A strong cold front passes through the region this morning and north-to-northwest winds will kick up on its backside during the PM hours. Colder air will ride the winds into the Mid-Atlantic region setting us up for a chilly weekend. Temperatures on Saturday will likely do no better than the upper 40’s for afternoon highs despite plenty of sunshine and it turns a bit milder on Sunday close out the weekend. Much milder weather returns to the Mid-Atlantic region during the early and middle parts of next week as strong high pressure ridging that has been parked over the western US in recent days slides to this part of the country.
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It’ll become quite warm and breezy today ahead of a strong cold front with afternoon temperatures likely to peak in the mid-to-upper 70’s. The frontal system will bring us periods of rain from alter tonight into Friday mid-day and there can be a thunderstorm mixed into the picture. On the back side of the front, winds will shift to a north-to-northwest direction on Friday leading to a colder-than-normal weekend in the Mid-Atlantic region. Temperatures on Saturday will likely top out in the upper 40’s despite plenty of sunshine and it turns a bit milder on Sunday to close out the weekend. Much milder weather returns to the Mid-Atlantic region during the early part of next week as strong high pressure ridging that has been parked over the western US in recent days slides to this part of the nation.
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It’ll turn a bit milder today in the Mid-Atlantic region and then quite mild by tomorrow afternoon with the Orioles home opener in Baltimore scheduled for 3:05 PM (middle 70’s)…Nationals home opener is Friday, April 3rd. The next cold front will bring rain here from late Thursday night into early Friday – maybe a thunderstorm - and it’ll turn colder again as we head into the upcoming weekend with temperatures on Saturday topping near 50 degrees.
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Colder air moved into the Mid-Atlantic region on Monday following the passage of a strong cold front and temperatures will remain below-normal today despite plenty of sunshine. It’ll turn a bit milder on Wednesday and then quite mild by Thursday afternoon with the Orioles home opener scheduled for 3:05 PM (lower 70’s)...Nationals open up in Chicago. The next front will bring showers here from late Thursday night into Friday morning and it’ll turn colder again as we head into the upcoming weekend.
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Following the passage of a strong cold front, today will turn out much colder than yesterday and there will be a stiff N-NW wind developing that can gust to 30 mph or so. The chilly air mass will stick around on Tuesday though the winds will slacken off and then high pressure brings us milder temperatures at mid-week. Another frontal system will likely bring us more unsettled weather later into the week with more chilly air to follow as we end the week and begin the upcoming weekend.
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Clouds will increase later today and showers are likely tonight as a frontal system heads this way from our northwest…maybe a thunderstorm. The weekend will turn milder and the next chance of showers will come late Sunday night with the arrival of another system…maybe a thunderstorm. Colder air returns early next week following the passage of the next frontal system.
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A warming trend will begin today and continue through the weekend with high temperatures this afternoon in the middle 50’s and then likely climbing to the low-to-mid 70’s on Sunday. There will be a couple of systems headed our way during the next few days which can bring showers to the region on Friday night and again on Sunday night. Colder air returns early next week following the passage of a cold front.
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The chill sticks around for another day in the Mid-Atlantic region, but it’ll be much easier to take as winds will be pretty much non-existent in the area with high pressure nearby. Temperatures will rebound well up into the 50’s by the end of the week and the second half of the weekend should feature 70+ degrees for highs. There are a couple of weak systems heading our way for the late week and upcoming weekend and each can bring some shower activity to the region.
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A strong cold front passed through the region late last evening and ushered in a colder-than-normal air mass for mid-March and temperatures today will struggle to climb past 40 degrees. The front produced some high wind gusts in the area with 68 mph being recorded at Reagan National Airport (DCA) and 66 mph at Dulles Airport (IAD). The DCA observation of 68 mph was the highest wind gust recorded there since May 2019, and the third highest seen during the past 30 years. The winds will remain rather strong adding to the chill in the air and there can be a snow shower that makes its way into the I-95 corridor. It stays chilly at mid-week, but temperatures rebound by the end of the week with high temperatures back up in the 60’s.
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There is an unusually high risk of severe weather in parts of the Mid-Atlantic region from today into the late evening hours with numerous ingredients coming together. The severe weather risk will include all the following weather parameters: downpours, localized flooding, damaging winds, lightning, hail, isolated tornadoes and power outages are all on the table. Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are likely into the late evening hours and severe weather can develop with any of these bands from mid-day on through the late evening. Much colder air pours into the Mid-Atlantic region in the overnight hours and temperatures will be well below normal on Tuesday and lows tomorrow night can bottom out near the 20-degree mark in some suburban locations. The Great Lakes “snow machine” will be turned on as well on Tuesday with numerous snow bands likely just downstream and a few snow showers can make it into the I-95 corridor.
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