From a climatological point of view, March is a favorable time of year for accumulating snow in the Rocky Mountain States and it looks like “climatology” will come through this year. March is also quite an active month on average in terms of severe weather and indeed, an outbreak is possible later tomorrow and tomorrow night across the Mississippi Valley. Meanwhile, the Mid-Atlantic region will enjoy back-to-back-to-back unseasonably warm days featuring temperatures in the 70’s in many spots and spring fever may spread rapidly.
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High pressure edged eastward on Tuesday afternoon, and it will slide off the coast today opening the door for unseasonably warm air to our west to move into the Mid-Atlantic region. Temperatures will surge today to near 75 degrees and likely into the middle or upper 70’s on Thursday afternoon. It stays very mild at the end of the work week; however, the pattern becomes more unsettled with a chance of showers on Friday, maybe a thunderstorm. It cools down some this weekend in the Mid-Atlantic region, but still mild for this time of year, and then a colder-than-normal air mass reaches the area for the first half of next week.
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After a cold and windy day to start the week, there are big temperature changes on the way for the Mid-Atlantic region beginning today with afternoon highs around here likely in the upper 60’s. The surge in temperatures will continue during the next couple of days with 70 degrees on the table for Wednesday and the middle 70’s on Thursday. It stays quite mild into the late week and weekend, but it'll become more unsettled with the threat of showers on a couple of occasions.
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The pressure difference between a very strong low pressure system over the Canadian Maritimes and an incoming high pressure remains high today and the result will be a continuation of powerful NW winds in the Mid-Atlantic region. Winds can gust up to 50 mph or so which will make the chilly air mass feel even colder as we begin the new work week.
Big temperature changes are on the way for the next few days. With high pressure pushing over the region on Tuesday, temperatures will surge well up into the 60’s and 70+ degree highs are likely for Wednesday and Thursday. In fact, it’ll remain unseasonably mild into the weekend, but a shower threat is likely to return by Friday and Saturday.
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After a dry day on Friday, the next in a series of low pressure systems will impact the region with more rain on Saturday and Saturday night. On the back side of the low, winds will pick up noticeably on Sunday from a northwesterly direction and colder-than-normal air will pour into the Mid-Atlantic region. It’ll stay windy and chilly on Monday despite some sunshine, but a warm-up kicks in by the middle of next week.
One final note, this is the weekend in which we turn the clocks ahead as we switch back to Daylight Savings Time.
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Low pressure pushes away from the area this morning, but the unsettled weather pattern will continue through the upcoming weekend. After a dry day on Friday, the next in a series of low pressure systems will impact the region with more rain on Saturday and Saturday night. On the back side of the low, winds will pick up noticeably on Sunday from a northwesterly direction and colder-than-normal air will pour into the Mid-Atlantic region. It’ll stay windy and chilly on Monday despite some sunshine, but a warm-up kicks in by the middle of next week.
One final note, this is the weekend in which we turn the clocks ahead as we switch back to Daylight Savings Time.
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An active weather pattern continues for the next several days with multiple low pressure systems to deal with in the Mid-Atlantic region. The next system to impact the area will pull out of the Southeast US today and produce more rain here from mid-day into early tomorrow…some of the rain can be heavy at times. After a dry day on Friday, another system will push into the Mid-Atlantic region this weekend with more rain on Saturday and Saturday night, and it’ll be followed by colder and windy conditions from later Sunday into Monday.
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The remainder of week looks mild overall, but also quite unsettled with additional chances of rain in the DC metro region. Low pressure is tracking along the coast this morning and an even stronger low pressure system will impact the region from later tomorrow into early Thursday with additional rainfall. The unsettled pattern will not end there as an additional threat for rain in the Mid-Atlantic region comes this weekend and it’ll turn somewhat colder as well.
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The upcoming week looks quite mild, but also very unsettled with multiple chances for rain and a parade of storm systems to deal with in the DC metro region. Low pressure will track along the coast late tonight and Tuesday bringing with it a good chance of rain to the area. An even stronger low pressure system will impact the region from later Wednesday into early Thursday with additional rainfall. The unsettled pattern will not end there as an additional threat for rain comes this weekend and it’ll turn somewhat colder as well in the Mid-Atlantic region.
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An area of low pressure will likely produce some rain around here from later tonight into mid-day on Saturday, but improvement is on the way for Sunday. In fact, the second half of the weekend should feature some sunshine and mild conditions with high temperatures on Sunday afternoon in the low-to-mid 60’s. It stays on the mild side early next week, but there will be an increasing chance of showers by Tuesday and the threat of rain may last into mid-week.
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