7:00 AM | Snow this morning on the order of a coating to an inch or two; watch for slick spots and heavier bursts of snow; bitter cold air follows
Paul Dorian
6-Day Forecast
Today
Cloudy with snow this morning producing accumulations on the order of a coating to an inch or two, slick spots on roadways as temperatures will be well below freezing, clearing skies this afternoon, breezy, remaining cold, highs in the mid-to-upper 20’s
Tonight
Partly cloudy, very cold, lows not far from 10 degrees
Thursday
Mostly sunny, becoming quite breezy, still cold, flurries possible, near 30
Thursday Night
Mostly clear, brutal cold, single digits for lows
Friday
Sunny, bitter cold, low 20’s (more than 20 degrees below normal for this time of year!)
Saturday
Mostly cloudy, cold, chance for some snow shower activity, low-to-mid 30’s
Sunday
Mostly cloudy, cold, chance for some snow and/or sleet late, low-to-mid 30’s
Monday
Mostly cloudy, cold, chance for some snow or a wintry mix changing back to snow, low-to-mid 30’s
Discussion
Our active weather pattern continues today with another fast-moving upper-level disturbance generating accumulating snow in the region this morning on the order of a coating to an inch or two. Watch for slick spots on roadways as temperatures will be well below freezing during the snowfall. This latest system departs this afternoon with clearing skies and it'll become very cold tonight with lows not far from 10 degrees in some spots. Winds will increase on Thursday as the next strong cold front approaches and bitter cold temperatures are likely Thursday night and Friday with single digits possible for lows in much of the Mid-Atlantic region and highs on Friday more than 20 degrees below normal for this time of year.
Looking ahead, two storms will slam into California over the next few days and they will both subsequently cross the country in a west-to-east fashion. The first of these systems could throw some clouds our way early in the weekend with light snow possible and then the second system is likely to bring more significant precipitation into the Mid-Atlantic region later this weekend and early next week. It is too early to tell the exact details of this particular storm that'll come to the region in the Sunday night-Tuesday time frame as there can be snow and/or a wintry mix, but precipitation amounts look to be significant.
Video
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