7:00 AM | *Brief period of sleet and/or freezing rain possible early tomorrow at onset of late week system...second system to impact the region on Sunday*
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly cloudy, chilly, good chance for a few rain showers from late morning through mid-afternoon, highs in the middle 40’s
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, cold, chance for a shower or two, lows near freezing
Friday
Mainly cloudy, cold, rain is likely although it can begin as a brief period of sleet and/or freezing rain in some suburban locations to the north and west, near 40 degrees for highs
Friday Night
Mainly cloudy with occasional rain, temperatures likely to hold steady or rise slowly through the night
Saturday
Becoming partly sunny and unseasonably mild, chance for an early day shower, upper 50’s; turning colder at night
Sunday
Mainly cloudy, colder, good chance of more rain, there is an outside chance that the rain mixes with snow in the far northern and western suburbs before the precipitation ends, mid 40’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, breezy, chilly, upper 40’s
Tuesday
Mainly sunny, chilly, upper 40’s
Discussion
An active weather pattern will continue into the new year with one low pressure system bringing precipitation here on Friday and Friday night and then a second system will impact us on Sunday. The first system will result in accumulating snow for parts of the Upper Midwest and Ohio Valley and mainly a rain event for the Mid-Atlantic region. However, it can be cold enough at the onset of the event on Friday for a brief period of sleet and/or freezing rain in some of the far northern and western suburbs. After an unseasonably mild day on Saturday, it'll turn colder by Sunday and a second low pressure system will intensify near the Mid-Atlantic coastline bringing us more precipitation to close out the weekend.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Perspecta, Inc.
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