7:00 AM | **Snow shower threats late tonight/early Saturday and again early Sunday; major Arctic blast arrives on Tuesday**

6-Day Forecast

Today

Partly sunny, chilly, highs in the mid 40’s

Tonight

Becoming cloudy, cold, rain showers possible in the evening, snow showers late, lows in the upper 20’s

Saturday

Clouds give way to partial sunshine, cold, mid 30’s

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy, cold, snow showers towards morning, mid 20’s

Sunday

Early morning snow showers possible; otherwise, partly sunny skies, breezy, cold, near 40

Monday

Partly sunny, milder, mid-to-upper 40’s

Tuesday

Arctic blast arrives...mostly cloudy, windy, very cold, upper 20's

Wednesday

Bitter cold with partial sunshine, temperatures struggle to escape the teens

Discussion

A couple of upper level systems will drop southeastward from Canada over the next couple of days giving us the likelihood for snow showers on two occasions: late tonight/early Saturday and again late tomorrow night/early Sunday. Neither system looks like it will have a chance to intensify rapidly enough to throw anything substantial our way, but snow showers are likely with both systems and small accumulations of a coating to an inch or so are possible. Temperatures will trend downward this weekend, but the more substantial drop in temperatures will come on Tuesday as a major Arctic blast arrives in the Mid-Atlantic. All indications continue to point to a bitter cold weather pattern in the central and eastern US beginning on Tuesday and lasting into early February. This first major Arctic blast will be followed by another for the last week of the month and then another one after that.

Video

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