger system will likely generate showers around here from Saturday night into Sunday.
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After a very mild start to the month of November in much of the eastern half of the nation, the weather has been primarily colder-than-normal during the last ten days or so. In fact, numerous low temperature records were set last week and earlier this week in what was an unusually widespread and severe cold air outbreak across much of the nation. Looking ahead, it looks like it’ll be seasonal or even warmer-than-normal in the central and eastern in coming days as we close out the month of November. Numerous signs, however, point to the return of a colder-than-normal weather pattern during the month of December. probably with sustained cold reaching the eastern US after the 7th or 8th.
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