A “blood moon” total lunar eclipse will be visible across the U.S. from the night of Thursday, March 13th into the early morning hours of Friday, March 14th. This phenomenon occurs when the entire moon falls within the darkest part of Earth’s shadow in a color-shifting process that causes the lunar surface to appear red-orange; hence, the nickname “blood moon”. This kind of celestial event hasn’t happened since November 2022 and won’t happen again until March of 2026. It will be visible to the naked eye, but binoculars or a telescope can certainly add to the overall enjoyment of viewing the lunar eclipse…”totality” will last for about an hour.
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It remains windy and chilly today in the wake of a secondary cold frontal passage on Thursday afternoon with gusts of 40+ mph on the table. A weak system will pass by tonight and it can produce a few rain and/or snow showers, but nothing too significant. Widespread warming across the middle of the nation will spread east next week and it’ll produce “spring-fever alert” type weather here next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with high temperatures in the 60’s. One final note, it is time this weekend to turn the clocks ahead an hour to switch back to Daylight Savings Time.
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It remains windy and chilly today in the wake of a secondary cold frontal passage on Thursday afternoon with gusts of 40+ mph on the table. A weak system will pass by tonight and it can produce a few rain and/or snow showers, but nothing too significant. Widespread warming across the middle of the nation will spread east next week and it’ll produce “spring-fever alert” type weather here next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with high temperatures in the 60’s. One final note, it is time this weekend to turn the clocks ahead an hour to switch back to Daylight Savings Time.
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It remains windy and chilly today in the wake of a secondary cold frontal passage on Thursday afternoon with gusts of 30+ mph on the table. A weak system will pass by tonight and it can produce a few rain and/or snow showers, but nothing significant. Widespread warming across the middle of the nation will spread east next week and it’ll produce “spring-fever alert” type weather here with high temperatures likely in the 70’s by mid-week. One final note, it is time this weekend to turn the clocks ahead an hour to switch back to Daylight Savings Time.
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A strong cold front passed through the region last night and it has ushered in a noticeably cooler air mass to the Mid-Atlantic region. Winds will become very strong later today from a west-to-northwest direction as a secondary cold front crosses the region….gusts to 50 mph are possible by day’s end. A weak system will push into the area on Friday night with a few rain and/or snow showers possible and the weekend looks to be on the chilly side for early March.
Looking ahead, a big-time warmup is on the way for next week which can feature high temperatures near 70 degrees by Wednesday (not quite done with the cold shots though). One final note, this weekend is that time once again to push clocks forward an hour as we flip back to Daylight Savings Time.
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A couple of systems will impact the area with some snow one of which will occur this morning and the second from later tonight through Friday. Accumulations in general will be on the light side across the metro region. But several inches are possible between today and Saturday in some of the mountain areas. The overall weather pattern turns much warmer by the latter part of the weekend and earlier part of next week.
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It remains cool and breezy in the area today on the back side of a cold frontal system from earlier in the week. There is a warmup in sight, however, and temperatures should climb back to the 70-degree mark for afternoon highs during the early part of next week.
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A strong cold front passed through the region last night and it has ushered in a noticeably cooler air mass to the Mid-Atlantic region. Winds will become very strong later today from a west-to-northwest direction as a secondary cold front crosses the region….gusts to 50 mph are possible during the PM hours. A weak system will push into the area on Friday night with a few rain and/or snow showers possible and the weekend looks to be on the chilly side for early March.
Looking ahead, a big-time warmup is on the way for next week which can feature high temperatures near 70 degrees by Wednesday (not quite done with the cold shots though). One final note, this weekend is that time once again to push clocks forward an hour as we flip back to Daylight Savings Time.
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A strong cold front passed through the region last night and it has ushered in a noticeably cooler air mass to the Mid-Atlantic region. Winds will become very strong later today from a west-to-northwest direction as a secondary cold front crosses the region….gusts to 50 mph are possible. A weak system will push into the area on Friday night with a rain and/or snow shower possible and the weekend looks to be on the chilly side for early March.
Looking ahead, a big-time warmup is on the way for next week which can feature high temperatures near 75 degrees by Wednesday (not quite done with the cold shots though). One final note, this weekend is that time once again to push clocks forward an hour as we flip back to Daylight Savings Time.
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Ingredients are in place for strong-to-severe thunderstorm activity later today into early tonight along the DC-to-Philly-to-NYC corridor which will include downpours and the possibility of damaging wind gusts. In addition, a few isolated tornadoes are on the table later today in the Mid-Atlantic region and an enhanced risk of tornadoes will take place farther to the south from southeastern Virginia into the Carolinas. Meanwhile, in the storm’s cold sector, there are blizzard conditions today across portions of Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin where 60+ mph winds can cause considerable blowing and drifting of snow.
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